Tag: B. Surendar

By A Correspondent

India Radio Forum was held last week in Gurugram and a highlight of the event was the Excellence in Radio Awards (ERA). The show was opened by B Surendar, COO of Red FM Network followed by a panel discussion with Abraham Thomas of Radio City, DivyaKarani, CEO – Dentsu India and Rohit Upadhyay, MD & CEO, iBroad 7 Communication.

This was followed by asession moderated by Naresh Gupta from Bang in the Middle along with Mausumi Kar, MD, GroupM India and Priti Murthy, CEO, OMD India.

IRF 2018 also saw a conversation between radio expert Elliot Stechman of the AVC Group and Tapas Sen, Chief Programming Officer of Radio Mirchi. The concluding session was moderated by Rajat Uppal, National Marketing Head of Red FM, titled ‘Creating Brands and Sub-Brands in a Cluttered Space’RJ Malishka, Swaroop Banerjee of Tribe Asia, Joy Chouhan of JWT Delhi and Saahil Kumar of Sennheise.

Said Rajika Mittra, Special Projects Director and the chief curator of the India Radio Forum: “The show ended on a high note where the industry came together to discuss issues and offer solutions. It’s always a wonderful experience to put together the India Radio Forum and Excellence in Radio Awards every year especially when the community comes together. With each successive year, our aim is to highlight and bring recognition to the professionals who have put their best foot forward and contributed to the growth and development of the radio industry in the country.  Every year we come across some well-thought performances with interesting content and innovative marketing campaigns and we are honoured to felicitate these creative minds who add value to the industry.”