Tag: Biraja Swain

  • Ogilvy’s digital campaign seeks to spread awareness on KFC’s Bucket of Hope

    By A Correspondent

     

    Ogilvy Delhi has created a digital campaign “You eat, they eat” for KFC’s add HOPE™ initiative, where KFC will contribute upto ₹5*/- from the sale of every bucket. The agency saw an opportunity to use the KFC bucket to raise awareness for the plight of millions of children, suffering from hunger.

     

    The short, animated films provide a glimpse into the lives of the less fortunate kids, Pinky, Raju and Gopal, who spend hours searching for food, every day. The same idea has been extended to various social media platforms. Ogilvy Delhi integrated with Neo@Ogilvy for the packaging innovation, where image recognition technology was used to deliver content directly to smartphones users who bought the bucket.

     

    Ajay Gahlaut

    Ajay Gahlaut, Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy Delhi said: “KFC’s anti-hunger initiative, add HOPE, was an opportunity for us to do something different. So instead of following the traditional ways of advertising, we decided to use the KFC bucket as our messenger. We created animated films about underprivileged kids that play only when you order and scan a bucket. This technology-led approach made our films more interactive and inclusive, while pursuing the consumer to contribute for the cause.”

     

    Rahul Shinde, Managing Director, KFC India added: “Hunger is a very real and big challenge – at least 3,000 children die every day from poor diet related illness. The fact that millions of children go to bed hungry every night means that they are unable to grow, learn and thrive. It is a critical cause to unite behind. We couldn’t be happier to announce that through the month of October, we will contribute towards fighting hunger from the sale of KFC buckets across 300+ stores and online.  By making all our buckets add HOPEâ„¢ buckets and carrying audio visual stories of hope on them, we want to call on more people to support the cause. The more they do, the more hungry children we can help feed.”

     

    Biraja Swain, Chief Growth & Innovation Officer, Head of COE, Neo@Ogilvy, India: We at Ogilvy always believe in innovation at scale. The add HOPE™  campaign demonstrates it to the fullest extent. We have used image recognition technology to directly deliver content to smartphones enabling better discovery user participation for this CSR campaign.”

     

  • Biraja Swain Chief Crowth and Innovation Officer, Neo@Ogilvy India

    By A Correspondent

     

    Neo@Ogilvy India has appointed Biraja Swain as Chief Growth and Innovation Officer, Neo@Ogilvy India.

     

    Prior to this role, Biraja was the Digital and Emerging Media lead for OMD’s operations across India & South Asia with over fifteen years of digital media expertise.

     

    Rajesh Bhatia, President & Country Head, Neo@Ogilvy, India said: “I am thrilled to have him as part of our network and I am certain that he will play a leading role in driving business, innovation and growth, not just for Neo, but Ogilvy India as a whole.”

     

    Other than leading the Neo Center of Excellence, Biraja will also drive growth and build capability in the mobile space and lead innovation for Ogilvy’s current businesses.

     

    Biraja is well known for his penchant for innovation especially in the field of mobile which includes acclaimed awards like Cannes and FOMA. As a founding member of OMG and PhD, he created one of South Asia’s largest digital agency networks from scratch scaling to a team strength of over 250 people with the largest digital advertiser in India (Unilever) on board during his tenure.

     

    In his previous role, Biraja was National Director at MEC Interaction (Mediaedge: CIA) where he led the digital strategy for clients such as Citi, Beiersdorf, Singapore Airlines & Sony Ericsson. His experience includes work at some of the best technology and media setups in India, including Baazee/Ebay India and Smile Technologies/Quasar. He also has extensive experience of working in international markets of Middle East and Africa during his previous stints based out of Dubai.