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  • Ujjivan is now continuously building the railroads for developing a powerful 360 degrees communication campaign for its launch which will span multimedia efforts

    Ujjivan Fin mandates DDB Mudra for integrated comms

    By A Correspondent

     

    In another decisive move aimed at building a powerful Small Finance Bank Brand, Ujjivan announced that following a highly competitive multi-agency pitch, DDB Mudra Group has won the mandate to be its integrated communications agency to work on the transition to becoming a Small Finance Bank.

     

    Taking full cognizance of the brand and marketing challenges in this competitive space, Ujjivan is now continuously building the railroads for developing a powerful 360 degrees communication campaign for its launch which will span multimedia efforts.

     

    Speaking on this development, Vijay Balakrishnan, Chief Marketing Officer, Ujjivan Financial Services said, “After a very intense and hard fought competitive pitch lasting over two months, which saw India’s finest advertising agencies vying for the account, we are absolutely thrilled to have DDB Mudra on board as our Integrated Communications Partner”.

     

    DDB Mudra’s granular understanding of the category during their pitch and strategy presentations, their innovative approach to category creation combined with a highly committed leadership team and deep understanding of financial inclusion and social values is reassuring. We are confident they will ably partner us to launch the small finance bank.”

     

    “DDB Mudra’s past track record of creating powerful Indian brands from scratch and their powerful Integrated Advertising & Marketing Services offerings coupled with DDB’s global brand building repertoire will help Ujjivan create a distinct and stand out brand identity in the competitive SFB space.” he added.

     

    The account will be managed from the agency’s Bengaluru office and will be spearheaded by Sujay Ghosh, Executive Vice President & Business Partner, DDB Mudra South and East.

     

    Madhukar Kamath

    Madhukar Kamath, Group CEO & MD, DDB Mudra Group remarked, “The Ujjivan Financial Services pitch process was perfect. Not just exciting, but professionally conducted.  The interaction with Mr. Sumit Ghosh and his leadership team were truly insightful and educational.   My colleagues and I, are truly excited.   The partnership will be one to cherish.”

     

    Ranji Cherian, President, DDB Mudra South and East added, “We are extremely privileged to be chosen by Ujjivan Financial Services as their integrated communications partner. To us this is both exciting & challenging. We will leverage all our strengths as a Group to build a dominant position for the brand in the marketplace. We look forward to working closely as a team.”

     

    Ujjivan started operations in Bengaluru in 2005 and serves over 32.79 lakh active customers through 469 branches and 8,258 employees spread across 209 districts and 24 states in India, making it the largest MFI (Micro Finance Institution) in terms of geographical spread.

     

    It also undertakes robust financial literacy program and community development & disaster relief programs for customers in collaboration with Parinaam Foundation which is a non-profit organization.

     

  • Based out of the agency's Bengaluru office, he would be reporting to Ranji Cherian, President, DDB Mudra South and East

    DDB Mudra appoints Rajat Ray as Associate VP for South & East

    By A Correspondent

     

    Rajat Ray

    Senior advertising professional Rajat Ray has been roped in by DDB Mudra South and East as Associate Vice President, DDB Mudra South & East. Based out of the agency’s Bengaluru office, he would be reporting to Ranji Cherian, President, DDB Mudra South and East.

     

    Ray joins DDB Mudra, fresh from a five-year stint at Ogilvy & Mather, where he was last designated Client Services Director and led the Consolidated Advertising team on the IBM account. Before that, he was associated with prominent agencies like Euro RSCG, Ogilvy (earlier stint) and Fountainhead.

     

    Ranji Cherian

    Said Cherian: “I am happy to welcome Rajat to the DDB family. Rajat brings with him strong creative agency experience handling global brands & businesses. He is an excellent people’s person and demonstrates strong leadership skills.”

     

    Speaking on his appointment, Ray said, “I’m extremely excited about my new assignment at DDB Mudra and look forward to navigate through the unique opportunities and challenges that the alco-bev category presents.”

     

  • When Mathrubhumi did a check, they concluded that every year, the State Government of Kerala announces numerous projects and public benefit programs with great fanfare but they never take off

    Mathrubhumi’s reality check initiative in Kerala receives good response

    By A Correspondent

     

    Every year, come April 01, numerous brands across the world try to humor their consumers with bone-tickling campaigns. This year, Mathrubhumi, Kerala’s popular newspaper, through their classified pages apprehended that, the people of Kerala (like all Indians) aren’t made fools of only on April 1. It happens, every day, of every month and often for years.

     

    When Mathrubhumi did a check, they concluded that every year, the State Government of Kerala announces numerous projects and public benefit programs with great fanfare. Yet, apart from an announcement, the projects never take off and get wasted away for years and decades. One can easily find such projects in plenty across the length and breadth of Kerala.

     

    This apathy by the government made Mathrubhumi Classifieds turn the tables and celebrate April fool’s Day, with a powerful message to the people and the Government. The brand along with the Kochi office of DDB Mudra South and East launched an interactive print campaign- Goodbye foolish stones starting 19th March 2015

     

    The creative of the print campaign showed foundation stones of largely publicized government projects. These foundation stones were the first and last step of the developments. There has been no progress made on these schemes after their inauguration. Even as everything around it is in a state of absolute decay and ruin, the foundation stone stands – a stark reminder of outright government indifference.

     

    The copy of the ads appealed the readers to ‘open their eyes and react’. A call of action was generated where in the readers were requested to act as citizen journalists and share instances of such neglect by the government through pictures, emails, WhatsApp, or by contacting the Mathrubhumi’s agents and reporters. The response was overwhelming. The publication received over 1000 claims in just three days. The brand conducted its own unbiased enquiry and investigated every claim.

     

    After collecting all the true claims, the newspaper carried a special supplement named- ‘open their eyes and react’ on April fool’s Day mentioning all the verified instances sent by alert, socially conscious citizens of Kerala. This supplement was specially shared with the Chief Minister of the state.

     

    The campaign was well received and people’s response showed that they are tired of being fooled. Mathrubhumi Classifieds gave common people a platform to put the blunt reality and truth in front of government’s eyes and inform them that the people are watchful and are not to be made a fool of.

     

    Quoting on the campaign, Jayakrishnan N, Cluster Head, Mathrubhumi said, “April Fool’s Day, is an occasion for real and virtual pranks predominantly played by the youth. This year, we decided to participate not just by playing the prank but bringing to light the pranks that are played on people by politicians for ages. Mathrubhumi wanted to connect with the younger audiences using classifieds by elevating the conversations beyond the paradigm of transactions. The campaign has been instrumental in helping us to that.”

     

    Commenting on the campaign, Dominic Savio, Vice President, DDB Mudra South and East- Kochi said, “The Mathrubhumi Classifieds campaign resulted in people enthusiastically owning the campaign, besides contributing to a greater good towards the society and creating an impact. It was overwhelming to see people integrating the campaign with their own social media channels delivering maximum reach for the campaign.”