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  • These announcements come at a period of rapid expansion for the company's business globally

    AndBeyond.Media appoints Dharika Merchant as President

    By A Correspondent

     

    AndBeyond.Media, leading global on-demand native marketplace, has announced the appointment of former Affinity executive Dharika Merchant to serve as President of the company. In her role, Merchan, a specialist in business development, product strategy and operations, will be focused on driving the execution of AndBeyond.Media’s strategic plan for expanding the businesses reach globally, and scale new heights with innovation to deliver operational excellence.

     

    “As AndBeyond.Media forays into this new chapter of global expansion, I am confident that Dharika will effectively lead the business and help scale the company’s growth to its fullest potential,” said Karan Gupta, Chief Executive Officer at AndBeyond.Media. Talking about her new role Merchant, said, “I’m thrilled to join AndBeyond.Media during this exciting time. AndBeyond.Media’s bespoke technology and solutions, I believe, are some of the finest innovative offerings in the programmatic advertising space.”

     

    Merchant’s appointment comes closely on the heels of the appointment of Ashley King as VP Publisher Development and the launch of the New York City office – last week. These announcements come at a period of rapid expansion for the company’s business globally.

  • Alok Rakshit and Nikhil Sheth will spearhead television monetisation, Joydeep Ghosh is heading the IMD Cloud (eBus) business while Neena Dasgupta is at the helm at Zirca Digital Solutions. Meanwhile, Director Karan Gupta is playing a more active role in the company

    Co-founder Vikas Khanchandani steps down as Aidem as Director, restructured top deck announced

    By A Correspondent

     

    Vikas Khanchandani

    Aidem Ventures and Zirca Digital Solutions Co-founder Vikas Khanchandani has decided to pursue other interests while he continues to mentor across the group’s investments in the media space. Moving forward, Alok Rakshit and Nikhil Sheth will take on the responsibility for the TV monetisation services and Joydeep Ghosh will spearhead IMD Cloud (eBus) business. Khanchandani is expected to announce his new venture soon.

     

    Rakshit and Sheth have been spearheading the TV verticals at Aidem. Ghosh has been instrumental in growing the IMD Cloud (eBus) digital delivery service. The company’s digital business which had been spun out into a separate entity – Zirca Digital Solutions – has Neena Dasgupta at the helm.

     

    The management team has been strengthened with active participation of Karan Gupta, Director at Aidem and Managing Director at Zirca over the last couple of years. Gupta  has been working closely with the entire management team charting the growth for the group making significant investments in India as well as South East Asia.

     

    “While Vikas steps away from his day-to-day role, he will continue to stay involved with the company as a mentor. He will be actively involved with the media technology projects that Aidem is already invested in. Having been part of the organisation since its inception, Vikas has been responsible for driving phenomenal growth for the company and has successfully navigated the business through challenging times,” said Ashok Gupta, Chairman of Aidem Ventures and Zirca Digital Solutions.