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  • Triumphs with multiple awards in various categories

    Mindshare emerges as Agency of the Year at FOMA 2024

    has been awarded Agency of the Year 2024 at the Festival Of Media Asia-Pacfic awards for 2024. Mindshare won several metals and titles for campaigns with 2 Grand Prix, 7 Gold, 6 Silver and 4 Bronze awards across various categories like Campaign of the Year, Best Branded Content, Best Response Campaign, Best Cause Campaign, Best Viral Campaign, Best Use of Audio, Video, Creative Use of Media, Best Use of eSports or Gaming, etc. In addition to this Mindshare India grabbed the Agency of the Year title.

    Said Amin Lakhani, CEO of Mindshare South Asia: “We are absolutely thrilled and grateful to be recognized as the Agency of the Year at FOMA 2024. This achievement is even more special as it comes from multiple award-winning campaigns across various categories. It’s a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team, and I’m proud to see them being recognized for their efforts. This is a great moment for us, and we look forward to continuing to deliver innovative solutions and drive good growth for our clients in the future.”

    From India, Wavemaker and EssenceMediacom, have also brought seven metals each.

  • To help brands grow by crafting insightful strategies

    Mindshare appoints Mausami Prasad as National Head of Strategy & Insights

    By Our Staff

     

    Mindshare India has appointed Mausami Prasad, National Head – Strategy & Insights. Prasad will be based out of Mumbai and will report to Amin Lakhani, CEO – Mindshare South Asia.

     

    Said Lakhani:: “We are glad to have someone as experienced as Mausami on our team. Today, our clients are focusing on integrated strategies to grow their businesses. The expertise Mausami brings to Mindshare will allow us to continue to support clients by crafting insight-driven approaches. I am certain that Mausami will play a pivotal role in the brand transformation journey for our clients.”

     

    Added Prasad: “I believe in earning the leadership that I have been entrusted with and would love to create winning journeys with my team. I am excited to join Mindshare, an industry leader in shaping creative strategies for its brands and clients to help them achieve their goals. I am thrilled about this opportunity, and I would like to thank the team for believing in me. I look forward to contributing to Mindshare’s ‘good growth’ journey by creating exclusive strategies for our clients.”

     

  • Sam Thomas to lead as Head – Performance & Product, India

    Mindshare amps up its Performance Marketing Team

    By Our Staff

     

    Mindshare India has appointed Sam Thomas, Head – Performance & Product, India along with his team; Rehan Ali as Partner – Performance (North and East), Atishay Agrawal as Senior Director – Performance (South), and Pratishtha Dehariya as Partner – Performance (West).

     

    Amin Lakhani
    Amin Lakhani

    Said Amin Lakhani, CEO – Mindshare South Asia: “As we observe massive acceleration of digital adoption by consumers, it is imperative for us to deliver full funnel integrated products for our clients. Strengthening our performance capability further is a step in right direction. The expertise Sam and his team bring to Mindshare will allow us to continue supporting clients with their digital capabilities and performance excellence. I am certain that this team will play a pivotal role in the brand transformation journey for our clients and will drive Mindshare’s ‘Good Growth’ proposition for them.’’

     

  • The launch was planned with Mindshare and WPP's agenda on "marrying creativity and tech"

    Mindshare conceptualises Volvoverse launch

    By Our Staff

     

    Mindshare India has conceptualised and enabled a electric vehicle (EV) launch in the Metaverse, for Volvo Cars called Volvoverse. This is the first-of-its-kind collaboration on Metaverse across WPP India agencies. Mindshare collaborated with other WPP agencies including Hogarth, Yonder, Grey, and Genesis BCW to deliver Volvoverse.

     

    Said Amin Lakhani, CEO – Mindshare South Asia: “We at Mindshare strive to provide our clients with tech-enabled, creative branding solutions. The concept behind launching the XC40 Recharge in the Metaverse was to launch the EV in a sustainable ecosystem following the vision of Volvo. The Metaverse is evolving the Internet by bringing people closer. Using virtual worlds, we are looking to reach out to maximum audiences. We are excited to do the first-ever EV launch in the Metaverse with a campaign that appeals to our audience in an exciting new environment which is the first of its kind.”

     

    Added Jyoti Malhotra, MD – Volvo Car India: “Volvo has always been on the forefront of innovation and technology and we as a company are also globally known for our commitment to sustainability. The launch of the XC40 Recharge on the metaverse platform is a pioneering moment leveraging digital technology in the marketing sphere. The metaverse launch also contributes to our sustainability mission as it leaves a negligible carbon footprint as compared to conventional launches.”

     

    Said Gopikaa Davar, CEO – Hogarth India: “Hogarth is committed to reach Net Zero by 2030, and we are excited to partner with Mindshare & Volvo on a project, which brings together both our focus areas of sustainable production and the metaverse. Launching an electric vehicle in the virtual world is only befitting as a conscious alternative to a physical event where an average conference attendee would have produced around 170kgs of CO2 emission in a one-day event.* This is a great example where weall are reducing and mitigating the environmental impact by using virtual studios and green screen shoots as a driving force, removing the need for location shoots and events (reduces carbon footprint) and maximising the utilisation of the content we capture.”

     

  • Will be responsible for expanding growth metrics for Mindshare

    Mindshare elevates Ruchi Mathur to CGO

    By Our Staff

     

    Mindshare India has announced the elevation of Ruchi Mathur to Chief Growth Officer. Mathur, who was previously Head – Client Leadership, Mindshare North & East, will now be responsible for expanding growth metrics for Mindshare through new business development and unlocking growth opportunities within existing businesses. Along with Mindshare, she will closely work with the GroupM leadership to scale in partnerships, and capability offering and drive Mindshare’s good growth agenda.

     

    Said Amin Lakhani, CEO – Mindshare South Asia: “Ruchi is a passionate leader and has a proven record of driving excellent business results within the Mindshare group, in the North and East especially. She is instrumental in boosting operational efficiency for helping our clients achieve their objectives. With more than two decades of media expertise, Ruchi brings in a unique set of perspectives and skills that will help hone our strategic direction and grow our organization. I am looking forward to her continued contribution within the system and am confident that with her expertise, we will continue leading towards client delight.”

     

  • To oversee digital strategic direction and leadership within the digital group

    Mindshare appoints Prashant Nandan as Digital Lead for North and East

    By Our Staff

     

    Mindshare announced the appointment of Prashant Nandan as the Digital Lead for North & East.

     

    In his new position, Nandan will be responsible for digital strategic direction and leadership within the digital group to deliver communications plans. His role will focus on building a high growth business & driving revenue strategy for Mindshare India.

     

    On the appointment, Gopa Menon, Digital Head – Mindshare South Asia said: “I am very happy to have Prashant join us. He comes with diverse experience in Digital Marketing, Media Planning and Trading. He will play an important role in driving the digital growth for Mindshare North and East.  As Mindshare now re-orients its business around the pillars of Acceleration, Outcome and Good Growth, I am looking forward to working with him to shape the continued phase of growth and transformation for our clients.”

     

    Added Ruchi Mathur, Senior Vice President – North and East, Mindshare India said, “ The shape of our business is changing. While we continue to partner with our existing clients in their transformation journeys, we are also seeking new clients from the brand new world. Prashant with his experience and passion will play a key role in driving this new, seamless and good growth narrative for us. Extremely excited to have him on board and look forward to getting into 2022 with a bang.”

     

  • Not too long ago, Vinod Thadani, Menon's predecessor, had moved to Dentsu

    Gopa Menon is Digital Head at Mindshare

    By Our Staff

     

    Mindshare India has today announced the appointment of Gopa Menon as the Digital Head, South Asia. In this role, Menon will be responsible for managing the agency’s full service digital offerings and help existing and new clients transform their digital processes, digital marketing strategies, brand building and ROI driven marketing outcomes.

    Menon comes with a rich and vast experience of close to 18 years in driving digital transformation for brands across the region. He was last with Isobar, the Dentsu agency as COO. Interestingly, Vinod Thadani, Menon’s predecessor has moved to Dentsu as Chief Digital Officer and MD of iProspect.

    Said Amin Lakhani, Chief Operating Officer, Mindshare South Asia: “Gopa brings with him in depth knowledge and diverse digital expertise. We are confident that Gopa will play a pivotal role as we accompany our clients in elevating business outcomes through our unique addressable media stack.”

    Added Menon: “With the digital growth and evolution today, there are a lot of opportunities in store for brands to explore and accordingly revamp their digital tactics. I am incredibly thrilled & happy to be part of the Mindshare & the purple family, its sort of home coming for me and as Mindshare now re-orients its business around the pillars of “Acceleration”, “Outcomes” & Good growth, I am really looking forward to working with the teams here at Mindshare to shape the continued phase of growth & transformation for its clients.”

    Menon will be based out of Gurugram and will report to Amin Lakhani, Chief Operating Officer, Mindshare South Asia.

     

     

  • Will be setting up the communications planning vertical for the agency’s key businesses

    Mindshare names Vipasha Bhuptani as communications planning lead, Content+

    By Our Staff

     

    Vipasha Bhuptani
    Vipasha Bhuptani

    Mindshare India has announced the appointment of Vipasha Bhuptani as Communications Planning Lead for the Content+ team.

     

    In this role, Bhuptani will be responsible for setting up the communications planning vertical for the agency’s key businesses.

     

    Parthasarathy Mandayam
    Parthasarathy Mandayam

    Said Parthasarathy Mandayam (Maps), CEO – Mindshare South Asia: “Vipasha has a proven track record of implementing strategic communication initiatives across various brands and markets. We believe that Vipasha will play a pivotal role as we accompany our clients in revamping their content strategies.”

     

    Ajay Mehta
    Ajay Mehta

    Added Ajay Mehta, Senior VP – Mindshare Content+ & Partnerships: “Given the explosion in the content and communication landscape and with the emergence of new platforms, formats and frameworks, there is a need to address and build sharper & deeper, yet fully integrated content narrative for our set of clients. I look forward to working closely with Vipasha and I am confident that she will further strengthen our content offerings. Her expertise in strategic brand communications will further enhance our clients’ integrated content journey.”

     

  • Harsh Deep Chhabra, Ajay Mehta, Nikhil Mayne and Samraat Kakkar to take on new leadership roles

    Mindshare India announces key leadership changes

    By A Correspondent

     

    Mindshare has announced a major rejig of leadership roles in line with the agency’s efforts to stay adaptive, agile and innovative.

     

    Harsh Deep Chhabra takes on the role of Senior Vice President, Mindshare Fulcrum with immediate effect. In his last five years in the company, Chhabra has played a key role in the growth of Team Fulcrum at Mindshare. He has also played a critical role in managing the strategic digital mandate.

     

    As Mindshare re-orients its business around the pillars of “Acceleration”, “Outcomes” and a “Refreshed Neo”, there have been key changes in the leadership of its Content+ practice and Neo India as well, notes a communique.

     

    Ajay Mehta moves to the role of Senior Vice President, Content+. In his new role, Mehta will take on national responsibilities for Entertainment & Sports (ESP), Branded Content, Music & IP Creation along with the Experiential Marketing practice. His responsibilities also include South Asia Content+ mandate for Unilever.

     

    Nikhil Mayne has been designated Vice President, Content+. His responsibilities include developing the Social Media practice and driving the creation of Agile content that powers performance marketing. He will also drive the ESP and Branded Content practice for m/SIX India.

     

    Samraat Kakkar, who has driven the digital practice for Mindshare North and East, will take on the role of Vice President, Neo India. Neo is an expert in Performance Marketing globally and partners Mindshare in driving integrated solutions for clients across Brand & Demand.

     

    Speaking on the development, Amin Lakhani, COO, Mindshare South Asia said: “We at Mindshare strive to keep our clients ahead of the curve and our people agile and integrated. All these leaders have proven their abilities to deliver desired outcomes and beyond even in challenging situations. I am positive that the new structure will help us achieve maximum impact for our clients and create more value for our teams”

     

    Added MA Parthasarathy, CEO, Mindshare South Asia: “As the industry is staring at unexpected times, it is imperative for us as an agency to be future-ready. We are delighted to have such experienced leaders within the agency, who are future-focused and skilled to deliver disruptive business thinking for our clients.”

     

     

  • The technology aims to help brands drive engagement in remote media-dark areas of India

    Mindshare India unveils audio conferencing bridge solution, mSamvaad

    By A Correspondent

     

    Mindshare has collaborated with Cosmic Information and Technology Limited to launch a new voice-driven platform called mSamvaad.

     

    In its first venture, Mindshare rolled out a high-scaled engagement programme for Horlicks to reach out to mothers in the media dark areas of Bihar for its new variant that improves nutrient absorption among children.

     

    Niraj Ruparel

    Sharing his thoughts on the innovation, Niraj Ruparel, National Head – Mobile, Mindshare India said: “Since the past decade, our efforts have enabled number of top brands to engage their end-consumers with the most advanced and innovative voice-based solutions. Our solutions are aimed at penetrating the fragmented consumer segments of India and surpassing the barriers of communication due to low literacy rates and lack of access to data and connectivity. “mSamvaad” is one of our most successful voice product which we plan to take to the next level in the near future. We look forward to extending this platform to all prospects that are looking at customer engagement in rural India.”

     

    Added Nilesh Bhagat, CEO, Cosmic Information and Technology Limited: “Cosmic Information & Technology Limited is committed and will continue to leverage its large and robust Voice Infrastructure and in-house innovation lab, to co-create quality solutions, which addresses brand challenges and help them to have a simple, yet targetted delivery of message as well as meaningful conversations with their brand audience, resulting into deeper level of engagements.”,

     

    Vikram Bahl

    Said Vikram Bahl, Area Marketing Lead, Nutrition, GSK: “This is a laudable initiative by Mindshare India along with Cosmic Infotech and we are glad to have been a part of it. We have always undertaken efforts to create awareness around holistic nutrition, especially in rural areas and this was a great opportunity for us to achieve our objective. We look forward to many such innovations in technology that can help us deliver intended message to rural markets.”

     

     

  • The event received over 400 entries from 40 agencies and 9 clients

    Mindshare, Unilever & Akanksha max Big Bang Awards

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Advertising Club Bangalore’s Big Bang Awards held its 24th edition on Friday in Bengaluru. The event received over 400 entries from 40 agencies and nine clients, spread over 12 cities in India.

     

    Mindshare India won the maximum of 18 Gold, 13 Silver and 4 Bronze Awards, totaling 35 awards. Hindustan Unilever Limited was declared client of The Year. Akanksha Advertising won the Healthcare Agency of The Year.

     

    Said Laeeq Ali, President, The Advertising Club Bangalore: “As the Advertising Industry continues to grow, more and more new opportunities and newer challenges seem to be emerging. Our theme this year ‘Breaking The Rules’ focused on recognizing the digital creative content that broke conventional rules in order to capture the new age consumer. Over the last two decades, Bangalore has emerged as the key advertising hub of South India and has become home to several international and national agencies. Apart from this, several home-grown agencies have also made a mark, making Bangalore the No. 2 city for advertising talent after Mumbai.”

     

    Added Malavika Harita, Chairperson of Big Bang Awards: “I have been involved with the Big Bang Awards for the last 20 years. This year we saw a lot of emerging creative and digital agencies and some of the ideas were quite innovative and exciting and we are hoping that next year we can expand our reach and scope even further.”

     

    Said Arvind Kumar, Executive Director, The Advertising Club Bangalore:  “With the success of this event, we feel this format of Two Big Bang Awards for excellence, one focused on Creative and the second on Media & Wellness, has come to stay. We will endeavour to scale up the shows next year.”

     

     

  • Mindshare, Madison, Hotstar, Aflle and Meesho max at the Mobile Marketing Association’s 2019 Smarties Excellence Awards

    Mindshare & HUL bag big @ Smarties

     

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) presented the 2019 Smarties India Awards, in Mumbai last Friday. The annual awards saw a line-up of 52 award recipients in mobile marketing as well as industry-focused categories, celebrating creativity, success, business impact and outstanding achievements across the mobile ecosystem.

     

    Mindshare India and Madison Communications led the most wins, receiving 17 and 9 awards respectively across 26 categories, ranging from Brand Awareness, Most Engaging Mobile Creative and Social Impact/Not for Profit, amongst others. In the industry awards segment, Hotstar was awarded ‘Publisher of the Year’, Mindshare India was recognised as ‘Agency of the Year’ while Hindustan Unilever Limited was recognised as the ‘Marketer of the Year’, and ‘Affle’ was awarded ‘Enabling Technology Company of the Year’. Meesho clinched two awards for ‘Best in Show’ for the campaign ‘When Women Joined Hands to Break Social Shackles’ and as ‘Brand of The Year’.

     

    The MMA #BuildtheFuture Forum was held prior to the Awards ceremony, where topics revolving around the adoption and leverage of technology to better understand the mobile marketing landscape were discussed.  Marketing to Gen Z in an age of user generated content, the cross-media reach of OTT vs. other media, leveraging data for precision marketing and how to leverage Mobile Voice were some of the themes around which eminent panellists from the  marketing ecosystem shared their perspectives.

     

    Said Moneka Khurana, Country Head, MMA India: “The MMA Forum and Smarties have, over time, created an industry ecosystem that brings the greatest marketing minds to one platform to identify and celebrate plethora of emerging talent and opportunities in the industry. It is exciting to see that marketers are truly starting to leverage mobile’s interactive capabilities to deliver real business results for brands. This year the quality of the winning campaigns highlight the growing significance of mobile and carves a promising future for the mobile marketing industry.”

     

    Added Ravi Santhanam, Chief Marketing Officer, HDFC Bank, who was Jury Chair :, “Innovation is key in the delivery of good marketing campaigns, but with attention spans being under a second now, the marketer has to churn out more innovations in shorter periods. This year as a jury, we saw brands who showcased brilliant ideas which combined high impact execution and also led to real business ROI. It was a tough one to pick winners in every category, but one that the jury has thoroughly enjoyed and learnt from.”

     

    The winners were picked by a panel of judges who deliberated over the submissions across four main criteria – creativity, execution, strategy and most importantly, business impact. The jury comprised:

     

    :: Ravi Santhanam of HDFC Bank,

    :: Pawan Sarda of Future Group,

    :: Abhishek Desai of P&G,

    :: Amit Sethiya of Syska Group,

    :: Asha Kharga of Axis Bank,

    :: Deepali Naair of IBM India & South Asia,

    :: Gauravjeet Singh of Unilever,

    :: Jayraj Jadhav of TATA AIG,

    :: Neel Pandya of L’Oreal,

    :: Nipun Marya of Vivo,

    :: Punitha Arumugam of Hotstar,

    :: Ravi Desai of Amazon,

    :: Rohit Dadwal of MMA

    :: Sandeep Ranade of Kantar.

     

    Over 300 submissions were received for of which 99 shortlisted entries which set the bar for marketing strategy, innovation, creativity and use of technology in mobile marketing.