Sanjay Kaul Founder and CEO of Impact Communications has stepped down from his current position. He has three decades of experience in Rural Marketing and has been instrumental in building an Impact as a leading Rural Marketing Practice in India.
Nidhi Singh
Nidhi Singh, who has been part of the founding team will be the new CEO and Kalpana Raina Director Strategy Planning, takes the role of COO. Both of them have been part of the core team from the formative days.
Said Kaul: “My journey of building Impact from scratch has been fulfilling, enriching and nothing less than a celebration. I have been fortunate to have passionate and talented bunch of professionals in my team , who have both been part of my challenges and success, will always cherish those wonderful memories. “I am leaving Impact at the helm of a very creative, experienced and knowledgeable professionals and with a solid foundation. I am sure new leadership has both capacity and capability to take Impact to next level as rural is evolving and changing faster that ever before.”
The Rural Marketing Association of India (RMAI) conducted its 15th Annual General Meeting on September 25 where Biswabaran Chakrabarti, was re-elected as the President of RMAI for the second consecutive term. Said Chakrabarti: “I thank our members for finding me suitable for this position. I thank the leadership team and all members for keeping the association active during these trying times. Way forward, my core objective for the association would be to keep us relevant for the diverse sectors that our member organisations represent, and many others too. Let RMAI add value to the way of working of the many business sectors, working in and working for the rural domain of our country.”
The newly elected committee of RMAI, headed by Chakrabarti as President shall include Dr Anup Kalra from Ayurvet Ltd as Vice President; Veerendra Jamdade from Vritti Solutions Ltd as Treasurer and Himanshu Shah from SOI Live Marketing as General Secretary for the term.
The Executive Committee includes Nidhi Singh, COO, Impact Communications; Kadambari Lokhande, COO, Rural Relations; Venkatram Vasantavada, MD and CEO, SeedWorks International; Amit Rangra, Executive Business Director & VP, Wunderman Thompson; Khurram Askari, Managing Director, Insight Outreach Pvt Ltd; Sandip Bansal, Chief Client & Field Officer, Dialogue Factory (GroupM Media); Sunny Vohra, CEO, Anugrah Madison; Varun Agarwal, Head Retail Marketing – GWI, Tata Steel Ltd; Sanjay Pragat, Director, Vision Force; Deepak Mittal, CEO, Mittal & Associates; Dr. D. Ravinath, Professor – Marketing, Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management; Kiran Zende, Director, Yadnya Brandscapes Pvt. Ltd and Rahul Nayyar, Executive Director, R S Infomedia And Films.
Chakrabarti requested the nominated National Advisory Council of RMAI to continue their active support. This council includes Sanjay Kaul, Founder & CEO, Impact Communications as Chairperson; Raj Kumar Jha, Director, Rural Campus; Sanjay Panigrahi, Former Chief Customer Officer, Pidilite Industries; Pradeep Lokhande, Founder, Rural Relations and Puneet Vidyarthi, Director of Sales & Marketing, CNH Industrial.
