Tag: Prakash Nair

  • Ogilvy promotes Prakash Nair

    By Our Staff

     

    Ogilvy India has announced the promotion of Prakash Nair to President and Head of Office, Ogilvy Gurugram. Nair has been with Ogilvy for 19 years. Prior to his move to lead Ogilvy Gurugram, Nair was Associate President at Ogilvy Mumbai, leading stellar, new age work across a large portfolio of clients including all of Mondelez, Tata Motors and BP Castrol.

     

    Said Nair: “After having lead some big brands, the opportunity to be part of Ogilvy Gurugram and drive the growth story for Ogilvy India presents a new challenge. Also, personally to me, Ogilvy Gurugram has been the benchmark for great craft. I’m extremely excited to start my new chapter at Ogilvy here.”

     

    Added Kunal Jeswani, CEO, Ogilvy India: “One of the great things about Ogilvy is the wealth of talent in the company. It’s been wonderful to have had Shouvik’s energy in Ogilvy over the last few years and we are deeply grateful to him for his time with us. As Shouvik moves on, Prakash Nair will take on the role of President and Head of Office, Ogilvy Gurugram. Prakash is a champion of great creative work and has been instrumental in driving some of our most modern, integrated and award winning work over the past few years. Loved by his clients and colleagues, I’m sure Prakash will bring his own distinct leadership style to the role and bring the full impact of Ogilvy to our clients in Delhi.”

     

  • Cadbury Dairy Milk’s ‘Purple Heart’ campaign takes on cyber-bullying

    By A Correspondent

     

    Cadbury Dairy Milk has announced the launch of #HeartTheHate campaign, against cyber-bullying.

     

    Commenting on the launch of this unique campaign, Anil Viswanathan, Director – Marketing (Chocolates), Mondelez India, said: “Cadbury Dairy Milk as a brand, believes that if there’s one thing that can shine a beam of light through the cracks in an increasingly divided world – is generosity. A little bit of generosity can go a long way and often it’s the smallest things that have the biggest impact. Cyber-bullying is something which affects everyone especially young people as they feel isolated and depressed when they are exposed to it. The #Heartthehate campaign builds on a very simple insight that when friends post something as simple as a purple heart in response to the trolls, young people feel less isolated and hence the impact of online bullying is reduced. This campaign is another small step to create a big impact towards social issues.”

     

    Added Prakash Nair, Executive Vice President, Ogilvy India: “Today while online/social media has become the youth’s hangout place, it is also a place where they face a lot of harassment and bullying. Cadbury Dairy Milk, with its proposition of Kuch Achha Ho Jaaye, Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye, decided to act on this by arming the youth with a simple weapon to silence the bully – a purple heart emoji. Whenever a friend is getting trolled, all they must do is troll the troller with a purple heart. This simple, generous act of posting a purple heart can help drown out hate comments. Even if one bully is drowned by the purple heart, it will be a worthwhile initiative.

     

    The campaign is being executed with the support of Wavemaker India.

     

     

  • Because life is full of certainties, says IndiaFirst Life

    By A Correspondent

     

    IndiaFirst Life Insurance, a joint venture between the Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and Legal and General, UK, has an advertising campaign titled, “Because Life is Full of Certainties”.

     

    Said Rushabh Gandhi, Director, Sales and Marketing, IndiaFirst Life Insurance: “It was imperative for us to get our brand positioning aligned to our customers first philosophy. From here stemmed the idea of ‘Because Life is Full of Certainties’, a proposition born out of the understanding that life isn’t full of accidents waiting to happen. In fact, it is full of certainties like getting married, having children, getting them married and retiring. So instead of worrying about things that most likely won’t happen, why not prepare for those that certainly will.”

     

    Added Prakash Nair, Executive Vice President, Ogilvy & Mather: “One of the biggest barrier to insurance in India is the Superman Syndrome- the “I don’t need it. Nothing will happen to me” attitude. And the best way to convince these folks is straight talk – no jargon and no emotional overdose! The best way to get them to sit up and take a second look at us would be to tell them what will happen versus what could, maybe, happen. Thus was born the thought ‘Life is full of certainties’. It’s a simple and refreshing view of life insurance, one that will create a distinct identity for the brand”.

     

     

  • O&M launches new campaign for Cadbury Dairy Milk

    By A Correspondent

     

    Ogivy & Mather has unveiled a new campaign highlighting the launch of two limited edition variants – Black Forest and Coffee Almond. With friendship day around the corner, Cadbury wanted to celebrate the wonderful variety of friends who bring joy and add that special flavour in each other’s lives, just like its range of flavours.

     

    Prakash Nair, Senior VP and Neville Shah, Group Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather said: “India has an emotional relationship with CDM. To India, CDM is more than just a chocolate. The challenge was how to present the multiple flavour offerings from CDM and build on the emotional bond. Friendship Day which is coming up in August, presented the right backdrop to land this offering. It was simple, really. Because if we look at our own lives, we all have different friends and each one adds a special flavour to our lives. The idea just simply fell in our lap.”

     

    Prashant Peres, Director – Marketing (Chocolates), Mondelez India said: “For many years now, Cadbury Dairy Milk has represented a plethora of emotions, from shared values such as family togetherness, to shared good feelings and collective joy. This  Friendship  Day,  we  want  to  celebrate  another  very  important part  of  our  relationships  –  our  friendships.  Just  as  every  friend add a  special  flavour  to one’s  life, the  variety of Cadbury Dairy Milk flavours like Original, Fruit & Nut, Crackle, Roast Almond and our new limited edition flavours – Coffee Almond & Black Forest will add a special flavour to this day. Our new television commercial also supports this thought.”

     

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