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  • Tekwani has worked on a multitude of leading brands such as Shoppers Stop, UTI Mutual Funds, HotStar, Truly Madly and Star Sports, among several others

    Indigo Consulting appoints Prashant Tekwani as VP – Client Services

    By A Correspondent

     

    Indigo Consulting, Publicis Communications’ digital agency, has announced the appointment of Prashant Tekwani as Vice President – Client Services. Tekwani will report to Rajesh Ghatge, Chief Executive Officer at Indigo Consulting, and will be based in the agency’s Gurugram office. His appointment comes close on the heels of Indigo Consulting hiring Jose Leon as President.

     

    Rajesh Ghatge

    Welcoming Tekwani on board, Rajesh Ghatge said, “Prashant’s appointment supports the infusion of new talent across key levels at Indigo Consulting, across all the offices. His strategic approach towards business development, coupled with his drive and passion to lead digital communication and large scale social retainers, makes us confident that we have the right person for the job. We are eager to have him on board to drive growth for Indigo Consulting, and become digital partners to key brands in the north and east markets.”

     

    Prashant Tekwani

    Speaking about his new mandate, Tekwani said: “Indigo Consulting is one of the fastest-growing digital agencies, providing world-class digital transformation and communications solutions to some of the leading brands in India. Just this stellar pedigree was a big enough reason for me to take up the role I was offered. Indigo’s inherent data-led, strategic approach to brands, and the passionate, dynamic team made me certain that it is just beginning to reach its massive potential, despite the vast body of work already behind it.”

  • The agency’s sprawling new office premises will also house Indigo Consulting, Arc Worldwide and Prodigious

    Leo Burnett India relocates to a new office in Gurugram

     

     

    Leo Burnett India has brought together its North India operations under one roof. Leo Burnett India, Indigo Consulting, Arc Worldwide and Prodigious’ Delhi arms will now integrate into the same office space located in Gurugram in New Delhi NCR. Helping achieve the integration is a staircase spanning three floors, right in the middle of the office. It is perhaps this flight of stairs that brings all the agencies together, truly integrating the people and businesses, notes a communique.

     

    Speaking about the launch of the new office, Samir Gangahar, President – North, Leo Burnett India said, “The beauty of this office is that the design philosophy is inspired by the culture within the organisation. Hence, the emphasis on creating several open spaces for collaboration and each floor being seamlessly connected. We couldn’t have created a better environment to drive our agenda of integration to solve clients’ business problems, to the next level.”

     

    Added Rajesh Ghatge, CEO, Indigo Consulting, “As an agency specialising in digital transformation and digital communication, we strive to create and deliver great consumer experiences for our clients. The best experiences can only be created when client challenges and opportunities are addressed agnostic of any particular media channel. Working together in a seamless office space fosters collaboration to create fantastic and effective work – without losing anything in translation.”

     

    The new workspace in Gurugram has been designed by Studio B, headed by architects Jaya Kanwar and Balbir Singh.

     

  • Leon will lead the agency's Digital Design and Build vertical

    Indigo Consulting brings Jose Leon on board as President

    By A Correspondent

     

    Jose Leon

    Indigo Consulting, Leo Burnett India’s full-service digital agency, has appointed Jose Leon as President to lead its digital design and build vertical. Leon comes in from Adobe, where he was responsible for the digital marketing business across multiple domains in BFSI, Retail, Education, Automotive, among others, in collaboration with digital agencies.He will report to Rajesh Ghatge, Chief Executive Officer, Indigo Consulting, and will be based out of the Delhi office.

     

    Welcoming Leon to his new role, Ghatge said: “Over the last few months, we have been executing a plan to evolve ‘design and build’ services at Indigo Consulting. We have 17 years of credentials in building, managing digital platforms and assets across the web, mobile and e-commerce, for large national and international clients. We are investing in leadership talent across Business Consulting, Analytics and UX thereby expanding capacities to partner clients across their digital transformation journey. Jose brings with him some incredible technology experience and has partnered with large clients in the private, public and government sectors – consulting them and implementing large digital transformation projects for them. He has been entrusted with the important task of driving the ‘build’ agenda at Indigo Consulting.”

     

    Speaking about this new role at Indigo Consulting, Leon said: “This is an amazing opportunity. The TAM (Total Addressable Market) for Martec alone is between $32B-$40B here-and-now and Indigo Consulting, being an integrated digital agency has capabilities across all spheres of this market opportunity. We are continously re-skilling and re-investing in our people in addition to bolstering our partnerships across the spectrum, from Design Thinking and Augmented Reality right up to Machine Learning, Real-Time Analytics and Block Chain. I am looking forward to leading Indigo Consulting’s design and build function, and helping it reach the vast potential I see in it.”

     

  • She joins Indigo Consulting after her last stint at iContract, where she was the Associate Vice President

    Indigo Consulting hires Sumitra Sarkar as VP – Client Services & Strategy

    By A Correspondent

     

    Sumitra Sarkar
    Rajesh Ghatge

    Leo Group digital agency Indigo Consulting has announced the appointment of Sumitra Sarkar as Vice President – Client Services & Strategy. Sarkar will be based in Mumbai, and will report to Rajesh Ghatge, Chief Executive Officer, Indigo Consulting.

     

    Speaking about the appointment, Ghatge said: “There is some tremendous momentum that we have gathered over the past few months on the back of some large client wins. We invest significantly in our client relationships and it starts with our business leaders who have the experience, skill and temperament to manage and grow these relationships. The business leaders become partners to our clients getting completely immersed in their businesses. Sumitra has an impressive track record, and we are thrilled to have her in our team. The brief to her is to ‘make a difference’.”

     

    Sarkar joins Indigo after her last stint at iContract, where she was the Associate Vice President. Speaking about her new role, Sarkar said, “I’m excited to be part of Indigo Consulting. Their data and brand-led approach to digital communication is very differentiated from what I have seen in other agencies. They have been producing some awesome work on the back of this approach.”

     

  • The account was won post a multi-agency pitch

    Indigo Consulting wins digital duties for Danone India

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Leo (Burnett) Group’s Indigo Consulting has bagged the digital mandate of French food giant Danone in India. The account was won post a multi-agency pitch, and will be handled out of the agency’s Mumbai office.

     

    Speaking about bringing Indigo Consulting on board, Himanshu Bakshi, Marketing Director, Danone India said: “Given our aspirations for our brands, we saw an ideal fit with what Indigo brought to the table. We needed disruption in terms of leveraging powerful consumer insights into seamless digital execution, and hence we invited a multi agency pitch. Their approach to integration with the overall creative campaign is simple and compelling, and we believe our brands will benefit immensely in the near future with this association.”

     

    Commenting on the account win, Rajesh Ghatge, CEO Indigo Consulting, said: “We are excited at the prospect of partnering Danone to comprehensively leverage digital to engage with their consumers across brands. We spot a huge opportunity for Danone to build communities and drive conversations around their brand promise. We hope to deliver value on back of our ability to mine data and and create highly engaging content, while driving Danone’s brand and business agenda on digital.”

     

  • He will report to Saurabh Varma, Chief Executive Officer, Leo Burnett, South Asia

    Indigo Consulting brings in Rajesh Ghatge as CEO

    By A Correspondent

     

    Rajesh Ghatge

    Indigo Consulting has brought on board Rajesh Ghatge as Chief Executive Officer. In his new mandate, Ghatge will lead the 300-plus employees across Indigo Consulting and Indigo iStrat. He will report to Saurabh Varma, Chief Executive Officer, Leo Burnett, South Asia, and will be based out of the Mumbai office.

     

    Welcoming Ghatge on board the Leo Burnett Group, Varma said: “Indigo is already one of the largest full-service digital agencies in the business, with a reputation for using technology and intelligence to solve business problems. We wanted a leader who can create a new curve for a team of 300 plus Indigo employees; Rajesh brings with him the energy, the passion and the drive to create a new destiny for Indigo Consulting. My brief to him is to make us the most respected digital agency in the country, bar none.”

     

    Speaking about his new role at Indigo Consulting, Ghatge said, “Driving effective consumer engagement on omnipresent digital touch-points is a function of technology, content, analytics and the ability to execute flawlessly in an ‘always on’ mode. Using data and platforms to create impactful and relevant experiences has been my ongoing work. Indigo Consulting, built on a deep foundation of technology has emerged as a leading digital agency. I am excited at the prospect of working with a team of passionate strategy, technology and creative champions at Indigo Consulting to grow the agency into the future and leverage ‘digital’ comprehensively for brands and businesses.”