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  • He will be working closely with Soumitro Ganguly, Senior Manager, Mobext, India

    Havas Media appoints Gaurav Pandey as Group Director -Technology

    By A Correspondent

     

    Havas Media India has announced the appointment of Gaurav Pandey as Group Director–Technology. He will be responsible for the company’s technology direction with focus on quality and efficiency across mobile, web and social media applications. He will be working closely with Soumitro Ganguly, Senior Manager, Mobext, India.

     

    Mobext is the mobile marketing arm from Havas Media Group. With India fast becoming a Mobile First market, Mobext is adept at delivering marketing, technology and services, across mobile environments. Launched in 2007 as the mobile advertising network of Havas Media, Mobext was the first agency to offer specialised end-to-end mobile marketing services within the global arena. With teams and offices spread around the world, it now leverages significant international expertise. Mobext provides multi-screen strategy and consultancy, user experience and interaction design, cross-device commerce build and management, native application development for any platform, mobile media planning, buying and implementation.

     

    Anita Nayyar

    Anita Nayyar, CEO, Havas Media Group India, said, “Havas Media is gearing towards delivering the best in class marketing technology and mobile solutions to clients and brands. Gaurav with his tech-expertise will ensure great quality solutions in this domain along with Soumitro. Gaurav has the requisite experience and is an innovator. His mandate is to identify, exploit and integrate technology driven solutions and leverage our existing technology infrastructure and mobile strength across the Havas Media business units in India.”

     

    Ranjoy Dey, Head of Digital, Havas Media India, who Pandey will report to, said, “At Havas Media we consistently strive to execute digital media the way the consumer sees it, to deliver the most memorable experience. Gaurav has the knack of mentally approaching solutions from a brand perspective to connect with the consumer, where media and technology are an integral part of each other. His deep knowledge of both will go a long way in an environment when the businesses are becoming either Mobile Only, Mobile First, or Have to Be on Mobile.”

     

    Before joining Havas Media, Pandey was Associate Vice President, Marketing Technologies at Ignitee Digital, prior to which he was with Digitas India for a long time. He was responsible for providing innovative and effective tech solutions across mobile and web for the client organisations. His brand portfolio includes several Fortune 500 brands like Pepsi, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, ITC, Volkswagen, Viacom18, Castrol, Pizza Hut, Axis Bank and Airtel.

     

  • Their 'digital at core' philosophy was impressive and that translated seamlessly in their strategic approach and category understanding

    Havas Media wins digital mandate of Ranbaxy’s Consumer Healthcare brands

    By A Correspondent

     

    Subodh Marwah

    Havas Media Group India has started 2015 on a very positive note. They have won the digital marketing mandate of Ranbaxy’s Consumer healthcare brands post a multi-agency pitch which included the incumbent as well as all leading digital agencies.

     

    Commenting on the appointment, Subodh Marwah, Vice President and Head-Global Consumer Healthcare said, “In Havas Media we saw a perfect partner- one who is equally innovative and passionate about building brands. Their ‘digital at core’ philosophy was impressive and that translated seamlessly in their strategic approach and category understanding.

     

    Anita Nayyar
    Mohit Joshi

    Speaking on the win, Anita Nayyar, CEO, Havas Media Group India and South Asia said, “We are delighted at the win. It’s a great way to start the New Year. We believe in creating Meaningful Brands and Ranbaxy is an excellent example of such brands. Look forward to a great partnership.”

     

    “Digital is the future and Havas Media Group’s ‘digital at core’ philosophy provides us the capability of driving this growth in the Indian market. We are proud of the win and look forward to working with Team Ranbaxy”, continued Mohit Joshi, Managing Director, Havas Media India

     

    Ranjoy Dey

    “Ranbaxy is a great brand to be associated with. Consumer Healthcare is today one of the most meaningful categories. We look forward to a great ‘Digital’ year at Havas Media”, explained Ranjoy Dey, Head of Digital, Havas Media India.

     

    Havas Media Group had recently won the integrated media mandate of OCM India, Assetz Property Group, Borosil Glass Works, World Kabaddi League, Yepme.com, retained MTS India and also took on the digital mandate and won the digital duties of XOLO Mobile and Businessworld magazine.

     

  • His key responsibility will be to drive growth for the digital offering of Havas Media in India

    Havas Media appoints Ranjoy Dey as Head – Digital

    By a correspondent

     

    Ranjoy Dey

    Havas Media Group, India has appointed Ranjoy Dey as Head – Digital. His key responsibility will be to drive growth for the digital offering of Havas Media in India.

     

    An MBA graduate, Dey has about 19 years of experience having worked extensively in the digital marketing domain. Prior to Havas he was COO at Ignitee Digital and was earlier with Digitas India. Dey has handled brands like Nestle, Samsung, Reckitt Benckiser, Dabur, ITC, JK Tyre, Axis Bank, SanDisk, Airtel, Pizza Hut Delivery, amongst others. His works have won several National and International awards including the PMAA, MAA Globes, Abbys and DMA.

     

    Anita Nayyar

    Speaking on the appointment, Anita Nayyar, CEO Havas Media Group India and South Asia said, ‘Digital at core’ is not only our group philosophy but our mission in India. Havas Media Group had a great run in 2013 and in 2014 won key digital accounts of Yepme.com and Xolo. We are committed to deliver digital across platform, across devices. It is clearly our focus area of growth year-on-year to give clients integrated incremental value fulfilling their business objectives. Ranjoy has the attitude, the all round experience and the energy to drive organic and inorganic digital expansion in the India market; we are delighted to have him on board to jettison the digital strength at Havas Media Group forward.”

     

    Mohit Joshi

    “Young India is a hotbed for digital and 360marketing with challenging and exciting times ahead for all of us. Havas has some of the best digital and media tools and trainings in the industry that have delivered rich rewards to clients across the globe. Ranjoy will be a good navigator to bring to the table innovation and real value for the present and future clients of Havas Media in India”, added Mohit Joshi, Managing Director, Havas Media India.

     

  • Mr Dey will be based at Ignitee’s Gurgaon office – managing the business across the offices of Ignitee in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai

    Ignitee appoints Ranjoy Dey as Chief Operating Officer

    Ranjoy Dey

    By A Correspondent

     

    Ignitee Digital Services, the digital marketing & media agencies, appointed Ranjoy Dey as Chief Operating Officer. Mr Dey will be based at Ignitee’s Gurgaon office – managing the business across the offices of Ignitee in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai.

     

    Mr Dey will be responsible for leading all aspects of marketing and operations for Ignitee, aligning the marketing strategy and brand positioning for the company’s growth in the fast evolving digital advertising industry. He will report to Atul Hegde, CEO, Ignitee.

     

    Mr Dey is a Sales & Marketing professional with 18+ years of experience; as Operations & Business Head in Agencies, he has handled & led large-scale Marketing campaign operations & project management – while managing large & diverse teams across the country. He had also taken up roles to set-up and lead e-Marketing & CRM functions from scratch in several IT & eLearning companies.

     

    Commenting on this development, Atul Hegde said: “Ranjoy joins Ignitee as we continue to expand, and offer our best practices to customers. We are very focused on bringing great value across our digital products and solutions, and Ranjoy’s appointment is central in helping us to achieve this. With his vast experience in successfully creating & delivering interactive marketing solutions and effectively managing diverse resources, he is the ideal person to help us achieve our growth goals and country-wide consolidation.”

     

    Mr Dey said: “I am excited to take up this role as the growth driver for Ignitee. Ignitee has been doing some amazing work for their clients and the time is right to expand the business when clients are looking at differentiated marketing solutions while enhancing their digital footprint.”