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  • To kickstart a health movement in India

    Leo Burnett bags Goqii digital healthcare biz

    By Our Staff

     

    Fitness technology company Goqii has mandated Leo Burnett India to handle its strategic and creative mandate. The account will be handled by the agency’s Mumbai office.

     

    Vishal Gondal
    Vishal Gondal

    Speaking about the appointment, Goqii founder Vishal Gondal said: “Goqii is committed to making the world a healthier and happier place. Our mission is to build the largest tech enabled healthcare platform to empower and motivate consumers to #BeTheForce. Given our proposition and our dynamic industry we were looking for a partner who emulated our new age thinking and goals with creativity and strong digital DNA. We were impressed with Leo Burnett’s understanding of the preventive healthcare mindset; a data first strategic thinking and a fresh creative approach. We are looking forward to working together.”

     

    Dheeraj Sinha
    Dheeraj Sinha

    Added Dheeraj Sinha, CEO & Chief Strategy Officer –  South Asia, Leo Burnett: “India needs a health movement. We need to put as much accent on living a better, healthier life than on post-disease healthcare. Goqii’s worldview and its suite of services is about helping you live longer, better, more fulfilled life. The brand delivers this through multiple services, tie ups with brands, nutrition advisory, health advisory, content around mental well-being going all the way to insurance solutions. We are indeed looking forward to partnering with Goqii to bringing access to a better life through better health for larger India.”

     

     

  • The account will be managed and supervised by the MediaCom Mumbai office

    Mediacom bags GOQii’s India Health Quiz digital mandate

    By A Correspondent

     

    Following a competitive multi-agency pitch, MediaCom has been awarded the digital media mandate for GOQii’s India Health Quiz (IHQ), a first-of-its-kind, nationwide initiative to educate the masses with information on health. GOQii, is tech-enabled smart preventive healthcare company promoted by entrepreneur Vishal Gondal.

     

    Joining hands with GOQii, MediaCom will be responsible for digital media strategy, planning, buying and implementation across digital media as per GOQii’s requirements for IHQ.

     

    Commenting on the win, Navin Khemka, CEO, MediaCom South Asia, said: “In this health and fitness conscious era, GOQii’s products are hitting the right chord by providing preventive health and wellness ecosystem to a wider audience. We are excited to work on the new educative initiative India Health Quiz with GOQii and help them grow in the market and reach out to the masses easily.”

     

    “When we were ideating about the India Health Quiz, we were looking to partner with someone who has the capability across Digital channels and can deliver on our objectives. Mediacom presented to us their bouquet of services & we embarked on this journey to educate Indians about the smaller nuances of health via a quizzing template,” added Krishna Kumar, CCO, GOQii Technologies. The account will be managed and supervised by the MediaCom Mumbai office.

     

     

  • Sameer Ganapathy who was earlier handling the distribution for the media networks business of Disney UTV will now take on the business function for the digital arm of Disney UTV

    Vishal Gondal, founder of Indiagames, moves on

    By A Correspondent

     

    Vishal Gondal

    Vishal Gondal, Founder and CEO of Indiagames and Managing Director – Digital of Disney UTV, will be moving on from the company. His last working day will be June 30. Sameer Ganapathy, who was earlier handling the distribution for the media networks business of Disney UTV, will now take on the business function for the digital arm of Disney UTV.

     

    Ronnie Screwvala, MD, Disney UTV, said, “Vishal has been a great founder and CEO for Indiagames. As we consolidate the digital, mobile and web play for Disney UTV in India, we plan to build on our creative prowess and transform the digital business to be a direct to consumer, yet working closely with all our partners, telecom operators, OEMs and others. This is similar to our approach in our other verticals of movies, broadcasting and consumer products. Sameer Ganapathy brings an astute business sense and high resourcefulness to this position, which is key to meet the ever growing trajectory of the digital business in India.”

     

    Ronnie Screwvala

    Mr Gondal said, “Indiagames had small beginnings but a big dream. I cannot help but look back with a tremendous sense of fulfilment and pride, upon the long, eventful & exciting journey. I am really proud of what the team has accomplished. Excellent support from our early investors Infinity, IL&FS, TOM Online, Adobe, Cisco & UTV & the subsequent acquisition by Walt Disney provided us the opportunity to work towards our vision of making gaming big in India. Over last 18 months, we have spent time integrating the teams and set a platform for continued growth. Consequently, I’ve decided to move on to pursue my passion for being an entrepreneur,” said Mr Gondal.