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There was hectic activity on the people movement front this week.

  • Sandip Tarkas joins Future Group as President, Customer Strategy
  • Rohit Bansal elevated as COO, India TV
  • Pavan Varshnei quits India Today Group as Publishing Director, Business Division
  • Dipankar Chatterjee joining JCDecaux India's street furniture arm as COO
  • Meera Sharath Chandra named President & NCD of RMG Connect India
  • B Sridhar rejoins Innocean as Director, Media Services
  • Vishal Ahluwalia to join TBWA\India as Senior VP, to head Southern operations
  • Ambika Nehru joins Rediffusion DYR as Executive Creative Director
  • Niti Kumar rejoins OMS Delhi as Business Director, North & East
  • Varun Kohli quits Sieger Solutions to join Times Response as Deputy GM

    There is trouble brewing at INX News. However, contrary to reports, Vir Sanghvi is very much in the saddle. NDTV Imagine is set for its launch next week.

  • Trouble at INX News: Media rumours claim he is going, but Vir Sanghvi says all's well
  • NDTV Imagine to go on air from January 21, 2008
  • STAR India and DEN join hands to distribute TV channels in India

    The Print media came up with a bunch of expansion and launch announcements.

  • Outlook Profit to hit newsstands by February end; to be priced at Rs 50
  • Filmfare goes fortnightly; to launch German edition in February 2008
  • DNA continues its national expansion, launches Pune edition
  • Mail Today introduces first supplement, Mail Today Property
  • Sakaal Group launches quarterly magazine 'India and Global Affairs'

    Among other interesting headlines during the week:

  • Reality Check: Indian advertising - the promise is there, but falters near the winning line
  • India's ad spends grew 3.5 pc at Rs 17,356 crore in 2007: Lintas Media Guide 2008
  • From events to production to syndication - the Wizcraft journey
  • Mediaedge:cia India launches MEC Interactions; MEC Access next on cards
    • Snapshot on Life Insurance advertising in Print in 2007: AdEx study

    Life Insurance contributed 76 per cent of insurance advertising in Print during 2007, even though it dropped by 25 per cent during 2007 over to 2006. Private Insurers took 55 per cent share of overall advertising of Life Insurance in Print. LIC and Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance maintained their respective 1st and 2nd ranks in 2006 and 2007. Baja Allianz Life Insurance and LIC were the top 2 Life Insurance brands in Print in 2007.

    We do feel like a start-up agency sometimes, but we are big – we are the third largest in Asia in the WPP network. Once you are a Bates person, you are always a Bates person. The gratification of the freedom makes you come alive, that is what entrepreneurial skills are about.
    Jeffrey Yu, President, BatesAsia141

    5 questions to know our honchos better
    ØThe naughtiest thing you did as a child...
    I remember my Mashi's wedding in Kolkata where, apart from all the delicacies, I was enticed by the meetha paan which we kids were not allowed to have. However, I led my gang of cousins to sneak out a few, little knowing that we ended up swiping more than half the plate of the ‘gulkand’ laden paan. A strict hunt was lodged to find the culprit. When I was asked to smile, my paan-stained teeth ensured the lashing of a lifetime!
    ØYou are most passionate about...
    I have only two passions in life -- my family and books.
    ØWho would you be if you were asked to be a cartoon character?
    Donald Duck.
    ØWhat would you do if you were invisible for a day?
    I would do a Mr India on black marketers or, better still, go wherever Steve Bucknor is officiating in a match and teach him a thing or two about umpiring.
    ØWhat is your biggest fear?
    I fear nothing but God.
    Smriti Irani
    Television Actress

    Faisal Khan has joined Outlook Profit as Regional Head-North. Outlook Profit is a new magazine from the Outlook Group launching in February that will cater to serious stock market investors. Khan’s last stint was with Tribune as Branch Head for Delhi for four years. Khan has also worked in Indian Express, Delhi, for four years. After Indian Express, he moved to Outlook Group for three years as Assistant Manager where he handled split editions of Delhi and Mumbai. He has thirteen years of experience in Marketing and Sales of a range of products and services.

    Canaan Partners, a global venture capital firm specializing in early-stage technology and life sciences companies, has appointed Harish Gandhi as Executive Director. His mandate is to strengthen and expand Canaan’s investments in the technology space. He moves from Bharti Airtel where he headed the VAS business and New Products Development team. He has also worked as VP, Business Strategy & Planning at Bharti Airtel where he was responsible for leading the 3G effort. Gandhi has also served as Director-Marketing & Technology at Nokia.

    Rahul Gambhir, after a three-year stint as Head of Red Bull Energy Drink for India, is all set to join Tommy Hilfiger as India Business Head. At Red Bull he spearheaded Marketing & Sales and growing the brand significantly to its current high levels. From a hardly known brand, today Red Bull has become the energy drink of choice for a fast growing segment of active adults. Gambhir has earlier worked with Madura Coats, Standard Chartered Bank and Johnson & Johnson.

    Ashish Chopra has joined Pyramid Saimira Group, which is into malls and multiplex construction, as Manager-Marketing, Delhi. Prior to this he was with Media Transasia India as Senior Manager, handling corporate sales. Chopra has 10 years of experience in print media, beginning his career with Hindustan Times as Senior Executive, Sales, looking after the Delhi and Chandigarh regions. Later, he moved to Tribune and Amar Ujala Publications to handle their corporate sales.


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