R Sundar has been promoted as CEO of Times Business Solutions Ltd (TBSL). He has been associated with the Times Group for over 27 years and has been responsible for driving several initiatives in the Group. He is currently, President, TBSL. Rajeev Gaur, another long-time member of the Times Group, has been elevated as COO of TBSL. He is currently Vice-President of TBSL.  more...

Amit Varma has been roped in as CEO of Audience Measurement & Analytics Ltd (aMap). Raviratan Arora, Founder & Managing Director, aMAP has confirmed his appointment. Varma moves from Reliance Industries Ltd, where he was Country Lead-US, International Business.  more...

Business Standard Ltd, which has been on an expansion spree recently, seeks to further consolidate its presence in North India, launching its Hindi business daily in Chandigarh on February 21, 2008. As with the Delhi, Mumbai and Lucknow editions, the Chandigarh edition is also priced at Rs 2 and would be circulated six days a week.  more...

Integrated marketing agency iris has announced the appointment of Richard Bleasdale as CEO for the Asia Pacific region. Bleasdale is serving his notice period at DDB Group Singapore, where he is Group MD, along with being Managing Partner of Rapp Collins Asia Pacific. At iris, Bleasdale would be overseeing the Sydney, Delhi and Singapore operations, besides the opening of further offices in the region.  more...

Creative guru Nick Souter would be addressing a seminar titled ‘Right brain thinking for left brain people’ at the Asia Pacific Advertising Festival (AdFest) 2008. The seminar would look at some of the tools that would help create correct environment for creativity in the industry and greater ‘Creative Democracy’.  more...

Chennai-based communication design shop be positive 24 has bagged the business of Fomra Housing & Infrastructure. The Fomra Group, a 50-year old company with an annual turnover of Rs 100 crore, is a leader in industrial, commercial and residential electrical solutions. Now the Group is diversifying into other business interests.  more...

Microsoft India on February 21, 2008 announced the launch of its Microsoft Digital Advertising Platform, which aims to simplify the processes of advertising online and also provides advertisers an opportunity to reach out to a diverse and high quality audience.  more...

Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises, has been awarded the prestigious JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award. Mittal has been given this Award for his outstanding contribution to the Indian industry and for being a distinguished Corporate Leader who has consistently maintained exceptional standards in professional management.  more...

The 9th Marketing and Retail Conclave 2008 concluded on February 21 with an interesting discussion on whether brands and retail developers could be brothers in arms. The session summed up the three-day Conclave, which was organised by Technopak, and which brought together several industry leaders on a common platform.  more...

Kannada television channel Suvarna is initiating the ‘Suvarna Kannadiga’ Award to coincide with the Suvarna Karnataka celebrations. The Award would recognise outstanding contribution towards Karnataka in the fields of sports, literature, technology, health, philanthropy, business, arts and culture.  more...

Yellojobs.com, a professional network for career growth and opportunities, has come out with an interesting online viral video in sync with its referral networking programme.  more...

Cutting Underperforming Brands, 15% of General Managers in Bid to Maintain Spending  more...