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Consumer rights body issues showcause notice to Ola Electric for ‘deficiency in service’

Ola had awarded its media duties to Publicis Groupe-owned Starcom in 2018 after a competitive multi-agency pitch.

The company has been given 15 days to respond to the CCPA’s showcause notice, addressing the concerns raised about service issues and related matters.

Coffee Day Global’s Independent Director Giri Devanur resigns

Giri Devanur, who holds a master of science in technology management from the Columbia University, started his career at TCG-Ivega Corporation, and went on to work across GC Advanced R&D park, Ameri100.

Currently, Giri Devanur holds the position of a chief executive officer at ReAlpha Tech Corp.

82.5 Communications bags Vadilal’s creative mandate

Vadilal is a household name and offers a large range of Ice Creams in the form of ice cream cones, candies, bars, ice-lollies, cups, family packs, and economy packs, in a variety of flavours, stated the company. (Image source: Facebook)

82.5 will handle the full-service creative duties of Vadilal for its entire portfolio along with their design expertise to help Vadilal with its packaging.

Purpose articulates the why of your existence, says Infosys Global CMO

In addition to technological advancements, Sumit Virmani touched on the increasing importance of purpose-driven marketing. He acknowledged the debate around "purpose versus performance" but dismissed it as a false dichotomy. According to Virmani, the real challenge for marketers lies in integrating both purpose and performance into their strategies.

Sumit Virmani, Executive Vice President and Global Chief Marketing Officer at Infosys, on the power of Purpose, the advance of AI and the biggest disruptions reshaping how businesses and brands are built.

Manish Tiwari to be Nestle India’s MD | AAAI re-elects Prasanth Kumar as President; Rana Barua becomes Vice President

Manish Tiwary has been nominated to take over as the Managing Director of Nestlé India Limited with effect from 1st August 2025. The proposal is subject to necessary approvals, the company has said in an exchange filing.

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Zerodha’s Nikhil Kamath becomes franchise team owner for Global e-Cricket Premier League

Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha, emphasized that Streambox aims to solve the growing problem of content fragmentation in an increasingly saturated streaming market.

Nikhil Kamath along with Ankit Nagori, Prashant Prakash will serve as joint team owners of the Bengaluru franchise.

Dentsu BX appoints Vishal Nicholas as EVP and Head of Strategy & Solutions

In his previous tenure at dentsu, Vishal Nicholas served as EVP & Head of Strategy (South & West), Dentsu Creative, where he spent more than seven years.

Reporting to Narayan Devanathan, President & Chief Strategy Officer, South Asia, Vishal Nicholas will further add impetus to the network’s industry-first business transformation practice. He will collaborate closely with the dentsu leadership team to accelerate Dentsu BX’s transformative solutions across India.

Mindshare’s Gopa Menon joins Successive Technologies as chief growth officer, APAC

At Mindshare, Gopa Menon was responsible for driving digital transformation for the network, strategizing and implementing business strategies, digital strategies and roadmaps for Mindshare South Asia and its clients.

Gopa Menon’s responsibilities will include accelerating the company’s growth strategy and business growth.

AAAI re-elects Prasanth Kumar as President; Rana Barua becomes Vice President

Prasanth Kumar is a GroupM veteran having worked in the organisation in various capacities for over 20 years in his overall experience of over two decades in advertising. He has also worked at Pepsi, The Hindu, The Media Edge & McCann Erickson prior to joining GroupM. He has also been Vice President of AAAI during 2020-22. (From left to right: Prasanth Kumar and Rana Barua)

Immediate Past President, Anupriya Acharya will be the ex-officio member of the AAAI Board for 2024-25.

Retired IPS officer Sharad Kumar joins BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit as new chief

As NIA's Director General, Sharad Kumar looked into various high profile investigations and operations. Post his tenure at NIA, Kumar was appointed as the Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission from June 2018 to April 2020, highlighted a media report. For an interim period, he also held the designation of Central Vigilance Commissioner. (Image source: Indian Masterminds)

Sharad Kumar’s responsibilities will include looking into match fixing and betting scandals.