Mukesh Gupta resigns from ITC’s Board of Directors

Mukesh Gupta currently serves on the Boards of IDBI Bank Limited and CFM Asset Reconstruction Private Limited. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science and an MBA in human resources.

On October 24, 2024, the Board recommended the appointment of Siddhartha Mohanty, CEO and MD of LIC, as a Non-Executive Director for three years, effective January 1, 2025.

Mondelez International elevates Vidya Kailasam Hangal to Director – Omnichannel

Vidya Kailasam Hangal began her career at Infosys Technologies as a software engineer and worked across The Coca-Cola Company, Novartis Consumer Health and Britannia Industries.

In her new role, Vidya Kailasam Hangal’s responsibility will include leading the organized trade vertical of Mondelez India Foods and delivering the modern trade (B2C and B2B) and E-Commerce (Quick commerce, E-Grocery and E-marketplaces) business for the India BU.

Bookstrapping: War By Bob Woodward

After fifty years of reporting on American politics, Woodward has trained his expert lens on the 3 years from 2021 to 2024. He has tremendous access and makes full use of it to give a ringside view of US Foreign policy and how that defines the character of its Presidents. (Image source: Simon & Schuster)

Bob Woodward is famous for his Donald Trump trilogy, the books Fear (2018) Rage (2020) and Peril (2021). Woodward is a two time Pulitzer winner, first in 1973 for the coverage of the Watergate scandal with Carl Bernstein and second in 2003 as the lead reporter for coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Plan, set goals and boundaries, adhere to them: Ritu Mittal of Bayer

"I do believe that prioritising well-being is really crucial. Whether it is physical fitness or practices like mindfulness, they enhance personal resilience and fuel creativity and clarity in professional life," states Ritu Mittal, Head - Marketing and Digital at Bayer Consumer Health Division India.

Ritu Mittal, Head – Marketing and Digital at Bayer Consumer Health Division India, in a conversation with Storyboard18, speaks about how to avoid personal and professional burnout, offers some advice to next-gen marketers, and a lot more.

Mitali Srivastava Hough moves on from McCann Worldgroup to pursue new ventures

In addition to her consultancy work, Mitali Srivastava Hough is diving into a collaboration with musical maestro AR Rahman, where she will be contributing as a writer on a project that is an amalgamation of creativity and technology.

Mitali Srivastava Hough hinted at her intent to mentor her creative consultancy – The Equal Agency and continue advising various other agencies.

India will be an intelligence market: RIL’s Mukesh Ambani | I&B Ministry ‘suspends’ work on draft Broadcasting Bill

During the AGM earlier in August, Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani's address to shareholders reflected the conglomerate's growing emphasis on advanced technology and innovation. Ambani's made more than 50 references to artificial intelligence (AI) as he laid out an ambitious blueprint of deeptech moves to transform the oil-to-telecom conglomerate.

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