Category: Brand Makers

Who will be PepsiCo India’s new CEO and president?

Jagrut Kotecha is PepsiCo's senior vice president and chief commercial officer for AMESA (Africa, Middle East and South Asia regions). As per the report, it is Kotecha's extensive experience in the snacks business that makes him the top candidate for the job. (Representative Image: Eugene via Unsplash)

Speculations have run wild around who will become PepsiCo India’s new president after expat chief Ahmed ElSheikh moves on.

Bookstrapping: Modi and India: 2024 and the Battle for Bharat by Rahul Shivshankar and Siddhartha Talya

Is singing Vande Mataram, an act of apostasy for the Muslims in India? The ‘national song’ equates country with ‘motherland’ and praises the Hindu Goddesses Durga and Lakshmi as part of its lyrics. Since the Muslims don’t treat country as God, but Allah as God, isn’t this a complex situation? And was the objection to ‘Vande Mataram’ just another argument to partition the country in the late 1930s?, reviews Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta. (Image source: Amazon)

Modi and India: 2024 and the Battle for Bharat by Rahul Shivshankar and Siddhartha Talya raises questions such as Who were we? Who are we going to be? What is the idea of Bharat? And what is our new ‘tryst with destiny.’

Niva Bupa’s Nimish Agrawal: A lot of burnout conversation is because of lack of communication

Nimish Agrawal, executive president and chief marketing officer, "This too shall pass. I think that statement covers the entirety of being a very small element in the overall grand scheme of things. We become very happy and we become very sad. And that oscillation happens very quickly, which is the reason why burnout, stress and anxiety happen."

Nimish Agrawal, executive president and chief marketing officer, Niva Bupa explains, “It’s important to disconnect from work or anything that one does quite regularly because the monotony can create stress.”

Mars Wrigley appoints Nikhil Rao as its CMO

Rao is an alumnus of IIT, Madras, and IIM, Calcutta. 

Rao joins Mars Wrigley India from Mondelez where he was the Vice President – Marketing for Mondelez Southeast Asia (SEA). With a career spanning nearly 25 years.

SAP elevates Kulmeet Bawa to global chief revenue officer, SAP Business Technology Platform

Kulmeet Bawa will continue to serve in his current role through February, during which time a new leader for SAP India will be announced.

In his new role, Kulmeet Bawa will be responsible for driving the growth and adoption of SAP BTP across the globe, including SAP’s artificial intelligence, data and analytics, automation, and integration.

Philips is a self-care brand that travels with consumers in their life journey: Deepali Agarwal

Gaming is a big part of young teenagers' lives and a lot of our effort this year has been in participation with BGMI and some of the other gaming fraternities. (Image soured via Philips website)

Deepali Agarwal, Business Head – Personal Health at Philips helps us understand how the brand managed to find its product market fit.