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Startups, breweries, and creativity: Bengaluru’s bopping to a new buzz

The startup sector has also sought focused policies for blockchain adoption, Web3 innovation, and crypto investments, including revisiting the 30% tax and 1% TDS, given their global relevance.

There’s a new energy in the cool climes of unicorn country, which is bustling with new opportunities, especially in the creative business.

NIVEA India’s marketing director Ajay Simha moves on

Prior to this, Simha worked with Beiersdorf NIVEA's parent company as regional marketing manager in the UAE for more than five years.

This was Simha’s second stint with NIVEA.

Hyundai Motor India promotes Tarun Garg to COO

The company also elevates Gopala Krishnan CS to chief manufacturing officer.

OYO’s Mayur Hola joins Culinary Brands as chief marketing officer

In his previous stint, Mayur Hola worked on big brands like Coca-Cola, Domino's, TrueCaller, MasterCard, Reckitt, National Geographic etc. Hola's skills range across integrated marketing, leadership, creative strategy, brand development and marketing strategy.(Image source: LinkedIn)

In his new role at Culinary brands, Mayur Hola will be responsible for product innovation, scale, and growth.

ShareChat’s Chief Commercial Officer quits, DDB Mudra Group bolsters leadership team; CXO Moves at Ather Energy, Reliance Retail and more

Mohit H Chablani started his career at Intelenet Global Services, and went on to work across Euclid Infotech Services, Aujas Networks, Media.net, ZEDO and Gameloft. (Representative Image: Ryoji Iwata via Unsplash)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies. Find out who’s moved up, in and out.

Bookstrapping: 10 must-read books released in 2022

We are specifically focussed on genres such as productivity, efficiency, psychology, science, biography and marketing. And of you missed the news about these books , we hope our column will serve as a reminder. (Representative Image: Amazon, The Morning Books Show)

Its time for that compelling compilation. Our year-end compilation of books is specifically focused on non-fiction and on genres such as productivity, efficiency, psychology, science, biography and marketing.

BYJU’s Divya Gokulnath on 2022: The year of lessons, resilience, and India’s reckoning

“We wanted to learn from our mistakes and I am happy to share that right from advertising standards to the way in which we communicate our offerings to students to the way in which we service them, on all these parameters, we have improved as a collective body.” - Divya Gokulnath, co-founder, Byju's (Representative Image via LinkedIn)

BYJU’s co-founder Divya Gokulnath shares, “I have always believed in facing headwinds head-on. It is simply not enough to sit back and wait for change to come.”

Ather Energy brings former Samsung exec Pranesh Urs on board as VP, marketing

Ather's reported advertisement expenses went rapidly northward to Rs 203.8 Cr in FY23 from Rs 45.5 crore in the preceding financial year.

At Ather, he will take charge of all brand and marketing initiatives, including brand, media, consumer insights, creative, and community.

DDB Mudra’s creative head Pallavi Chakravarti resigns

Pallavi Chakravarti was responsible for driving DDB Mudra’s creative offerings.

Chakravarti confirmed the news to Storyboard18. However, she didn’t comment on her next move.

ShareChat’s chief commercial officer Ajit Varghese steps down

He would also be looking at developing the long-term vision and defining the strategic direction of the sales organization in his new role, said an official statement from the television network. Varghese would be reporting to K Madhavan, president and country manager, Disney Star

Prior to this, Ajit Varghese was the global president of WPP-owned media agency Wavemaker.