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‘India still needs to deliver broadband to homes’, says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, during a closed door media session spoke extensively about India's growing influence on AI globally.

Huang also pointed out that India has a huge potential to become a very successful gaming market.

India will be an intelligence market, RIL’s Mukesh Ambani tells NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang after striking AI partnership

“Reliance and Nvidia are partnering to build AI infrastructure in India,” announced Jensen Huang at the NVIDIA AI Summit on October 24 in Mumbai. He also said that PM Modi had asked him to address his cabinet about artificial intelligence six years ago.

Nvidia AI Summit Live: AI models will help our employees become super employees, says Jensen Huang

We have democratized computer graphics, says Huang.

“When we decided to name Nvidia, i just really loved that it sounded like a mystical place. It sounded like a great place.” Nvidia’s founder and CEO Jensen Huang also spoke to RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani, announcing a partnership between NVIDIA and Reliance to build AI infrastructure in India.

Madison’s Vikram Sakhuja to receive AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award

From 2002, Vikram Sakhuja has been with the WPP group. He was the Managing Director of MindShare South Asia; then was the CEO of GroupM South Asia for 6 years. From there, he took on the global role of WW CEO Maxus for two years. He was also appointed as GroupM’s Global Strategic Development Officer, with a remit of driving data and technology deeper into the Media practice. (Image source: MMA Global)

Vikram Sakhuja is an engineer from IIT Delhi and an MBA from IIM Calcutta. He joined P&G in 1988 where over 8 years, he held positions in Marketing Research and Media.

HSBC appoints Pam Kaur as its 1st female CFO in nearly 160-year history

Pam Kaur, HSBC's first female CFO

Pam Kaur has an MBA in Finance, and a BCom (Hons) from Panjab University in India

Honasa Consumer appoints Dr Kaustav Guha as Vice President of R&D

Honasa Consumer Ltd appoints Dr Kaustav Guha as vice president of R&D

Previously, Dr Kaustav Guha led product development at both global and Indian brands like L’Oreal and Marico. He is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and Durham University, UK

India among Landor’s top three markets by size, opportunities but lags in revenue: Christian Schroeder of Landor

"Within the broader world of WPP, Landor has a very specific role to play at a global level and equally within India," Landor's Global President, Christian Schroeder tells Storyboard18.

The Global President for Landor, Christian Schroeder discusses how Landor will focus on seamlessly integrating all of its recently acquired capabilities, in 2025. He further delves into the growing focus on the Indian market and how WPP Open is helping the agency cultivate a better understanding of AI.

Marriott International’s Tina Edmundson reveals India’s role in shaping the global luxury travel market

Tina Edmundson, President, Luxury at Marriott International, highlights India’s emergence as a key player in the global luxury travel market and that the country is set to become the third-largest source for outbound luxury travel after the US and China.

Rubeena Singh quits Anymind Group; Siddharth Kelkar, Aditya Aima to lead India, MENA ops

Rubeena Singh quits AnyMind Group

Siddharth Kelkar and Aditya Aima have been given additional responsibility to co-lead the company’s India and MENA operations as Co-Managing Director, India and MENA.

The Indian Society of Advertisers (ISA) elects Sunil Kataria as the Chairman

Sunil Kataria was the CEO - India and South Asia at Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL) since 2015 where he led scale up and transformation of the business. Kataria has also served as Business Head in two challenging service sectors: retail and telecom, leading large and complex business operations. He began his career with Marico where he spent more than a decade in sales and marketing.

On his re-election as the Chairman, Kataria said, “With digital advertising thriving at the forefront of India’s growth story, we are poised to push the boundaries of innovation. This year, our mission is to advance our collective efforts in digital measurement, in collaboration with key industry stakeholders, ensuring we lead with purpose and progress.”