Tag: Brand Makers

Gangu Ramsay, one of the seven Ramsay Brothers passes away at 83

Some of his other films that he produced include Veerana, Bandh Darwaza, Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche. (Image source: CNBC-TV18)

Known for producing horror films like ‘Purani Haveli’ and ‘Tehkhana’, the films highlighted vampires, werewolves, zombies, etc, tasted popularity for showcasing a mix of horror and erotica.

Sanjay Nayar takes over as ASSOCHAM President

Sanjay Nayar brings an experience of four decades in global financial and capital markets, including 25 years at Citi and nearly 14 at KKR, before retiring last year.

Sanjay Nayar is the founder and chairman of Sorin Investment Fund. He serves as a Non-Executive Director at the new-age E-commerce company NYKAA founded by him and his wife Falguni Nayar.

Fool’s Day: Elon Musk says he’s joining Disney to make it more ‘woke’, in a “recycled” joke

In a recent shift, X agreed to comply with some of Brazil's demands by blocking the contentious accounts, paying the fines, and appointing a legal representative within the country.

Elon Musk and Disney chief Bob Iger have been feuding since Disney joined 200 major advertisers including IBM and Apple to leave X in November 2023 after Musk’s endorsement of an antisemitic post.

My daughter is a hardcore Swiftie: Tata Power’s Jyoti Bansal’s firsthand account of a Taylor Swift concert

Taylor Swift is a business woman par excellence who’s changed paradigms in the music industry, rewritten rules and forced new rules, done the unthinkable (taking her music off Spotify, re-singing older songs strategically making Taylor versions, taking up for artists, trademarking phrases from the songs – more than 50 with 200 federal trademark registrations, and more). (Image source: Unsplash)

Jyoti Kumar Bansal, chief of brand and communications at Tata Power, decodes the magic and marketing of the Taylor Swift brand after experiencing one of her concerts with her daughter, a hardcore Swiftie.

Veteran journalist Shantanu Guha Ray passes away

An alumnus of Indian Institute of Mass Communication and The Wharton School, Ray was known for his investigation on the 2011 coal scam and the irregularities in the deal between the Airports Authority of India and the GMR-led Delhi International Airport Limited for lease of land.

During his 25 year stint, Shantanu Guha Ray won Ramnath Goenka award, Laadli award and WASH award for his reportage in the fields of cricket, cervical cancer and water-related issues.

26 weeks of business inspirations: ADAPT-able lessons from a Business OG

For example, in real life, we do know of Harit, as the CEO of Tata Sky (now Play) personally getting involved in consumer complaints resolution (“Your Subscriber Number please?”) on social media platforms, as a way to test process and TATs in his teams. The one minor grouse though that I have with Adapt, is Chapter 6 where, going by the story-flow, Addae perhaps needs a better quality VP of Marketing!, writes Siddharth Banerjee. (Image source: Amazon)

In Harit Nagpal’s recently launched book, ADAPT – based on his nearly four decades of building businesses and brands across Unilever (Lakme), Shoppers Stop, Hutch/Vodafone and Tata Play (earlier Tata Sky), three key lessons stand out, states Siddharth Banerjee.