Partha Sinha
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Partha Sinha appointed as President of The Advertising Club

Advertising, Marketing and Media industry’s apex body – The Advertising Club today announced the Managing Committee for the current fiscal, i.e., F.Y. 2021-2022, at its 67th Annual General Meeting. Mr. Partha Sinha, President – Response Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., has been elected to lead the body.     Speaking about the appointment Mr. Partha Sinha, President, The…

picsart
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Picsart raises $130 Mn to Expand its Creator Platform

Picsart has announced it has raised $130 million in Series C funding. The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 with participation from new investors G Squared and Tribe Capital, as well as existing investors Sequoia, DCM, Graph Ventures, and Siguler Guf & Company. With over $100 million in annual revenue run rate, Picsart…

Spotify
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Spotify releases audio thriller, Virus 2062, starring Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal

Spotify’s brand new Original podcast, Virus 2062, voiced by Bollywood actors and couple, Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal is now available to stream and download for free on the platform. The audio thriller, a 10-episode one time release, centres around “patient 63” (Fazal), who says he’s time traveled from the past to prevent a pandemic. The podcast is an adaptation…

FNP Media
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Ferns N Petals named Girish Johar as Chief Operating Officer

Ferns N Petals announced the appointment of Girish Johar as Chief Operating Officer of FNP Media, a content company and production studio. He will be in charge of directing FNP Media’s operations, content generation, marketing, and commercial exploitation across all channels. Short films, ad films, web series, and feature originals for OTT and Theatricals are…

polygon
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Zee Studios Launches its First-ever NFT on Polygon, Powered by NFTically

Zee Studios is happy to announce its first-ever NFT drop, powered by NFTically, on its own NFT Store. Zee Studios has partnered with Polygon’s Blockchain for this project. Zee Studios will now be able to share their unique, exciting possessions with their fans all over the world using NFTs. Zee has been in the entertainment…

Atul Mehta
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Shiprocket named Atul Mehta as COO

Atul Mehta has been named Chief Operating Officer of Shiprocket, a technology-enabled logistics and fulfilment company (COO). Mehta will be responsible for sales, account management, supply chain operations, customer operations, and seller excellence functions in his new post as the head of Shiprocket’s logistics platform in India. In addition to these primary tasks, he will…

Newgen
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Newgen named Virender Jeet and Tarun Nandwani as CEO and COO

With effect from September 1, 2021, Virender Jeet, Senior VP – Sales, Marketing, & Products, and Tarun Nandwani, Senior VP – Business Management, have been named chief executive officer and chief operating officer, respectively, of Newgen Software, a global provider of digital transformation platforms. Jeet has worked with Newgen since the company’s establishment in 1992….

Phaneesh Gururaj
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Koo Named Phaneesh Gururaj as President – Technology

Phaneesh Gururaj, President – Technology, has been appointed to manage the engineering and innovation team at Koo, India’s own microblogging platform. Koo has put together a best-in-class engineering team that will work closely with Phaneesh to offer structure and direction to establishing a powerful technological platform from India, for India. Prior to joining Koo, Phaneesh…

Sony SAB
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Sony SAB to premiere its new show ‘Shubh Laabh – Aapkey Ghar Mein’ on 13th September

Sony SAB is all set to premiere its new show ‘Shubh Laabh – Aapkey Ghar Mein’ on 13th September, Monday-Friday at 9:30 PM. The show will demystify the meaning of true devotion and the significance of self-transformation. The show illustrates a transformative journey of its characters, where they will learn to find a balance between…

Sugarfit
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Sugar.fit to raise $10 Mn in seed funding led by cure.fit

Cure.fit, India’s leading health and fitness company, has agreed to invest $10 million in Sugar.fit, a health tech startup that aims to manage and reverse diabetes through a highly consumer-centric data-driven digital health experience. Endiya Partners and Tanglin Venture Partners have also agreed to invest. By September, the investment should be complete. In India, over…