MetLife has appointed Chander Chellani as Officer-Agency. He will be responsible for formulating and driving the sales and distribution of the agency sales channel business at MetLife. In addition, he will also oversee the sales training function for the company. He moves from ICICI Prudential, where he headed the sales and training function. Chellani is a Chartered Accountant.
Piya Nagpal is joining Hungama TV as Regional Head Sales – North. Her last stint was with Star TV as Manager with Star Plus. She has an experience of six years. Nagpal has also worked as Senior Executive in real estate consultancy Colliers Jordine for a year.
Tarannum Alam is joining Madison as Media Director on September 7. She moves from Zenith Optimedia where too she was Media Director for a year on the Hewlett Packard account. She has earlier worked in Mediacom as Media Group Head for a year. She started her career with McCann Erickson where she worked for three and a half years on the Nestle and Loreal accounts.
To strengthen the talent pool in its Internet business, the Times Group has appointed Rajendra Mehta as General Manager and Head of Human Resources for Internet initiatives. He will report to Dinesh Wadhawan, CEO and MD, Times Internet Ltd, and support R Sundar, Head, Times Business Solutions Pvt Ltd. Mehta, who till now was head of HR for the Times Group’s (Bennett, Coleman and Co.) Delhi establishment, is known for his talent acquisition skills, having worked directly and closely with stakeholders with national and international experience. Mehta will continue to support the Times Group with respect to tasks assigned by the CEO group from time to time.
Bajaj Auto has pulled closer to Hero Honda in the number of motorcycles sold each month, raising the possibility of an imminent change in the leadership position in the world's second-largest bike market.
Nike launched cricket shoe Air Zoom Yorker. The company has roped in two international pace bowlers Shane Bond from New Zealand and S. Sreesanth from India as brand ambassadors for the product
It might just encourage mobile voyeurism, but Nokia has spotted an opportunity to make photographers out of amateurs at the ongoing Wills India Fashion Week with its mobile photography contest, called ‘Eye on Fashion’.
‘Barrister Roy’, a new thriller, will begin telecast on DD1 from September 10, 2006. The serial will be aired in the 10-11 pm slot.
Malaysia Tourism Board, which has earlier successfully promoted golf and Formula 1 in the Indian market as part of its sports tourism initiatives, has now launched a new promotion to coincide with the upcoming Tri-nation cricket series involving India, West Indies and Australia.
‘Urbane’, a premier people and lifestyle read from Oman, is out to create buzz around the magazine. The magazine recently held its first promotional event, Urbane Rendezvous, which was attended by who’s who of Muscat’s corporate world.
TBWA\India has won the creative duties for Platinum Guild International. Industry sources peg the size of the business in the region of Rs 10-12 crore. The incumbent agency is Contract Advertising.
Shobhana Bhartia, Rajya Sabha MP and Vice-Chairperson and Editorial Director of HT Media Ltd, has been elected as the new Chairperson of Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) for 2006-07. She takes over from Kurush Grant.
NDTV Profit has started three new shows – ‘Breakfast With Profit’, ‘Profit Fundamentals’ and ‘Profit Newsroom’. The three news shows will be aired between 8 am and 5 pm and will bring the flavour of the market, live reports, views, opinions, movements, buzz and trends of the market.
Following the overwhelming response for shows such as ‘Hutch Kalakkapovathu Yaaru’ and ‘Airtel Super Singer’, Vijay TV in its effort to provide its viewers wholesome entertainment is gearing up to launch ‘Ungal Favourite Yaar?’ (Who is your favourite star?), a Tamil film award property, Vijay Awards.
Given the fact that innovation is a major factor in success, Worldwide Media Pvt Ltd, the publishers of Filmfare, has come up with a unique cover innovation for its September issue.
Delhi-based Noshe Oceanic is on an expansion spree. After Chandigarh, the agency has now set up its operations in Lucknow from August 30, 2006.
Percept Profile has bagged the Nissan global LCV account following a competitive global multi-agency pitch. The new contract is on a one-year retainer basis and will cover countries such as Japan, Europe (Italy, France, Spain, UK), China and Mexico.
The Delhi Ad Club recently organised its annual Awards, titled ICE (Indian creative excellence), in the Capital. Rediffusion DY&R swept the Awards with 11 metals and was also declared the Agency of the Year, followed by Mudra, Percept H and Dentsu Marcom.