DOD 2025
Drivers of Digital Awards and Summit

Vinaikrishnan Nair

Vinai, is an MBA, with about 17 years of experience in the Banking & Financial Services
industry, primarily spread across Business Analysis, Consulting, IT Delivery, Process Re-
engineering, Sourcing and Strategy.He has been a part of SBI General Insurance Co Ltd for since its inception and was responsible for setting up and delivering IT Services across various technology platforms. He was a member of the core team that has been instrumental in setting up the IT Strategy,
Architecture and Governance processes for the company.In his current role, he is also responsible for running the core insurance services as well as to lead and implement the Digital Transformation Initiatives. Prior to SBI General, he has worked with a leading technology company as a consultant for
assignments with Insurers in Asia & Europe. He has played key roles in various start-up insurance ventures and IT enablement of functions such as Policy Administration, Claims, ales Channel Management and Operations & Customer Services. He loves to read and listen to music in his free time.

Manav Sethi

As Group CMO, Manav looks after both Eros Now and the studio business. He is responsible for brand, consumer growth & retention, talent, trade and PR across both these businesses. In his earlier role he was founder CMO for ALTBalaji, India’s first SVOD OTT platform which broke the notion that Indians don’t pay for content.In his last role at Getit he launched multiple businesses and brands in India and Malaysia across Yellow pages, Horizontal Marketplace and verticals like grocery and furniture, mobile wallet and a merchant lending platform.At Reliance Big Entertainment, he was the founder of then India’s largest online local search platform that got investment interests from Navteq & acquisition interest from Justdial. He was also part of founding co worked on launching businesses across FM Radio, Music, Motion Pictures, Movie rental & download, online gaming & a JV with Dreamworks Animation SKG. In his earlier stints, Manav exited a startup in stealth mode that created an IP that helped telecom towers reduce their energy costs.He has formal education in Management and Law.

Rituraj Bidwai

A decade of experience in Marketing and Brand Communication with specialization in Digital.
Astute understanding of various digital marketing channels coupled with solid technical knowledge gives me an edge in implementing brand related campaigns derived from the overall business objectives. Data is an integral part of my work style ensuring a fair balance of execution and result KPIs, important for any strategy to be successful.

The work done during my stint with Godrej won awards by “Asia Retail Congress” and “CMO Asia Brand and Marketing Excellence Awards”.

Relevant areas of core strengths – Digital strategy in Search, Social, Mobile, User Experience on web and mobile, Analytics mapping on Search and Social channels, User journey management, SEM, Online Reputation Management, SEO, eCRM, Media planning and performance marketing.

Amit Purohit

Amit Purohit is Head of Digital Business at Aditya Birla Sunlife AMC Limited (formerly known as Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Limited).
Amit spearheads Digital Business Pan India with P & L responsibilities. The Digital Business has mandates for Digital Sales & Strategic Alliances, Digital Marketing, Digital Operations and Customer experience and Digital Technology for business verticals like Investor, Distributor and Corporates. He has been instrumental in revamping Digital business and has been leading from the front with respect to bringing out many “Industry first” innovations in the Digital space. Digital Business has been able to successfully roll out new Digital Assets viz. Partner portal, Partner App, APIs for Digital partner integrations, Micro-sites for Tax Planning etc. in recent times and some of the initiatives are setting benchmarks in the industry.
Amit’s career spans over 18 years across varied industries like BFSI, Telecom and Pharma. In past Amit was associated with organizations like Reliance Mutual Fund, Tata Docomo and ICICI Bank for business functions like Product Management, Strategic Sales & Business Development and Marketing. Amit is an MBA from Pune University and is a BMGI certified Green Belt holder in Six Sigma.

Kaushik Chakraborty

A versatile Sales and Marketing professional with over 20 years of extensive cross-functional experience in transforming digital road maps, driving online sales and service excellence. Kaushik has been at the forefront of the digital transformation journeys of organisations like Tata Capital & UTI Mutual Fund. He has set up digital businesses for Retail & Commercial banking consumers from scratch in various organisations and in his current role is driving digital initiatives at Tata Capital. He
calls himself a “digital-first marketer” as prior to the advent of the digital-social- mobile era he was happily honing his skills in Sales and Service functions of organisations like Standard Chartered Bank and ICICI Bank. An out-of-the-box thinker with a flair for identifying & adopting emerging trends, he has gained a rich and varied experience across NBFC, Consumer Banking, Asset Management and SME Banking spaces during his professional career. A passionate foodie and a hardened sport lover, his passion is to leverage all things digital to improve the customer experience. He is a recipient of 100 Smartest Digital Marketing Leaders by World Digital Marketing Congress in 2019, Big 40 NBFC Award Winner of 2019 at the World AIBFSI & NBFC Show and “50 Best Digital Marketing Professionals” for 2014, 2017 ad 2018 presented by World Marketing Congress and CMO Asia.

Pranab Das

Have worked in the digital innovation space since 2000. Starting with core technology have moved on to product and strategy. Help transform businesses, by architecting new digitally enabled business models, digitalize existing processes to improve efficiency and craft next generation digital experiences. Following are my career highlights in reverse chronological order:
• Part of the leadership team anchoring the formulation and implementation of enterprise level Digital Commerce strategy for Reliance and Jio
• Evangelized Tesco API model
• Program Managed the 2nd largest online grocery in the world – ASDA.com on behalf of Walmart Global eCommerce
• Part of Pervasive Technologies COE – one of the pioneering groups in IoT space
• Part of leadership team embarking on multi-year digital transformation journey for Nordstrom
• Part of one of the earliest eCommerce implementations for Costco Wholesale
• Worked on location-based services as part of mCommerce COE for British Telecom

Tushar Ghagawe

Digital marketer with excellent understanding of Indian consumer behavior and all aspects of Brand Marketing. Marketing professional with over 19 years’ experience in Marketing and Sales. Experience of working with varied industries like Travel, FMCG, Media and Finance. Experience of leading multi – functional teams including marketing, creative, project management, content, analytics and external partners to drive sustainable growth.

Chirag Singhal

Efficient, innovative & results driven professional with 6+ years work experience in e-Commerce domain, handling Digital Marketing, Strategic Alliances & Partnerships
Executing successful Digital/Online Marketing campaigns for customer acquisition initiatives – Strategic Alliances & Partnerships, Affiliate Marketing, Mobile App Marketing, Re-targeting Specialize in building scalable products that provide compelling business value
Highly detail-oriented & execution focused with strong networking, mentoring and consensus-building skills

Vipin Guliani

Digital Marketing for Piramal Group, A $10 Billion conglomerate with services in Healthcare, Finance, Real Estate. Vipin is responsible for Digital strategy across corporate and Business including digital communication, Analytics & Marketing Automation for Piramal Group. Prior to Piramal Group, He was heading Global Digital Marketing for Wipro Limited and was responsible for leading the digital strategy and operations for IT Business, He has also served as VP and business head for business and Digital Agencies.
Vipin holds 18+ years of experience in Digital Branding, Building Business pipeline & Sales globally; He has launched Integrated Digital Strategies, Campaigns, Analytics & ORM for multiple large Brands. Awarded with Gold Award by ITSMA for “Marketing with Social and Digital Media”. Awarded among best marketing & digital marketing professionals by CMO Council among other multiple recognitions

Jatin Chhikara

Jatin Chhikara is an experienced marketer, strategist & creative thinker with over 13 years of multi-faceted experience of working as a brand strategist, advertiser, digital marketer, entrepreneur, project manager and process improver. He has gained hands-on expertise to lead multi-disciplinary projects in digital transformation of brands, brand experiences & marketing strategies.

Prabhjyot Singh

Prabhjyot Singh is a Marketing professional with 15+ years of experience in the industry. His experience spans across sectors like media houses, e-commerce and digital agencies. Currently, he is the General Manager – Marketing & Digital, Strategic Planning, Events & Content at ShowBox – National 24×7 Music TV Channel. During his career, he has been responsible for the launch campaigns, media buying, budget allocation, overall growth of the companies, scaling up the e-commerce business through digital mediums, generating new revenue streams and strategic planning for the new business development. Worked on several expansion plans in entertainment media, digital, publishing, OTT.

He has hands on experience with Branding & Digital strategies and setup online businesses from scratch. Developed online brands and delivered strong year-on-year revenue growth. Digital story teller with proven experience of creating winning solutions for Global & Indian brands.

He has worked on: ShowBox Music TV Channel, Epic TV, Studio Showbox, PTC Punjabi, PTC News, PTC Play, Tapp Me, Shopmate, Nokia, Store99, LivingGifts, etc.

Mandar Natekar

Mr. Mandar Natekar is the Chief Business Officer at KidZania India, He is responsible for building business & taking forward the brand with his vast knowledge and focus to deliver Magical and Memorable experiences.
He has over two decades of experience in the media & entertainment industry working with leading media brands like TOI, Sony, BigAdda, HBO, Movies Now & MTV,

During his last stint with Viacom 18, Mandar was responsible for managing the entire revenue stream for brand MTV, Pepsi Mtv Indies &Mtv Beats across Ad-Sales, Large Format Sponsorships, Digital Properties & Branded Content. His expertise lies in creating large format revenue partnerships and creating newer opportunities for scaling up revenue streams across start-ups to established businesses.

An avid cricket player and a trained boxer, Mr. Mandar is also passionate about story-telling and has his own blog – soccerdad.in

Udit Jain

Udit Jain is the Head of Marketing at Airtel Payments Bank, the first Payments Bank in India. In this capacity, he leads brand building, marketing and communication for the Bank.

Udit has 15 years of progressive experience in long term business strategy development, brand management, communication, digital marketing, new product development, customer and shopper marketing and sales which straddles across leading business conglomerates. A passionate business manager and marketer, Udit is credited with a strong sense of long-term vision and an eye for detail. He also plays a key role in shaping long term growth strategies for the Bank.

Prior to joining Airtel Payments Bank, Udit worked with brands like Airtel, Reckitt Benckiser, and Tecumseh Products Company. During his tenure with Airtel, Udit is credited with achieving ever highest scores on saliency and consideration in highly competitive and disruptive category. He also played a key role in the conceptualization and execution of some path breaking campaigns like “Sab Kuch Try Karo, Fir SahiChuno” and Airtel Thanks, one of the first telecom rewards program in the industry.

An alumnus of Management Development Institute, Udit holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering. Beyond work, Udit is an avid reader especially on startups and their business strategies.

Ankit Mehrotra

Ankit Mehrotra is a start-up and tech enthusiast with special interests in understanding customer behaviour across the web and mobile. He is the co-founder ofDineout, which is India’s Largest Dining Out Platform seating more than a million diners a month across 8000 restaurants in India. He is the winner of the Education UK Alumni Awards 2016 in which he received the Entrepreneur of the Year award. Additionally, Dineout won the TechRocketship Award and the India Emerging 20 Award, both by the Govt of UK & India in 2018. Before starting Dineout, he lived in London for 10 years and worked for 7 years with BNP Paribas, London, a top tier Investment Bank, in various divisions including Investment Banking & Wealth Management managing a portfolio of UHNWI. He is also a CFA charter holder since 2011.

Shrenik Gandhi

Shrenik Gandhi, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder – White Rivers Media, is an entrepreneur passionate about solving business problems with insightful digital marketing. White Rivers Media is a full service creative digital agency founded in 2012, and has worked with brands like Myntra,
One Plus, Vedanta Group, ALTBalaji, Lenskart,Viacom18, Tata CLiQ, Dun & Bradstreet etc.
Mitesh Kothari. Based out of Mumbai & Gurgaon, they are a team of 125+passionate digital marketers, founded by Shrenik Gandhi &
His company is driven by his vision of bringing global digital marketing trends and technologies to India and creating innovative digital solutions for Indian and International brands in the country. His company is the Indian partner of Spanish ad network, Blue Tech in India and provide their proprietary retargeting solutions to top ecommerce clients. He has been featured in the 30 Under 30 list by IMPACT Magazine 2017 and won several
accolades nationally & internationally in the field of advertising and marketing. Shrenik is a regular speaker at various digital and entrepreneurship summits, including TedX. Under his guidance, White Rivers Media has been featured in Deloitte's Tech Fast 50 list at #43 (India) and #473 (APAC) in 2016 and #10 (India) and #173 (APAC) in 2017 – effectivelymaking it the only digital marketing agency to be featured in the top 10.
In his free time, Shrenik loves mentoring young entrepreneurs and start-ups.
Connect with him: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gandhishrenik/

Banwari Lal Sharma

Banwari Lal Sharma is Chief ExecutiveOfficer (New Cars) at CarWale and CarTrade. A Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, he was one of the founding members of CarWale. Apart from managing business, his experience of more than 16 years spans across product management, technology, marketing and content. He has adequate understanding of Indian auto ecosystem, automotive consumer behaviour and digital.

Sai Narayan

As Chief Marketing Officer, Sai Narayan is responsible for leading the Brand, PR, Digital Marketing & Social Media efforts at Paisabazaar.com. He carries more than a decade’s experience across Brand Management, Advertising, Digital Marketing, Social Media and PR functions.
Prior to joining the Policybazaar Group, he had worked within marketing and brand management roles at leading insurance companies, Max Life insurance and Aviva India. During the early part of his career, he has also worked with leading advertising agencies like JWT and Publicis India.

Priyadarshi Banerjee

Priyadarshi Banerjee is a cross functional media & marketing strategist with more than a decade’s experience having worked across multiple functions in the media and entertainment industry – including Consumer Marketing, Digital Brand Solutions, Content and Audience strategy, Creative deployment and Campaign Management.

About Worldwide Media:
Worldwide Media is a part of the Times Group, one of India’s largest media and entertainment conglomerates, and publishes Filmfare – India’s No 1 entertainment magazine. Femina – India’s largest women’s magazine, BBC TopGear, HELLO!, BBC GoodHomes, GRAZIA, Lonely Planet Magazine India, Home Trends and BBC Knowledge are other exciting titles from Worldwide Media.

Ashish Patkar

Ashish has spent over a decade heading the strategy and creative function at top agencies like Rediffusion, Everest, JWT London, Percept and Jack in the Box. As a much awarded Creative Director, he has worked on iconic brands like Times of India, Vaseline, Knorr Foods, Ponds Men, Be Beautiful, Pepsi, Taj Hotels, Toshiba, Parle, Louis Philippe and many others.

Saisangeeta Israni

17 years in Advertising and Marketing.

Strong experience across Media, Retail and Fashion. Has been on both sides of the table- Agency and Brands

Worked on ground breaking campaigns such as Brand Factory’s FREE SHOPPING WEEKEND, Spykar Gym Jns and many more.

Previous organizations include Brand Capital, Times of India; Coupon Retail, Prateek Apparels, Bangalore; Brand Factory, Future Group and currently at Spykar Lifestyles, India’s favourite fashion denim brand.

Hobbies include: Music and Travel

Ashish Jain

I am leading E-commerce initiative of Godrej and Boyce. Godrej and Boyce has 14 diverse business divisions including Godrej interio, appliances, security solutions and locks.I head Digital marketing for Godrej Interio and drive integration of creativity with data to rejuvenate brand from an old legacy brand to an aspirational brand for today’s millennial. I am passionately pursuing technology enablers implementing Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Data science, IoT to solve business problems at scale In my past role, I lead grocery e-commerce business in Reliance Retail as joint business head. In that role, I lead team of technocrats, merchandisers, Operators and Digital marketing professionals to build business from scratch. I also lead development of Reliance Digital Xpress store from concept to realization. This format was focused on experiential retailing of technology products. I am passionate towards building customer centric digital businesses, processes and organization structure with strong bias towards action and happy to connect with people with similar interests

Rahul K Pandey

Performance driven marketing executive with over 14+ years of success in developing highly successful and award winning marketing programs/advertising campaigns. Built & executed marketing strategies/GTM to reach prospect customers throughout their journey on platform & outside Ecosystem. ROI centric approach, delivered 20 to 40 times ROI on XXX Cr (three digits) marketing spends. Marketing Fraud crusader, detected & proactively solved many channel specific frauds especially in App Installs & Affiliate Partnerships. Extensively worked on marketing automation projects with the help of business analytics inputs to improve budget efficiency. Thorough understanding of marketing metrics, their incrementality (A/B test) and its impact on business profitability (EBITDA/Contribution margin)

Key Skills :
In-depth knowledge across all Digital Marketing channels (Display, Remarketing, CRM, Performance (Google SEM/Facebook), Organic (SEO),Mobile/App Marketing, Social Media, CRM, Media Planning & Buying and Affiliate partnership) their behaviour and impact on business along with exceptional people management & leadership skills.