Monday 10 November 2014

Stories on 10th Nov 14

Up, Close & Personal with Abhijit 'Kinu' Avasthi
As he quits Ogilvy India as NCD, he talks to us about his journey thus far, not calling Piyush by name and his relationship with Rajiv Rao
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/up-close-personal-with-abhijit-kinu-avasthi/

Flipkart set to raise $1.5 billion in another round of mega fund-raising
India's largest online retailer, Flipkart, could begin another round of mega fund-raising as it expands its product range catering to a widening base of customers
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/flipkart-set-to-raise-1-5-billion-in-another-round-of-mega-fund-raising/

Sanchit Sanga promoted to Head of Digital Services, APAC at Mindshare
Sanchit takes on the role after two years as Digital leader for South Asia & South East Asia
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/sanchit-sanga-promoted-to-head-of-digital-services-apac-at-mindshare/

Stratagem Media announces 2-day training for ad sales and media/mktng pros
A quick chat with Stratagem Media founder and director Sundeep Nagpal on the fifth edition of the Media Rhythm training programme scheduled for November 28 and 29 in Mumbai
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/stratagem-media-announces-2-day-training-for-ad-sales-and-mediamktng-pros/

Facebook scales up missed call ad biz with VivaConnect
To scale-up its reach over mobile devices Facebook has partnered with VivaConnect for its missed call platform
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/facebook-partners-with-vivaconnect-to-scale-up-missed-call-ad-unit-business/

GroupM's Grand Diwali Mela draws huge response
The number of visits on the virtual mela as well as time spent surpasses any offline brand activation initiative organised during the festival in India
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/groupms-grand-diwali-mela-draws-huge-response/

Amith Prabhu: Media relationships will get increasingly complex in a cluttered world
As media relations gets trickier each day a system needs to be in place for the way journalists and PR professions interact with each other, writes Amith Prabhu
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/amith-prabhu-media-relationships-will-get-increasingly-complex-in-a-cluttered-world/

What Ticks for Indian Consumers/ Women - Neville Taraporewalla and Sanjay Thapar
Continuing with our extracts from the second edition of the MxMIndia Annual, we present contributions by Prathap Suthan and Gautam Talwar and Kavita Kailas
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/what-ticks-for-indian-consumers-women-neville-taraporewalla-and-sanjay-thapar/

Sonal Khanduja joins Times TV as VP - Programming, Eng Ent Cluster
Based in Mumbai, she will lead the Content Team and will report directly to the Cluster Head, Vivek Srivastava
http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/11/sonal-khanduja-joins-times-tv-as-vp-programming-eng-ent-cluster/

Zivame.com to host its first Hackathon
Candidates can either participate individually or as a two-member team