India Content Leadership Awards and Conference - ICL 2021

Ankoor Dasguupta

A passionist at heart, Ankoor believes in the power of Energy & Energize. He brings with him a pedigree of 19 years across the spectrum of print, digital, mobile, events across functions ,along with a strong network of C-Suite which he drives with Return on Relationships. Having had the opportunity to have worked with diverse teams, Ankoor also has been part of the core teams to launch key international IPs and pilot projects in India. Trained from Dale Carnegie in ‘Mentoring to Develop Talent’ , Ankoor also completed a residential executive education program from ISB Hyderabad in Digital & Social Media Marketing Strategies. An avid writer and speaker, Ankoor has done guest lecture at NIT Trichy and was nominated as Chairman and speaker at 2nd and 3rd edition of Marketing Analytics Summit while also being in the Jury panel for DMA Asia Echo Awards 2019. Ankoor believes in unlearning, learning andhaving stimulating conversations around what can make the world a better place.

Angad Bhatia

At Times Internet, he founded the Indiatimes Lifestyle Network which includes Indiatimes.com, MensXP, iDiva, WhatsHot etc. and led it through an explosive growth phase, from 5 million to over 40 million unique users in 18 months. ILN is a youth and new media collective that is built around the social web. In December 2016, Indiatimes.com was ranked the world’s most engaged brand on Facebook ahead of Fox, CNN, Nytimes, Huffington-Post, Buzzfeed, etc.

Gayatri Sundaram

Gayatri Sundaram is an experience enthusiast, vibrant content creator and marketing professional with
over 12 years’ across the entertainment industry. In her role at KidZania India as Head of Content &
Experience, she handles a key portfolio of driving customized experiences during the launch of two
facilities in India [Mumbai and Delhi NCR]. Her job is to create mindful and purpose-driven experiences
for brand and business amalgamation.
She has worked with Doordarshan in the films and marketing division, TBWA as a copywriter, At
Big FM she was responsible for the programming, show strategies and brand solutions. During
her tenure with Zee TV, she was largely handling reality shows for Zee Café and Zee Studio
alongside Innovations and AFPs for niche channels.
She practices “Adapt, Adopt, Evolve!”,as the mantra for success in content creation and
consumption. She loves travelling, reading, scuba diving and equipping new moms to tricks and
tips of motherhood. Even in her leisure she continues storytelling but to her toddler son.

Nitin Naresh

Nitin leads one of India’s largest digital-first marketing communications agencies, Magnon\TBWA, in the capacity of its Managing Director. In March 2014, Nitin became one of the youngest multinational agency Managing Directors
in the history of Indian advertising. The agency he leads is part of the Fortune 500 Omnicom Group, and is an integral arm of TBWA, a global top-10 advertising network. While leading the award-winning agency, Nitin loves to stay hands-on with the business. He has directly led winning numerous key relationships for the agency including- Suzuki, Michelin, Standard Chartered Bank, UNICEF, Sony, Hyundai, Daikin, Valvoline, Hilton etc.  His deep understanding of the digital medium and the ability to adapt & align in the ever- evolving advertising domain has resulted into creative disruption for numerous brands. As part of his zeal to give-back, Nitin is associated with several industry & academic forums including IMT Institutes, DMA ASIA ECHO Awards and Silicon India. He is also on the advisory panel of several start-ups in the digital marketing & advertising domain including
The Higher Pitch, Nine Triangles and RefEarn. A Google certified mobile advertising expert and an alumnus of Omnicom University, at heart, he remains a self-proclaimed auto-expert, Schumacher cult follower and a thorough
foodie!

Priyadarshi Banerjee

Priyadarshi Banerjee is a cross functional media & marketing strategist with a decade’s experience having worked across multiple functions in the publishing industry – including Consumer Marketing, Retail Sales, Digital Brand Solutions, Content and Audience strategy, Circulation Sales & Distribution, CRM & Analytics, E-commerce, Creative Strategy and Campaign Management. He has spent over 10 years working for global publishing brands like Readers Digest and National Geographic in India and Singapore, where he looked after their Direct-to-Consumer, International Licensing and Merchandising Businesses.

Priyadarshi has also had a short stint in the business of Advertising, where he worked in the area of Aviation, Lubricants, BFSI and FMCG brands specializing in running consumer & trade loyalty programs. His educations background includes prestigious names like St. Xavier’s College Kolkata and IMT Ghaziabad. In his current role with Worldwide Media Pvt Ltd, Priyadarshi handles a unique dual portfolio of being a product marketer and a digital brand solutions strategist, championing both traditional and new media causes for the company, by focusing on print readership growth, as well as digital ad revenues.

Priyadarshi is an empiricist to the core, a firm believer in the new media revolution and consumer evolution theories, apart from being a part time musician and an avid traveler.

PARUL OHRI

Starting her career in 1994 as the youngest member of a PR firm, Parul went on to work in different aspects of Corporate Communications over the next decade at organizations such as Perfect Relations, Media Workshop and Ascom India. This wide ranging experience gave her a comprehensive understanding and hands on exposure to various aspects of Corporate Communications – from media strategy to content creation across print, multimedia and Internet.

She took a break from full time corporate work only when her children arrived and then decided to spend quality time with them. While she may have stepped back from a full time corporate career, she found a new calling in creative content generation. She credits her two daughters for unleashing her creative side like never before. Parul continued to write on a project basis and also co-founded Tweetmintt, a creative agency that conceptualized and produced personalized, innovative products for children.

Parul is part of the founding team of Momspresso (mycity4kids) and was responsible for the content generation for the website. With a combination of her experience with content and the unique ‘mums’ perspective, she has been able to contribute immensely to the strategic positioning of the platform, including coining the new name – Momspresso.

In addition to her role as Chief Editor, Parul is also heading Momspresso Studios, the video production arm of the company. She brings her core strength in content creation to conceptualizing, scripting and producing videos across several formats. The films that hold particular place of pride in her portfolio include funny slice-of-life videos shot entirely on an iPhone, documentaries made on women’s health issues and critically acclaimed concept-based digital campaigns for brand partners. While conceptualizing these films, her focus is to ensure a progressive and realistic portrayal of women, smashing stereotypes pushed by commercial media for years. She has also anchored over 200 panel discussions, live social media sessions with other mothers and experts and interviews with celebrities.

On Women’s Day 2019, Parul launched Momspresso’s very own talk show, ‘Let’s Talk with Parul’. The talk show stands for Momspresso’s vision to be a driving force of inspiration for women and aims at taking up issues that impact their lives, but are rarely spoken about. Each of our topics leads to thought-provoking conversations with the accomplished guests on our panel – whether an expert, a celebrity, a survivor, an inspirational personality or the quintessential mom-next-door, but each one with a personal story of strength and inspiration. ‘Let’s Talk with Parul’ is produced in partnership with Facebook and is broadcast live from the Facebook Studio every fortnight.

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

Koreel Lahiri