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Here are some great personalities who have significantly contributed to the PR profession of India. They have paved the path and shown the right way to their followers by acting as the torchbearers for the community.
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Ameer Ismail (Executive Director at GolinOpinion)
He joined Lintas in 1996 and was entrusted with the responsibility of building the PR business – GolinOpinion, which today is a JV between MullenLowe Lintas Group (MLLG) and Golin. GolinOpinion is recognized as one of the leading players in the PR industry. In recognition of his overall contribution, he was promoted in 2016 to the post of PRESIDENT. In addition to the GolinOpinion business, he is also responsible for Growth at PointNine Lintas.
Amrit Ahuja (Client Services Director, Technology and B2B lead Asia at 20:20 MSL)
Amrit is a PR consultant with over 25 years of experience. She has experienced a great journey from satellite tv to technology and the internet. She has worked with Zee Telefilms and created a category for satellite TV and now she is working on a lot of brands that have adopted the internet. She has also contributed to Google and Facebook. As the communication Director Of Facebook India, she had the opportunity to work across Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook. Navigating the growth of the three most powerful digital apps has been a badge of honor. Working on the digital elections for the largest elections in the world has made her one of the most well-known women in the PR sector.
Amrit is presently associated with Consulted leading tech and telecom brands on PR campaigns like Ericsson, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Dell, Computer Associates, Canon, Google, Deloitte, Booz,
Amit Misra (Managing Director at MSLGROUP)
Amit’s career boasts of extensive experience. He has played roles of corporate consulting and public affairs advisory to multinational corporations and business conglomerates across India and Asia. He is the CEO of MSLGROUP in India, winner of a second consecutive ‘Great Place to Work’ survey.
Before joining MSLGROUP, he was MD of Zeno Group, an Edelman Group Company, and led the launch of their operations in India. Amit has been the Director of APCO Worldwide where he launched the co’s Strategic Communications Practice in India. Prior to APCO, he worked at Hanmer & Partners as Vice President (North) and has also been the Head of Corporate Affairs and Communications at Essar Telecom.
Atul Malikram (Founder of PR24x7)
A passionate, enthusiastic, assiduous, and a great motivator leading his team to its pinnacle; Atul began his career as a PR professional way back in 1999. His keenness to lead a PR team prompted him to work on diverse aspects of PR and established PR 24×7 in 1999.
Known as a very trustworthy and reliable person, especially during a crisis, his persistence was well paid off. Today his team consists of more than 75 PR Professionals.
Having an eye for detail, Atul is successful in identifying people and engaging them in fulfilling their ambitions and that brings him to the forefront in comparison to other PR leaders. Unlike most companies who look at associates to shoulder the bulk work, Atul has always ensured the use of directly employed associates operating across the country. This has contributed to better, stronger relationships and stability.
Archana Jain (Founder & MD, PR PUNDIT)
She founded her own PR company called PR Pundit in 1998. Today, PR Pundit holds the notable reference as the frontrunner in luxury and lifestyle PR, it’s a well-regarded consumer and lifestyle public relations company. It is India’s first and only PR company to have won a Gold PR Lion at Cannes 2017 for its campaign for ITC Savlon. As an independent, mid-sized 20-year old PR company, PR Pundit’s 85+ team of practitioners go beyond the traditional, employing creativity and skillful storytelling to engage the audience and change the conversation. The company continues to be steered by Archana Jain as she keeps on providing a value proposition of creativity, efficiency, and innovation. She is the principal trainer for PR Pundit’s media training and crisis communications programs.
Ashish Jalan (Director & CEO at Concept Public Relations India Ltd)
CONCEPT PR – is one of India's premier, full-service Public Relations company with a strong presence across India. In addition, Concept PR offers its clients a presence in more than 150 countries worldwide by virtue of its membership with the International PR Exchange (IPREX), a network of like-minded independent international public relations agencies. It is recognized as a formidable force in the brand, sports, and financial communication sectors. Concept PR is acknowledged for its effective media relations and most critically, as India’s leading financial communications agency.
Valerie Pinto (Chief Executive Officer at Weber Shandwick India)
Valerie has been a strategic counselor to fortune 500 companies and C-suite executives on shaping their reputation with influential stakeholders. As the CEO of Weber Shandwick in India, Valerie is tasked with the role of building a profile for the brand with a focus on the content-first approach. Before joining Weber Shandwick, Valerie was with Perfect Relations, where she relentlessly built the agency to become one of the largest Public Relations consultancies in India with over 400 professionals and 200 prestigious clients.
In addition, Valerie has been a national level Heptathlon athlete and a state-level Basketball player.
Dilip Cherian (Co-founder and Consulting Partner at Perfect Relations)
Also known as ‘India’s Image Guru’, Dilip Cherian is one of the leading communications and public affairs consultants of India with a specialization in political and policy advisory.
Dilip started his career with the Government, where he worked as an Economic Consultant to the Ministry of Industry, thereafter he had a long stint as the Editor of Business India. Later he moved to television and newspaper journalism. He was auxiliary in founding ‘The Observer of Business and Politics’.He still used to writes columns for newspapers like The Asian Age, The Indian Express, and Mid Day. His name was included in the first-ever PRWeek Global Power Book 2015 and has also been a Nominee Director for the BBC on their media investment in India.
Dilip is a member of the Board of Governors in The Advertising Standard Council of India (ASCI) and is also on the Governing Council of NID and the Ministry of Company Affairs.
He has worked with over 2,500 of the largest corporations, both Indian as well as global. ( also work with a host of political parties)
Bela Rajan (Founder & Director, Ketchum Sampark)
Bela Rajan is a postgraduate in law and journalism. She has a professional experience of more than two decades in Media and Communications. She started her career with ‘Consilium’, India’s first Public Relations Consultancy firm. In 1994, Bela with Rajan started Sampark Public Relations Pvt. Ltd., offering 360-degree communication solutions with strong business-to-business and business-to-consumer capabilities in areas of corporate, finance, healthcare, technology, consumer and brand, infrastructure and emerging businesses. Later In 2011, after Sampark entered into a JV with Ketchum Inc. to form Ketchum Sampark Pvt. Ltd., wherein she still continues to play a stellar role in nurturing a few key clients in the corporate space. In addition to building Brand Ketchum Sampark, she is also responsible for the day to day mapping and sourcing of human resources and managing the Company financials. She also spearheads Sampark’s new initiatives in the Corporate Social Responsibility space.
Kunal Kishore (Founder at Value 360 Communications)
Kunal Kishore is a PR Professional as well as Entrepreneur - overseeing the strategic growth of Value 360 Communication and incubating new businesses under the group. His role has been of consulting and managing the PR mandate of multinational companies, young entrepreneurs, independent practitioners, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and many others. As he calls himself – an entrepreneur by accident – Kunal’s entrepreneurial career began with the formation of Precision PR in 2003. Kunal envisages transforming the PR business and bringing in a revolution in terms of the way it operates. He is known for his vision of taking PR from being a mere medium of communication to being a mainstream communication strategy partner.
Kunal specializes in communication strategy for start-ups, online ventures, and entertainment companies. His team boasts of him as a dynamic leader with game-changing ideas that drive the organization to excel in serving the customers. Under his new venture Smartube, he is incubating interesting mobile as well as internet utility businesses.
Paresh Choudhary (Group President, Corporate Communication at Adani Group)
Paresh Chaudhary has a combined expertise of 29 years in marketing, brand management & communications, and reputation management spanning across multiple industries with blue chipped companies ( Ranbaxy, HUL, RIL). A complete hands-on experience across key global markets has helped him to set benchmarks in brand management in global corporate communication functions. An understanding of the above has given him an edge in the overall strategic planning and execution. He is also involved in launching international brands, creating brand identity manuals, media policies, and customized crisis communication guidelines.
His passion for corporate communications and public relations has enhanced Madison PR's insights into client needs and strategy. In fact, in the first year at Madison, his team was awarded the " PR Agency of the Year Award" for all-round excellence. It is the fastest-growing agency in 2013 ( pitch magazine). The agency won many national and global awards for the brand and social campaigns in 2013 and 2014. Madison PR also won the "Agency of the Year " award at the prestigious CMO Asia Awards, 2014.
Madan Bahal (Co-founder and MD at Adfactors PR)
Madan Bahal is at the forefront of communication, managing most of the largest IPOs in the Indian market. After his college degree, Madan attempted to join the multinational advertising networks, but soon realized he was more at ease with local problems and processes. That made him launch Adfactors Advertising in 1982 and soon after it was reorganized and converted into an integrated business communications firm. In 1991, the firm further sharpened its focus on financial communications. As a result, Adfactors PR is India's largest and most awarded public relations firm. they are the undisputed leaders in providing marketing communication support and spearheaded the communication strategy of over 80 percent of all major public offerings in the Indian capital market. Madan is also the co-vice chair of PROI Worldwide for the Asia-Pacific region and a member of the governing council of The Yoga Institute, Mumbai. The Institute is the world's oldest body of organized yoga teaching.
Nandita Lakshmanan (Founder & Chairperson, The PRactice)
Nandita founded The PRactice in 2000, with just Rs. 35,000 and four employees. It has grown since to become one of the country’s premier independent PR consultancies. It is particularly known for representing its consumer and technology clients pan-India. In addition, Nandita took The PRactice to the international level via its alliance with Porter Novelli, which has now been in place for several years.
Under Nandita’s leadership, The PRactice has won numerous international awards. A creative consumer campaign was shortlisted for a PR Lion award at Cannes 2012 and another one won gold at the 2013 Sabre Awards.
Nitin Mantri (Business Partner at Avian Media)
Nitin Mantri is the CEO and Business Partner at Avian Media. Currently, he is leading the company’s overall growth strategy, international relations/affiliations and marketing of the firm. Nitin started his career at Genesis PR. He, along with his business partner, founded Chase India – an Avian associate company, in 2010 to work on public affairs and government relations mandate for leading Indian and multinational companies. Prior to Avian, Nitin was Director at Pleon, a leading PR consultancy in Europe (part of the Omnicom group). Earlier, Nitin worked with Microland as their Manager, Communications, for ITspace.com in Bangalore. Nitin is also the President of Public Relations Consultants Association of India (PRCAI). Nitin has almost two decades of experience in corporate and high-tech PR and marketing communications.
Praveen Rikhy (MD MelCole PR)
Praveen started her career with a leading chamber of commerce (PHDCCI) and also worked with the Indian Newspaper Society (INS).
She began her specialized technology PR career in the country and is responsible for MelCole’s leading position in this market segment. She now leads the strategy team at MelCole. She has tremendous experience in economic research and with it she analysis and understands the dynamics of industry and business very well. Praveen helps provide a practical business dimension to PR campaigns developed at MelCole.
Prema Sagar (Vice-Chair, Burson-Marsteller, Asia Pacific & Principal/Founder, Genesis Burson-Marsteller)
She is Popularly known as the queen of PR in India. Prema has led Genesis Burson-Marsteller to the forefront of the industry where today it is recognized as one of India’s most experienced and respected consultancies in the country.
She founded Genesis PR in 1992 when the public relations industry was at a very nascent stage. Over the years, the company, which was acquired by Burson-Marsteller in 2005-06, has mirrored the journey of India’s public relations and public affairs landscape. Prema is also Vice-Chair for Burson-Marsteller Asia-Pacific as well as a member of the BM’s Global Leadership Team.
Rakesh Thukral (MD at Edelman India)
Rakesh is A community veteran with over two decades of experience in communications and public affairs. he joined Edelman India in 2010 to set up the firm’s Public Affairs and Advocacy practice. later In 2012, he took on the additional role of Chief Operating Officer. During his four-plus years at Edelman, Thukral successfully built the Public Affairs practice to one of the largest in the country.
Before joining Edelman, Rakesh was the COO of Comma Consulting for over four years, a company that he helped set up. He also worked at IPAN, now known as IPAN Hill+Knowlton, for 14 years.
Radhika Shapoorjee (President, South Asia, Hill+Knowlton Strategies)
A seasoned communication leader and a certified Mediator from the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation and is an India specialist Mediator for the Singapore International Mediation Centre. She has three decades of professional experience across advertising, public relations, and corporate communications.
She is the founder and CEO of Meditation Mantras. The purpose of the mediation consultancy is to advocate, teach, and promote the cause of Mediation as a life skill and help people and organizations build winning relationships.
She was the founder President and led Hill+Knowlton Strategies for 9 years and the Chief of Strategic Planning at Genesis Burson-Masteller for over 6 years. Both top WPP global communication consultancies.
Her last assignment was to set up the corporate communication team at Hike Messenger, a social media platform. And concurrently, she was a strategic advisor to the Singapore International Mediation Centre. A trusted advisor to CEOs, Governments, top lawyers, litigation experts, and political leaders.Honorary secretary to Can support, an NGO which is a leader in palliative care for the underprivileged.
A prolific public speaker, moderator, and writer. Selected as a jury member for multiple international and national awards including the prestigious Cannes Festival of PR and Advertising.
Rishi Seth (Group CEO at Cohn & Wolfe Six Degrees PR)
Rishi Seth is an experienced communications professional with 20 plus years working on the agency side. He started his career in rural marketing and has also worked at Genesis and Perfect Relations.
He is now the Co-founder and Partner of Six Degrees. Rishi has extensive and diverse experience ranging from political and corporate affairs to consumer and technology public relations. before co-founding Six Degrees, he headed the India operations of Text 100, a top 20 global PR consultancy, as its Managing Director. He is a Strong entrepreneurship professional, skilled in Corporate Communications, Brand Management, Crisis Communications, and Media Relations.
Sunayna Malik (MD & Senior Vice President at Text100, India)
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