INDIA’S TOP 10 Men in Public Relations Consulting
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 Public Relations 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.
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.
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.
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)
Kunal Kishore (Founder at Value 360 Communications)
Kunal Kishore is a Public Relations 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 Public Relations 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.
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.
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 Public Relations 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.
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.
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 Public Relations also won the "Agency of the Year " award at the prestigious CMO Asia Awards, 2014.
Rishi Seth (Group CEO at Cohn & Wolfe Six Degrees PR)
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