A brand and marketing enthusiast, Satish, currently heads seller marketing for Amazon. With around a decade of building B2C and B2B brands in India/ Europe and USA, Satish firmly believes that a business has only two functions – Marketing and Innovation (in no particular order!!!) Satish has a keen interest in discussing marketing nuances and has been actively involved in guest lectures at various business schools. He is also an avid sportsperson and paints/ sketches in his free time as he feels that’s the best form of creative expression.
A brand and marketing enthusiast, Satish, currently heads seller marketing for Amazon. With around a decade of building B2C and B2B brands in India/ Europe and USA, Satish firmly believes that a business has only two functions – Marketing and Innovation (in no particular order!!!) Satish has a keen interest in discussing marketing nuances and has been actively involved in guest lectures at various business schools. He is also an avid sportsperson and paints/ sketches in his free time as he feels that’s the best form of creative expression.

An accomplished marketing professional with over eleven years of experience in the High Tech Industry, he is currently responsible for leading Lenovo’s marketing to businesses – focused on strong presence and category leadership in the large corporate, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Sriram is a graduate from National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE, Mumbai), and is an alumnus of INSEAD, France.

Chaitanya Rele is the VP – Head of Marketing at Havmor Ice Cream Ltd. Befor joining Havmor, Chaitanya has worked with Publicis India as a Managing Partner.
An Economics Graduate, Chaitanya is no stranger to businesses and their dynamics. After a short stint with the banking industry, Chaitanya began a new career in marketing & amp; brand consulting.
Over the last 16 years Chaitanya has worked for clients across the board from telecommunication to FMCG and manufacturing to fashion. In the past, he has worked with Kyoorius, Saffron Brand Consultants, Addikt & amp; Fitch, where he returned to India setup their local studio and also setup a specialist brand consulting division for another major Indian advertising firm.
In his current role at Havmor, Chaitanya plays a key role in developing and strengthening the Havmor as a brand across India. He has experience in branding, content strategy and retail, having worked on a variety of brands across the world. Chaitanya’s global clients include Havmor, Force India F1, P & Amp; G, BAT, Bharti-Walmart, BILT, Marks& Spencer, JSPL, Pidilite Industries, Fiat, ITC and telecom majors such as Vodafone, Nokia, Reliance Mobile and Orange.

• 21+ years of experience in Marketing, Product Planning, R&D, Value Added Services. Successfully planned and executed multiple projects/products within specified timeframes.
• Currently working as HEAD – CORPORATE MARKETING @ LG Electronics India.
• Wide experience in Marketing Communication, Innovation, Consumer Experience generation Overall Program Management ,responsibilities ranging from , Marketing Communication, Innovation, Consumer Experience generation via requirements gathering and management,Product Planning and Go-To-Market strategy development and execution.
• Hands-on experience in customer/market focused business development, inputs to sales management, continuous interaction with all stake holders in the business.
• Indepth experience in Overall Business Program Management ,responsibilities ranging from , Marketing Communication (ATL/BTL/Retail/Digital/Social), Customer (Operator) Relationship Mgmt, Execution,Product Inception, Review to Delivery covering all possible aspects like consumer insight management, technology management, process management, people management and customer (Operator) relationship via the responsibility Verticals shouldered in career thus far.

Debosmita Majumder is a Communications Specialist with over 11 years of work experience in the industry. Her fields of experience span from Public Relations and Marketing Communications to Corporate Communications and Brand Communications. She has worked across various markets and sectors including lifestyle, healthcare and sports with a special focus on understanding consumer behavior.

Since August 2015, Debosmita has been the Senior Manager Marketing at the Global Footwear Brand PUMA in India where she handles the marketing and communication for all categories including Running, Training, Teamsport, Motorsport and Sportstyle. She is currently based out of Bangalore.

Prior to that, from May 2014 to August 2015 Debosmita was the Corporate Communications Manager at Sony Six and Kix. She has also previously worked with 3 major Global Public Relations agencies including MSL India (September 2012 to May 2014), Weber Shandwick (from December 2011 to July 2012) and Genesis Burston-Marsteller (from October 2006 to December 2011)

Debosmita holds a Masters degree in English Literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata as well as a Masters degree in Communication from Xaviers Institute of Communication, Mumbai. She has also played lawn tennis at a national level and this experience really helped her to apply the learnings way beyond the tennis court.

Debosmita is extremely passionate about sports. She is also an avid traveler and a food enthusiast at leisure.

16+ years of experience in Marketing, Product Strategy, Brand Strategy, Rural Marketing and successfully planned and launched new products to shake the market and achieve strong growth.

AvinashOza heads Rural Activation for Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd’s, Farm Division – Mahindra Tractors.

In 2016, he was conferred with “Best Marketing Support” award in Mahindra Tractors Annual Sales & Marketing conference and a President’s Excellerator Award for the launch of “Mahindra Yuvo” tractors

Prior to M&M, he had successful stints with BTL agency, Ogilvy Action & DDB Mudra as planning head for their rural wing

At Ogilvy, he bagged coveted title of “Young Tiger” in 2006 and in DDB MudraMax his campaign “Birla SunLife – Agent on Track” was shortlisted for Cannes lions 2015.

He is also visiting/guest professor on Rural Marketing subject with IIM Calcutta, Mudra Institute of Communication – Ahmedabad, S P Jain and Welingkars Mumbai

His current passion is his son Shonak and he believes in “if your life hasn’t changed last two years, check your pulse, you may be dead”

Amit is a support services professional with strategic and operational expertise in Facilities Management, Travel and Hospitality. Ample quality rich experience in infrastructure management entailing administrative affairs, commercial functions, projects & travel with reputed business houses. He has experience in handling multiple locations with distinction of handling KPO, Aviation in past role and currently with Insurance industry. He is also associated with various facilities management & Travel forums like, INFHRA, FMW, CE World Wide, FM Zone, MTM, BLTM etc. He shares his best practices through various channels (as a speaker of the above forums).

An experienced hand at the nuances of Marketing and Product Innovations, Abhinav is Head of Marketing and Innovations at Zee Learn Ltd. In his current role, Abhinav is responsible for the overall marketing strategy for the organization & functionally responsible to expand the network of Zee Learn brands Kidzee, Mount Litera Zee School along with other brands like Mount Litera School International, Zee Institute of Creative Arts, Zee Institute of Media Arts and Brain Cafe. With over 12 years of experience, Abhinav has a 360 degree marketing experience and has been actively involved in Product and Marketing Strategy, New Product/ Pricing, Budget Management, Media and PR coordination, Retail, Grassroots, Digital and Corporate Marketing along with product/ marketing tie-ups to help grow the business. Abhinav has always added value to business by his innovations, strategy and execution.

Prior to Zee Learn Ltd, Abhinav was associated with brands like Thomas Cook India Ltd, Western Union and Tata Teleservices. In his career span with Thomas Cook, he has launched various products like Borderless Prepaid Travel Card, Online Forex Store amongst others.  With Western Union, Abhinav contributed significantly to improve brand health that played a pivotal role in the growth of market share for the organization. While his stint with Tata Teleservices, Abhinav launched innovative brands like Truepay and Walky. Abhinav has completed his post-graduation in Brand Management from Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmadabad. Abhinav also holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Lucknow University and a National Diploma in Computing and Multimedia from Edexcel, UK. His passion for devising innovative brand strategies is paralleled by his passion for reading books.

Abhinav Sharma is an avid runner and currently the Brand Manager for adidas Running, India. He has been in this role since April 2015. This is his second stint with adidas, he previously managed Market Activations, and Retail Marketing for adidas in New Delhi from 2013 to 2015. He has worked in Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy, Titan Industries, SABMiller India in a career spanning 7 years.  He specialises in Digital Marketing, Brand Communication, Retail Marketing, Brand/Market Activation and Financial Modelling for Retail Businesses. In his current role, he is responsible for formulation of the multi-channel sell out strategy for the adidas Running silo and then executing the same. This includes Retail, MBO, e-com and Sports Specialty stores. He runs a fair bit and have a unique perspective on Running in India, having interacted with most of the communities, the people and the events. He is technically avid, and abreast of latest developments in Running. His experiences also include raced fast times, volunteered in harshest terrain as a part of La Ultra as well as trained in the science of Footwear in adidas HQ.