Aditya was born in a military family, where he moved homes every couple of years. The constant travelling, new places and living in villages and towns across the country, helped him develop a deep sense of empathy and an appreciation of culture at a young age. These early influences translated into advertising as a career … Continued
While he never realised his dream of becoming a professional sports person, Rahul Mathew has lived his life as one. Fiercely competitive, a big believer in teamwork, relentless dreamer, gloats just right about his wins and hurts just enough from his losses. He considers himself lucky to have led fairytale runs at some of the … Continued
Rita Verma is a seasoned HR professional with over 20 years of experience in Talent Development. Throughout her career, she has had the privilege of collaborating with the finest creative and strategic minds in India. In her current role, Rita partners the CEO in driving the organization’s workplace culture, growth for its people, and vision … Continued
Vanaja Pillai is a writer, advertising professional, and a DEI advocate. As an extension of her passion for people and their growth, she took on the role of Head DEI at the DDB Mudra Group, after spending 23+ years in the advertising and marketing industry. To catalyse the progress happening towards gender parity, Vanaja has … Continued
Anurag Bansal’s journey into the world of advertising was sparked during his teenage years while watching ‘Dream Merchants,’ a captivating show featuring industry visionaries Sonal Dabral and Piyush Pandey discussing inspiring ads from across the globe. This ignited his passion and set him on a path to make a significant impact in the advertising industry, … Continued
Born in a family with an artist mother and a paragliding guru cum businessman father, Mehak Jaini saw the best dynamic of both worlds pan out in her life as she took on the world of advertising. She, who shares her birthday with Mudra’s founding day, knew that this was the place for her to … Continued
Pragati Chavan has been drawn towards the art of conversation and communication since a very young age. It showed up in her abilities as a top-ranked extempore champion and elocutionist. While she had an academic background in science, Pragati always knew communications was her calling and chose to pursue mass media and marketing academically. With … Continued
Rammohan Sundaram, fondly known as Ram, has been in the marketing communications industry for over 25 years. Ram heads the media function at the Group. Having had the opportunity to be an early mover in the digital space, he has been an entrepreneur thrice and has successfully exited twice. Ram won the ‘Marketer of the … Continued
Observing how passionate agency stalwarts combine creativity and salesmanship is what inspired Ashutosh Sawhney’s career of 20+ years. Today, he helms DDB Tribal – the fully integrated arm of DDB Mudra Group – as the President. Ashutosh’s fascination with advertising began during an internship at JWT when he had the opportunity to work on the … Continued