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Salil Kulkarni joins Zoom as regional head, West Zone, sales
MUMBAI: Salil Kulkarni has been roped in as the regional head, West Zone, sales by Zoom Entertainment Network.
Kulkarni will look after all revenue aspects for the region including FCT and special projects for the Bollywood entertainment channel. He will report into Zoom VP-sales Hersh Bhandari.
“I am delighted to be part of the Zoom family. The channel epitomises Bollywood in its truest sense and it will be a pleasure to be part of the success story of Zoom,” Kulkarni said.
Prior to Zoom, he was with Sri Adhikari Brothers‘ music channel Masti, handling sales for Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad regions. He has also worked on the group‘s Hindi regional channels – Dabangg and Dhamaal.
Earlier, he has worked with Business Standard, Business World and NDTV Media.
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Prakash Nair reportedly quits Ogilvy after 23 years
One of the agency’s longest-serving leaders has moved on, with his next destination still unknown
MUMBAI: After more than two decades at one address, Prakash Nair has left the building. The president and head of office, north at Ogilvy has moved on from the agency, according to highly placed industry sources. His next move remains unknown. Ogilvy did not respond to requests for comment.
Nair spent over 23 years at the agency, making him one of its longest-serving senior figures. He was elevated to lead the Gurugram office in April 2022, a role that put him at the helm of Ogilvy’s northern operations at a time of considerable churn across the advertising industry.
Before taking charge in the capital, Nair served as associate president at Ogilvy Mumbai, where he worked on some of the agency’s most prized accounts, including Mondelez, Tata Motors, and BP Castrol. Over the years, he built a reputation for driving modern, integrated, and award-winning work, the kind that wins metals at Cannes and keeps clients from straying.
His departure was marked in style. A farewell gathering was held in Delhi, attended by senior figures from across the advertising fraternity, a signal of the regard in which Nair is held in an industry that does not always pause to say goodbye properly.
Where he goes next is the question the industry is now asking. After 23 years at one of the world’s most storied agencies, the answer, when it comes, will be worth watching.
