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MTV’s contest offers incentives for viewers to participate
MUMBAI: MTV has come up with yet another contest of sorts called MTV Whatever Things for its viewers.
This time round, MTV is all set to involve its viewers and lure them into participating in the contest by offering incentives like airing their mug shot on the channel.
According to the channel website, the participants have to suggest three music videos that best go along with the two stunts for each episode of MTV Whatever Things, which will be shown on the website. If an entry is selected, not only will the person get to program a music playlist for the show, he/she will also get their mug shot shown on air. Participants will have to submit at least one photograph of theirs in jpeg or gif format for the same.
Some of the stunts that are on MTV’s website for the ‘MTV Whatever Things’ contest
Also, at the end of each month, a grand winner will be picked from the selected entries and he/she will get a Philips 530 Mobile Phone.
Viewers can participate in the contest by watching the two stunts that are shown on the MTV website – www.mtvindia.com and suggest three music videos that best go with the action.
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UltraTech Cement appoints Jayant Dua as managing director
Dua will succeed K. C. Jhanwar after his term ends in December 2026
MUMBAI: UltraTech Cement, the flagship cement arm of the Aditya Birla Group, has elevated Jayant Dua as managing director, effective 1 April, 2026.
The company’s board also approved his appointment as additional director, managing director and key managerial personnel, effective 1 January, 2027, following the completion of the current managing director K C Jhanwar’s term on 31 December, 2026, according to a regulatory filing.
Dua will serve as managing director for a four-year term from 1 January, 2027 to 31 December, 2030.
A veteran executive with more than 37 years of professional experience, Dua joined the Aditya Birla Group’s cement business in 1996 and spent nearly a decade in various functional and leadership roles.
Over the past two decades, he has held several profit-and-loss and chief executive responsibilities across multiple group businesses, including insulators, insurance, Century Cement and the chlor-alkali segment. In 2023, he was elevated to lead the group’s renewables and textiles businesses.
Within the group, Dua has received several internal honours, including the chairman’s individual award for exceptional contribution in 2002, the outstanding leader award in 2009 and the leader of leaders recognition in 2022.
He holds an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, an MBA from International Management Institute and has completed the advanced management programme at Harvard Business School.
