Brands
Maars bags BabyOrgano PR mandate after Rs 20 Cr funding boost
MUMBAI: Nothing soothes a brand like the right storytelling balm and BabyOrgano has found its match. The Ayurvedic kids’ wellness label, fresh off a Rs 20 crore ($2.4 million) pre-Series A raise led by RPSG Capital Ventures with Sauce.vc, has appointed Maars Communicates as its official communications partner.
The partnership arrives at a moment of momentum for BabyOrgano, which is gearing up to scale its product portfolio, expand marketing, and accelerate operations with a sharp target, Rs 100 crore in revenue by FY27. With a community of over one million parents and a strong 40 per cent repeat-purchase rate, the brand has carved a loyal base in India’s booming child-wellness market, a space increasingly shaped by trust, tradition, and science-backed care.
For Maars Communicates, the win reinforces its reputation as one of India’s fastest-growing communications agencies. Founded by siblings Mausam Shah and Aayush Shah, the firm today manages 50 plus retainer clients across real estate, corporate, lifestyle, entertainment, AI studios, and creator-economy platforms.
Mausam the strategic brain behind narrative-building brings over a decade of PR leadership across marquee brands and properties, including MX Player, EPIC Channel, Lux Golden Rose Awards, Event Capital’s IPs like WindMill Festival and PetFed, and Birla Group initiatives such as Mpower and Ujaas. Aayush, an actor-entrepreneur, leads digital strategy and business expansion, steering Maars’ growing reputation as a high-impact storytelling outfit.
“BabyOrgano stands at the intersection of trust, tradition, and innovation,” said Mausam, noting how closely the brand aligns with Maars’ purpose-driven ethos. Aayush echoed the sentiment: “We prioritise brands that create meaningful impact. BabyOrgano’s growth reflects strong values and deep consumer trust.”
BabyOrgano, operated by Natureovedic Consumers pvt ltd, is pushing Ayurveda-led child care into the mainstream with science-backed products spanning health, wellness and personal care. COO Ripul Sharma described Maars as a “strategic asset” at a crucial inflection point, adding that the partnership unlocks stronger industry relationships and narrative amplification as the brand scales.
With India’s D2C kids’ category heating up, and Ayurveda continuing its cultural and commercial resurgence, the collaboration gives BabyOrgano the storytelling muscle it needs while Maars adds another fast-rising brand to its ever-expanding roster.
For now, one thing’s certain: the BabyOrgano–Maars partnership is more than a communications mandate. It’s a power play of trust, tradition, and clever timing and the story is only getting started.
Brands
Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
