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Rossari Biotech elevates Puneet Arora to director – CSO, Vikram Rewar to business head textile division
Mumbai: Rossari Biotech, one of India’s leading textile and specialty chemical manufacturers committed to creating and delivering innovation through personalised and sustainable solutions, is pleased to announce a significant milestone in its journey towards growth and innovation. The company has elevated two seasoned professionals, Puneet Arora and Vikram Rewar, to assume new leadership roles, reinforcing its commitment to strategic talent expansion and business excellence.
Puneet Arora has been appointed as the director – chief strategy officer within the CMD (chairman & managing director) cell, across all group companies and subsidiaries. Arora’s visionary approach and analytical acumen are poised to steer Rossari Biotech towards new horizons of growth and market leadership.
In addition, Vikram Rewar has been named the business head of the textile division – domestic. In this new role, Rewar’s extensive experience and profound knowledge will play a pivotal role in fostering innovation, accelerating growth, and cultivating stronger client relationships.
The elevation of Puneet Arora and Vikram Rewar to key leadership positions comes at an exciting juncture for Rossari Biotech. Commenting on these appointments, Group CFO Ketan Sablok expressed, “We are delighted to welcome Puneet Arora and Vikram Rewar to their new leadership roles. This change will optimise our team structure and create new opportunities for collaboration and growth. We are confident that their contributions will accelerate our growth trajectory and reinforce our position as a market leader, while adhering to the highest industry standards.”
For over two decades, Rossari Biotech has remained a pioneering specialty chemical manufacturer in India, and the strategic talent expansion is poised to create an environment of excellence, innovation, and collaboration. Renowned as a cornerstone of customer-centric solutions, the company is synonymous with quality, innovation, and sustainable ethics. Its enduring legacy is woven with dedication to industry norms, setting the stage for a future marked by excellence, safety, and agility.
To support this vision, Rossari Biotech has also launched a robust digital transformation program that aims to integrate cutting-edge technology to enhance operational agility, optimise supply chain management, and elevate customer experiences. The company is further implementing SAP Solutions to future-proof the brand, streamlining processes, improving data accuracy, and enabling dynamic decision-making to stay competitive in the global market.
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Content India 2026 opens with a copro pitch, a spice evangelist and a £10,000 prize for Indian storytelling
Dish TV and C21Media’s three-day summit puts seven ambitious projects before an international jury, and two walk away with serious development money
MUMBAI: India’s content industry gathered in Mumbai this March for Content India 2026, a three-day summit organised by Dish TV in partnership with C21Media, and it wasted no time making a statement. The event opened with a Copro Pitch that put seven scripted and unscripted television concepts before an international panel of judges, and by the end of it, two projects had walked away with £10,000 each in marketing prize money from C21Media to support development and international promotion.
The jury, comprising Frank Spotnitz, Fiona Campbell, Rashmi Bajpai, Bal Samra and Rachel Glaister, evaluated a shortlist that ranged from a dark Mumbai comedy-drama about mental health (Dirty Minds, created by Sundar Aaron) to a Delhi coming-of-age mystery (Djinn Patrol, by Neha Sharma and Kilian Irwin), a techno-thriller about a teenage gaming prodigy (Kanpur X Satori, by Suchita Bhatia), an investigative crime drama blending mythology and modern thriller (The Age of Kali, by Shivani Bhatija), a documentary on India’s spice heritage (The Masala Quest, hosted by Sarina Kamini), a documentary on competitive gaming (Respawn: India’s Esports Revolution, by George Mangala Thomas and Sangram Mawari), and a reality-horror competition merging gaming and immersive fear (Scary Goose, by Samar Iqbal).
The session was hosted by Mayank Shekhar.
The two winners were Djinn Patrol, backed by Miura Kite, formerly of Participant Media and known for Chinatown and Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey, with Jaya Entertainment, producers of Real Kashmir Football Club, also attached; and The Masala Quest, created and hosted by Sarina Kamini, an Indian-Australian cook, author and self-described “spice evangelist.”
The summit also unveiled the Content India Trends Report, whose findings made for bracing reading. Daoud Jackson, senior analyst at OMDIA, set the tone: “By 2030, online video in India will nearly double the revenue of traditional TV, becoming the main driver of growth.” He noted that in 2025, India produced a quarter of all YouTube videos globally, overtaking the United States, while Indians collectively spend 117 years daily on YouTube and 72 years on Instagram. Traditional subscription TV is declining as free TV and connected TV gain ground, forcing broadcasters to innovate. “AI-generated content is just 2 per cent of engagement,” Jackson added, “highlighting the dominance of high-quality human content. The key for Indian media companies is scaling while monetising effectively from day one.”
Hannah Walsh, principal analyst at Ampere Analysis, added hard numbers to the picture. India produced over 24,000 titles in January 2026 alone, with 19,000 available internationally. The country now accounts for 12 per cent of Asia-Pacific content spend, up from 8 per cent in 2021, outpacing both Japan and China. Key exporters include JioStar, Zee Entertainment, Sony India, Amazon and Netflix, delivering over 7,500 Indian-produced titles abroad each year. The top importing markets are Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, the United States and the Philippines. Scripted content dominates globally at 88 per cent, with crime dramas and children’s and family titles performing particularly strongly.
Manoj Dobhal, chief executive and executive director of Dish TV India, framed the summit’s ambition squarely. “Stories don’t need translation. They need a platform, discovery, and reach, local or global,” he said. “India produces more movies than any country, our streaming platforms compete globally, and our tech and creators win international awards. Yet fragmentation slows growth. Producers, platforms, and tech move in different lanes. We need shared spaces, collaboration, and an ecosystem where ideas, technology, and people meet. That is why we built Content India.”
The data, the pitches and the prize money all pointed to the same conclusion: India is not waiting for the world to discover its stories. It is building the infrastructure to sell them.
