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Gas-O-Fast brings ‘India ki Acidity ka Indian Ayurvedic Solution’
Mumbai: Mankind Pharma’s Ayurvedic Gas-O-Fast has rolled out an extension of its ‘India ki Acidity ka Indian Ayurvedic Solution’ campaign. The brand came up with a digital campaign featuring Namit Das to effectively communicate the message that Ayurvedic Gas-O-Fast can address the common acidity problem in India. For creating a presence in the regional market, the brand also launched a multilingual TVC campaign, with Kanneganti Brahmanandam and Biswanath Basu, for better brand awareness in the South and East, respectively.
Aiming to reach a wider audience base, this year the brand initiated a well-planned 360-degree campaign aiming to amplify the brand’s reach and seek deeper penetration into the market. As part of the campaign, the brand executed multiple activities. In the first instance, Ayurvedic Gas-O-Fast activated an OOH campaign to strike a chord with the audience.
The brand has launched the activity across Pune, Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and other parts of India. It took a multi-dimensional route with hoardings in Pune, boat branding in Dal Lake, Srinagar, station branding in Gujarat and Rajasthan, and wet sampling in Uttar Pradesh to reach out to customers. The activity also included branding activity and TV series integration on Colors TV, covering different media channels. It aimed to reach out to non-digital audiences who still rely on traditional media to stay informed.
Additionally, rather than restricting themselves to a few mediums, the brand has also devised various offline event sponsorships. With the objective of further enhancing the impact created by multilingual TVC campaigns, the brand presents Times Sharod Shrestho 2022 in association with Times of India. It was done by being a part of the Durga Pujo gaiety during the most awaited and biggest festival in West Bengal. The campaign was able to create visibility across numerous Baroari (community-based) pujas in Kolkata.
Furthermore, in an attempt to make inroads into the rural market in West Bengal, another activity was undertaken. The brand, in association with Radio Mirchi, presented an event called Mirchi Para Football. The match was an amateur football event and Ayurvedic Gas-O-Fast sought to target the audience across the districts of Midnapore, Berhampore, Barasat, and Siliguri for better brand penetration and visibility. These events were well supported with the help of digital promotions on social media handles and websites, newspaper editorial coverage, print advertorials, and announcements on radio channels.
Speaking about the campaign, Mankind Pharma associate vice president of sales and marketing Joy Chatterjee said, “The Indian audience is very vast, which reflects diverse trends. In order to reach them, the one-size-fits-all concept becomes obsolete and requires a more multi-faceted approach to increase visibility among the audience. We sought to cater to all types of audiences with this campaign.”
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
