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Havas Life Sorento ropes in John Mathew as president
Mumbai: Havas Life Sorento (HLS), the health division agency of Havas Group India, has announced the appointment of John Mathew as president. As a part of his role, John will oversee the HLS business in collaboration with the Global Havas Health & You (HHY) team.
He will work towards providing a new horizon to the existing business while additionally creating a reliable gateway for new business opportunities. John will support Havas Life Sorento managing director Sangeeta Barde in further building the agency’s perception and position in the market.
Havas Life Sorento has played a pivotal role in the group’s growth journey through new business growth, cutting-edge work, and thought leadership, according to the agency. To maintain this momentum, the agency has been strengthening its teams, and John’s appointment comes at an important juncture in HLS’s growth journey.
Speaking about the appointment, Sangeeta said, “Havas Life Sorento has been witnessing a robust growth trajectory on the back of innovative campaigns over the last few years. We’re delighted to welcome John on board as we continue to grow further, breaking barriers and disrupting conventions for the health of brands, businesses, and people through purposeful and meaningful work.”
“Returning to advertising is an exciting homecoming for me,” said John Mathew. “As HLS enters its next growth phase in Health Marcom, health content and health-tech solutions, I hope to make a meaningful difference to the business and brands of our clients by applying the learning I have had so far and from the learnings of ‘Havas Life and Havas Health & You’ by collaborating with the talent across our group companies,” he added.
“I am delighted with the progress and the growth we have made with Havas Life Sorento in the last few years with Sangeeta at the helm. It became pertinent to further bolster the leadership team of the agency, and I am glad John has taken on this profile. I wish him all the best and welcome him to the Havas family,” said Havas Group India group CEO Rana Barua.
With an experience of over 24 years, John has been instrumental in building prominent brands like Cipla, RK Swamy BBDO, Novartis Healthcare, and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals. Most recently, he was a part of Glenmark as head of digital & multichannel marketing, where he facilitated the building of brands like Fabiflu, building a technology platform for online doctor engagement and strengthening multichannel marketing strategy and governance. He has also assisted in bringing the culture of implementing customer feedback to digital platforms, reviewing market changes and technological gaps that provide an extra edge to the digital world. Over the course of his career, he has also founded and introduced four different consumer health platforms.
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Schneider Electric launches One Unit Mission for Women’s Day
Green Yodha 2.0 urges every Indian household to save one unit of electricity daily.
MUMBAI: Schneider Electric just flipped the switch on savings because this Women’s Day the brightest idea isn’t a new bulb, it’s turning one unit off. Schneider Electric launched the second phase of its Green Yodha initiative, ‘One Unit Mission’, on International Women’s Day 2026, calling on every Indian household to save at least one unit of electricity daily. The campaign was flagged off in Delhi by chief minister Rekha Gupta, actor and sustainability advocate Bhumi Pednekar, and other dignitaries.
Rekha Gupta said, “Delhi’s journey towards clean, resilient growth begins with how efficiently we use the energy we already have. Green Yodha 2.0 reminds us that every citizen is a stakeholder in India’s energy future, and saving one unit of power today is an act of nation-building for tomorrow.”
Schneider Electric India zone president, MD & CEO Deepak Sharma added, “India is entering a decade of unprecedented growth, and that growth will require enormous amounts of energy. The real challenge is not just how much power we produce, but how intelligently we use it. If every Indian household saves just one unit of electricity a day, the impact would be equivalent to planting billions of trees or taking millions of cars off the road.”
Schneider Electric India, vice president of marketing Rajat Abbi noted, “Sustainability becomes real when it is simple and measurable. The One Unit Mission is about turning awareness into everyday action.”
In FY 2023–24, India’s energy-efficiency programmes (PAT, UJALA, S&L, SLNP, CAFÉ) collectively saved 53.6 million tonnes of oil equivalent, avoided 321 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions, and reduced energy expenditure by Rs 2 lakh crore equivalent to nearly 6 per cent of national primary energy supply.
The initiative aligns with government efforts on efficient cooling, appliance standards and the Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s state-level SEEI FY 2024 framework, emphasising demand-side efficiency as a cost-effective complement to new generation capacity.
In a nation sprinting toward brighter, bigger tomorrows, Schneider isn’t selling more power, it’s quietly handing every household a daily superpower: the ability to save one unit and help light up a cleaner, more efficient future, one thoughtful switch at a time.
