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Media Mantra bags Loom Solar’s nationwide PR mandate
MUMBAI: Media Mantra, India’s fastest growing PR consultancy has bagged the public relations mandate of Loom Solar – a Faridabad based startup. Loom Solar Pvt. Ltd. is a manufacturer of Monocrystalline solar panels and AC modules. Media Mantra will be managing the brand’s image as a consultant and handle media duties, strategic PR and reputation management.
Loom Solar commenced its business in 2018 and soon gained recognition as the fastest-growing SMB of the Year’ award at Amazon SMBhav in the year 2020. The company is known for its advanced technology and has achieved the milestone of being the pioneers to bring IoT to Solar Panels in India.
On the appointment of the new PR team, Mr. Amol Anand, Co-founder, and Director, Loom Solar said “Media Mantra works with a range from solo entrepreneurs and startups and some of the best technology companies in India. Being an experienced PR firm with talented and creative minds and young professionals, we believe working, Media Mantra will contribute to enhancing our brand’s presence in the industry and will help us to maintain our communication with media, our stakeholders, employees and masses and will ultimately help to convey our messages and information about our products and services to our targeted audience.”
Speaking about the development, Mr. Udit Pathak, founder and director, Media Mantra said; “We are very happy to get an opportunity to manage the media presence of a brand like Loom Solar in India. Mr. Amol is a young entrepreneur and Loom Solar is an innovative brand that will not only give us an opportunity to explore renewable energy segments even further. It will also give us a new direction for us to work with a lot of fresh ideas and initiatives. We believe that PR and communications play an essential role in brand building and reputation management, especially start-ups. With our fresh perspectives and creativity, we are confident that we will add value to the brand’s overall representation in the segment.”
Media Mantra is the second-fastest-growing Image Management and Public Relations consulting firm in APAC and 9th fastest, globally. Strengthened by a cohesive network across the country and prolific relationships with prominent media platforms, Media Mantra is one of the Top PR Agency in Delhi NCR. Founded in 2012, Media Mantra has remarkably grown over the years through client and journalist referrals and today has emerged as the most trusted PR Agency in India. At present, the organization entails a prodigious clientele list, a passionate & experienced team, and a brilliant company trajectory.
Digital
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.
