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This exam season, beat exam blues with SNICKERS
MUMBAI: SNICKERS, the nougat, caramel and nuts filled chocolate bar from Mars Wrigley urges students to beat all kinds of exam blues and wishes them the very best, with an innovative twist to the regular bar.
With the global brand proposition, ‘You are not you when you’re hungry’, the new campaign builds on how hunger makes people act out in unexpected ways, especially when there is additional stress due to exams. The new campaign has been launched with a simple message that, ‘Exams can be stressful, don’t let hunger add to it’. While students across the country are putting in their best efforts to prepare for the upcoming exams, stress and nervousness are likely side effects that are hard to avoid, and this stress coupled with hunger can be a detrimental combination. SNICKERS, famous for its quirky and humorous brand persona, has come to the rescue with SNICKERS Exam Bars, giving an innovative spin to the proposition with “Stress mat lo, Snickers lo”.
The limited-edition Exam Bars will be available with good luck greetings for the students such as ‘Do Well’, ‘Rock On’, and ‘Shine On’. The brand has also launched a comical film that offers respite to help battle the deadlines and stress of the fast approaching examinations, and a message that while stress and hunger can get to the best of us, one can always grab a SNICKERS.
Talking about the launch of the SNICKERS Exam Bars and the video, Mars Wrigley, marketing director Yogesh Tewari said, “With the examinations approaching fast, our strategy was to use our signature tongue-in-cheek sense of humor that has become synonymous with SNICKERS to engage with our primary target audience by offering much-needed relief from exam stress. The launch of SNICKERS Exam Bar comes at the back of the insight that exams can be extremely stressful, and that hunger along with stress get manifested through various behaviors. We are reiterating our commitment to our loyal consumers by offering a bar of delicious chocolate with a positive and fun message to lighten up these taxing times.”
On the campaign, BBDO India chief creative officer Akashneel Dasgupta said, “Every classroom is a microcosm of society. We find all kinds of characters, almost stereotypes. But two things that are common is that they all get stressed during exams and hunger aggravates it. It manifests in their behavior and everyone behaves in a way that’s a typical of them. SNICKERS address their hunger pangs, so that they can give their best. And one can be at their best only when they are themselves and not hungry. SNICKERS have also introduced exam-specific packs in the market which carry wishes like Keep Calm, Shine On, etc. in place of the regular branding.”
The film features characters that we are all too familiar with – ‘the topper’, who having revised the entire syllabus several times, makes everyone around him nervous with doubts and questions, or ‘the Gambler’, who seems to have the undoubtable insight into which questions will appear in this year’s question paper. The 2.43-minute film features many more such humorous characters that one encounters around examination halls. With a comical take on the proposition, ‘Stress Mat Lo, Snickers Lo’, the film offers a much-needed respite to students from the stress that accompanies exam time and guarantees a nostalgic walk down the memory lane for the rest. SNICKERS Exam Bars are available in traditional and modern outlets across the country.
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.
