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Dalmia Group assigns OOH duties to Milestone Brandcom
MUMBAI: Dalmia Bharat Group has awarded its OOH mandate to Dentsu Aegis Network’s OOH Media & Experiential agency Milestone Brandcom for the eastern region following a multi-agency pitch. The business will be handled by the agency’s Kolkata office. This win adds to the growing kitty of Milestone’s clients in India.
Milestone Brandcom shall provide OOH Media & Experiential Service to Dalmia Bharat Group, which includes planning, buying & creative innovations of outdoor media & experiential communication across six states in East region which includes Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim, UP and WB.
Dalmia Bharat Group Group marketing head BK Singh says, “We have very strong confidence in the long-term growth opportunity of the Indian cement industry. We have ambitious plans to leverage this opportunity through our core experience and proven expertise in the industry.”
Dalmia Bharat group executive director of sales and marketing in East Indrajit Chatterjee adds, “We are the fastest growing cement manufacturer in Eastern India with unique multi-brand portfolio and have an ambitious growth plan for this region. We want to leverage the expertise of Milestone Brandcom in this market to establish all our brands.”
Dalmia Group Cement is one of the leading brands in the country in terms of annual turnover. In the East, especially in Orissa and Bengal, Konark cement is a household name and carries solid equity among the customers.
Milestone Brandcom CEO and MD Nabendu Bhattacharyya mentions, “We are excited at the prospect of partnering with Dalmia Bharat Group to comprehensively leverage OOH to engage with their consumers across brands & markets. I truly believe, OOH promises a great brand engagement through innovative outdoor solutions and drive conversations around their brand promise. We hope to deliver value on back of our ability to mine data and research for them and create some disruptive iconic campaigns for them through this association.”
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.
