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Manveer Singh Malhi joins Digital Marketing and Technology Company iGenero as Partner
NEW DELHI: Experienced brand strategist Manveer Singh Malhi has come on board Hyderabad-based digital interaction agency iGenero to focus on scaling up the business, expand the team and ensure the teams stays up to date on the latest digital and technological innovations and initiations.
Singh, trained in creating online strategies for businesses and entertainment houses, has in the recent past been awarded as Top Social Media Professional of India by CMO Asia in 2015 and Digital Marketing Professional of the Year in 2016 by Global Youth Marketing Forum.
In his career of more than eight years he has conceptualized and devised online media strategies and solutions for brands like Zapak, BigFlix, MTV, Reliance, Imagine TV, Iproperty.com, PIX Television, Fun Cinemas, Costa Cruises India, Everest Entertainment and many more. Manveer has efficiently helped more than 100+ brands adopt new media to derive strong and trackable business results. He was also the faculty for digital at SAE Institute and was invited to speak at various digital media workshops.
iGenero Co-Founder Karan S Kumar said, “We have been able to provide vital and measureable digital marketing plans and web development solutions to our clients. Manveer’s in depth knowledge and experience in digital marketing will enable us to enrich our delivery to existing clients and also serve exceptional plans to future clients.”
“Manveer will be able to manoeuvre the team towards increasing their capacity to achieving robust business results for our clients. He has worked with us at SocialSamosa.com as business head in past where he helped to scale the business within a short span of one year”, added iGenero co-founder Aditya Gupta.
Malhi said: “I’m delighted to join iGenero and am looking forward to sharing my expertise with the team. Digital has now become an integral part of all marketing and business initiatives for brands, it is no longer a secondary choice. At such a crucial stage of the digital industry’s growth, by using iGenero’s technological strength I hope to contribute in amplifying the output for all the clients. “
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Micro-Dramas Surge in India, Redefining Mobile Content Habits
Meta-Ormax study maps rapid rise of short-form storytelling among 18–44 audiences.
MUMBAI: Micro-dramas aren’t just short, they’re the snack that ate Indian entertainment, and now everyone’s bingeing between the sofa cushions. Meta, in partnership with Ormax Media, has released ‘Micro Dramas: The India Story’, a comprehensive study unveiled at the inaugural Meta Marketing Summit: Micro-Drama Edition. The report maps how the vertical, bite-sized format is reshaping content consumption for mobile-first audiences aged 18–44 across 14 states.
Conducted between November 2025 and January 2026 through 50 in-depth interviews and 2,000 personal surveys, the research reveals that 65 per cent of viewers discovered micro-dramas within the last year proof of explosive adoption. Nearly 89 per cent encounter the format through social feeds and recommendations, making algorithm-driven discovery the primary engine rather than active search.
Key viewing patterns show a median of 3.5 hours per week (about 30 minutes daily) spread across 7–8 short sessions. Consumption peaks between 8 pm and midnight, with additional spikes during commutes and work breaks classic “in-between moments” that the format fills perfectly. Around 57 per cent of viewing happens in ambient mode (while doing something else), and 90 per cent is solo, enabling more intimate, personal storytelling.
Romance, family drama and comedy lead genre preferences. Audiences show growing openness to AI-generated content, 47 per cent find it unique and creative, while only 6 per cent say they would avoid it entirely. Regional languages are surging after Hindi and English, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada dominate consumption.
Meta, director, media & entertainment (India) Shweta Bajpai said, “Micro-drama isn’t a passing trend, it’s rewriting the rules of Indian entertainment. In under a year, an entirely new category of platforms has emerged, built audience habits from scratch, and created a business vertical that is scaling fast.”
Ormax Media founder-CEO Shailesh Kapoor added, “Micro-dramas are beginning to show the early signs of becoming a distinct content category in India’s digital entertainment landscape. When a format aligns closely with how audiences naturally engage with their devices, it has the potential to scale very quickly.”
The study proposes ecosystem-wide responsibility, universal signposting of commercial intent, shared accountability among advertisers, platforms, creators, schools and parents, built-in safeguards, and formal media literacy in schools.
In a feed that never sleeps and a day that never stops, micro-dramas have slipped into the cracks of every spare minute turning 30-second stories into the new national pastime, one vertical swipe at a time.
