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MUMBAI: Ambika Sharma, National Head, Jagran Solutions has been elevated to Chief Operating Officer. In her new role, she will continue to lead the Brand Activation arm of Jagran Prakashan limited.
Commenting on her promotion, Ms. Ambika Sharma, COO, Jagran Solutions said, ?There is a need for a greater understanding of the potential of activations, the possibilities of its response and a demand for well planned, result oriented and consumer driven solutions. Growth is a sum of many cumulative efforts, I believe with the growth Jagran Solutions has shown in the recent past has definitely widened the playing field for myself as well as my team, thus challenges responsibilities as well as nomenclature too take an upward swing. My focus and Goal remains to ensure Jagran Solutions is the best in class in everything we do. This focus has not changed but only strengthened as we get closer to the goal?.
Ms. Sharma, who has more than 15 years of experience in the new age marketing and brand activation space, joined JPL in April 2005 and started Jagran Solutions, as an agency specializing in activations. Under her leadership in Jagran Solutions has won many laurels. In 2009-10 Jagran Solutions was recognized as the best in India by the PMAA. The Global Youth Marketing Forum 2010 which recognizes commendable performances by individuals in the fields of marketing, advertising, public relations and branding, with focus on the youth conferred her with the ?Star Youth Achiever Award?. Since 2008 she has represented India as a judge at the Promotional Marketing Awards of Asia (PMAA), which recognizes promotion marketing excellence throughout Asia.
Ms. Sharma is an English (Hons.) graduate from Delhi University and has also completed her post graduation in mass communication. In her previous roles she was associated with Encompass, an event company under the WPP Group, Kidstuff (a Mudra Group Company) and Candid Marketing services (IMS group).
