Brands
Aanchal Manchanda joins kids talent discovery platform TalentGum
MUMBAI: Many would like to believe she’s got the best job in the world: messaging to kids.
Gurugram-based Aanchal Manchanda today announced on Linkedin that she has taken on a new job as head of brand marketing at TalentGum. Unlike what many think about it being a recruitment platform, it is actually a platform which helps children discover their hidden talents through online courses.
How cool is that?
Aanchal too found it super cool and she decided to move to it after being employed for almost six years at the blue chip company, Infosys, which she exited from as senior associate marketing manager (March 2019 to January 2025).
She spent a year at Libros Media in Christchurch, New Zealand as a Hindi language content expert preparing course materials for Hindi lessons between July 2016 and March 2018. The she had a longish stint of two years plus with LimeRoad.com as assistant manager (brand and community) between September 2013 and September 2015.
Prior to that and in between, she had fleeting stints of 10 months or less with several organisations like Lok Sabha TV, Bang PR, DreamCatcher Films, TV South Asia , Fox Broadcasting, Meizu, CCEL College of English (Christchurch) and Udacity working either as an assistant producer or a translator or as an intern or as a social media manager.
An MBA in marketing from the University of Canterbury, Aanchal has also completed her Bachelors in Mass Comm and followed it with a post graduate diploma in PR, marketing & advertising.
Brands
Hardik Jhaveri named senior director marketing at Colgate-Palmolive Asean hub
Former Hill’s Pet Nutrition general manager returns to the company to steer marketing for South Asean from Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR: Hardik Jhaveri has been appointed senior director marketing for the South Asean hub at Colgate-Palmolive, marking a return to the consumer goods major after a three year stint with Hill’s Pet Nutrition. He will be based in Kuala Lumpur and will lead marketing strategy for the region.
Jhaveri joins the role after serving as general manager at Hill’s Pet Nutrition in Taipei, where he led a cross functional team and oversaw the business with full profit and loss responsibility. The role placed him at the helm of operations in Taiwan, managing growth in what he described as a start-up style environment within a global multinational.
Before that, Jhaveri spent over a decade with Colgate-Palmolive across several marketing and innovation roles in Asia. As associate director innovation for Apac excluding China, based in Hong Kong, he led new product development and launches across multiple markets.
His portfolio ranged from developing specialised oral care products such as a diabetes focused toothpaste for the Indian market to launching premium oral care experiences under the Colgate Total brand in Australia. Alongside innovation, he also worked on launch planning, brand strategy and communications for the company’s oral care portfolio.
Earlier in his Colgate-Palmolive journey, Jhaveri held roles including marketing manager innovation, senior brand manager and brand manager. His work spanned urban and rural markets in Mumbai and customer development responsibilities in the Greater Kolkata Area.
Prior to his long association with Colgate-Palmolive, Jhaveri worked as brand officer home care at Unilever, where he helped drive marketing initiatives for the Rin detergent brand, including nationwide relaunch and on ground activation campaigns.
He began his career in advertising with Bates David Enterprise, working on brands such as IDBI Bank, The Leela Hotels and The Times of India.
Jhaveri holds a post graduate programme in management from the Indian School of Business and has also completed a level 4 diploma in wine from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.
Announcing the move, Jhaveri said he is excited to begin his new chapter at Colgate-Palmolive’s South Asean hub and thanked colleagues and mentors who supported his journey at Hill’s Pet Nutrition.
