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AcneStar face wash launches digital campaign with regional influencers
Mumbai: AcneStar face wash from the house of Mankind Pharma has streamlined its marketing strategy with digital campaigns on their YouTube and social media platforms. The brand has come up with a digital campaign with regional influencers to leverage different audience bases from their digital affinities and demographics.
With the rise in the number of internet users in India, the brand has decided to adopt newer languages to engage with their audience in their local language. To capture the different regional speaking markets the brand has collaborated with four leading actresses from different regional markets.
The brand has collaborated with model, actor, and singer Himanshi Khurana who has worked in Punjabi-language films to boost brand affinity in the Hindi and Punjabi speaking market. Another actress who has predominantly appeared in Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil language films, Pranitha Subhash for the southern region has also been roped in. Priyanka Sarkar, a Bengali film actress will help the brand to double down its presence in the Bengali speaking audience and to tap into the Marathi speaking audience the brand has leveraged actress Hruta Durgule.
Keeping in mind the diverse audiences across the country, the brand has planned to rope in more regional influencers in the coming days to establish a stronger presence across the nation. The campaign is designed and planned based on consumer insights and learnings from the past campaigns, it said on Monday.
Mankind Pharma, general manager, sales & marketing Joy Chatterjee said, “AcneStar is an anti-inflammatory and antibacterial face wash which plays an important role in everyone’s life and we are trying to create awareness for our brand through a regional approach. We are confident that this campaign will help us build deeper and newer connections with our audiences.”
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FSS names Anand Krishnamurthi head of global digital delivery
Tech veteran to drive AI-first, cloud-led transformation in payments globally
CHENNAI: Financial Software and Systems (FSS), an AI-first payment infrastructure company, has appointed Anand Krishnamurthi as head of global digital delivery.
In his new role, Anand Krishnamurthi will lead FSS’s global digital delivery capabilities, focusing on AI-first and cloud-led transformation while ensuring predictable, high-quality outcomes for customers worldwide. He will be based in Chennai and report to V. Balasubramanian, CEO of FSS.
Bringing 28 years of experience in technology and digital transformation across banking, capital markets, financial services, and insurance, Anand has held senior leadership positions at Cognizant and NuSummit. He is recognised for scaling multi-geography delivery teams, leading mission-critical platforms, and embedding AI-driven automation in complex, regulated environments.
“What drew me to FSS is its deep payments expertise, strong product DNA, and the scale at which its platforms power real-world financial ecosystems,” said Anand Krishnamurthi. “I aim to strengthen delivery predictability, execution rigor, and engineering quality, building empowered teams that deliver measurable customer outcomes. FSS has a unique opportunity to create real-time, AI-infused payments infrastructure that is resilient, secure, and globally scalable.”
V. Balasubramanian added, “Anand’s track record in leading multi-geography delivery programs and AI-first operating models makes him the ideal leader for FSS as we accelerate our AI-driven digital payments business. His leadership will help us raise the bar for outcomes globally.”
This appointment is part of FSS’s broader push to build an AI-powered, cloud-native delivery organisation capable of meeting the evolving needs of banks, fintechs, and financial institutions worldwide.
