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Ashish Dhruva joins InterMiles as SVP – marketing & customer engagement
NEW DELHI: InterMiles has brought on Ashish Dhruva as senior vice president – marketing & customer engagement. Prior to joining InterMiles, Dhruva had a 13-year long tenure with leading travel tech organisation, Cleartrip as vice president, marketing.
In his new position at InterMiles, Dhruva will drive marketing strategies for the programme across business verticals through integrated brand strategy, communication, content and digital marketing. He will also be responsible to build on and elevate the company’s capabilities and, establish a culture of excellence in all aspects of marketing.
InterMiles MD & CEO Manish Dureja said, “Ashish brings a wealth of experience to this new role with his heightened understanding of consumer behaviours along with exceptional marketing knowledge. His innovative, consumer-centric approach is a reflection of values we at InterMiles hold close to heart. We warmly welcome Ashish to the InterMiles family and look forward to doing some memorable work together.”
Dhurva said, “The InterMiles team has been doing some truly inspiring work on their journey towards becoming India’s leading travel & lifestyle programme. It is an honour to be part of such a highly creative, driven and passionate team and I look forward to doing some exceptional work with them.”
In his two-plus decades in marketing and brand building, Dhruva has been part of prestigious organisations like Cleartrip, Tata AIG and Justdial, to name a few.
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Beep App launches Gen-Z career platform, clocks 30,000 plus placements
Pune startup turns scrolling into career action with learn-explore-earn model
PUNE: Beep App has rolled out its newly positioned career-focused app aimed at Gen-Z users, as it looks to bridge what it calls a growing gap between exposure and employability among young Indians.
Formerly known as EventBeep, the platform is built around a simple but timely idea: turning everyday scrolling into meaningful career action. The app targets students and early professionals, offering a unified space to explore career options, learn relevant skills and access internships and job opportunities.
At a time when short-form content dominates screen time, Beep is attempting to flip the script by embedding structured, career-oriented insights within a familiar scroll-based interface. The idea is not to disrupt user behaviour, but to redirect it.
The platform spans a wide range of fields, including artificial intelligence, product management, design and data analytics. It provides users with insights into role expectations, required skills and step-by-step career pathways, supported by inputs from industry practitioners.
At the heart of the offering is a “learn, explore, earn” model that integrates discovery, skill-building and hiring into one ecosystem. The company says this closed-loop approach is already gaining traction, with over 30,000 placements facilitated so far.
“Gen-Z does not lack ambition; what they often lack is structured direction,” said Beep App founder and CEO Saurabh Mangrulkar. “The Beep App is designed to organise that exposure into actionable pathways so users can move from intent to execution with greater confidence.”
The launch comes amid a broader shift in India’s job market towards skills-first hiring, where practical experience and demonstrable capabilities are increasingly valued alongside academic qualifications.
Founded in 2021, Beep App has grown steadily within the student ecosystem, connecting over 6.5 million users with opportunities across more than 1,500 colleges and 7,800 hiring companies.
Looking ahead, the company plans to deepen its content across emerging sectors, expand its hiring network and build more personalised career pathways tailored to user behaviour.
As Gen-Z continues to navigate a complex and fast-evolving job market, platforms that can turn curiosity into clarity may well shape the next wave of career discovery.
