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Bates 141 wins Yahoo! Big Idea Chair Award
MUMBAI: Bates 141 has won the ‘Yahoo! Big Idea Chair Award‘ for their Virgin Mobile campaign – ‘Indian Panga League‘.
Mindshare was the media agency for the campaign. The winning campaign showcased exceptional creative work in the digital community.
Said Yahoo! India managing director Arun Tadanki, “Digital advertising provides an opportunity for brand marketers to give life to fresh, dynamic and unbridled ideas. The award celebrates innovation, creativity and the elusive big idea. We at Yahoo! are committed to grow the digital ecosystem with the help of our partners, to showcase the power of digital and to help brands foster an online relationship with its consumers.”
Among the other awards, the Best Rich Media Ad award went to Interface Business Solutions for its Tata DoCoMo Diet SMS campaign.
For its ability to engage users on the banner Ad, Creativeland Asia won the award of Best Engagement Idea for its Hippo – Consumer becomes inventory Trackers campaign.
The agency also won the Best Engagement Idea award for its Hippo – Consumer becomes inventory Trackers campaign.
Tribal DDB and Mindshare won the Best Mobile Solution award for their Idea Cellular -‘Idea tree Use mobile save paper‘ campaign.
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UltraTech Cement appoints Jayant Dua as managing director
Dua will succeed K. C. Jhanwar after his term ends in December 2026
MUMBAI: UltraTech Cement, the flagship cement arm of the Aditya Birla Group, has elevated Jayant Dua as managing director, effective 1 April, 2026.
The company’s board also approved his appointment as additional director, managing director and key managerial personnel, effective 1 January, 2027, following the completion of the current managing director K C Jhanwar’s term on 31 December, 2026, according to a regulatory filing.
Dua will serve as managing director for a four-year term from 1 January, 2027 to 31 December, 2030.
A veteran executive with more than 37 years of professional experience, Dua joined the Aditya Birla Group’s cement business in 1996 and spent nearly a decade in various functional and leadership roles.
Over the past two decades, he has held several profit-and-loss and chief executive responsibilities across multiple group businesses, including insulators, insurance, Century Cement and the chlor-alkali segment. In 2023, he was elevated to lead the group’s renewables and textiles businesses.
Within the group, Dua has received several internal honours, including the chairman’s individual award for exceptional contribution in 2002, the outstanding leader award in 2009 and the leader of leaders recognition in 2022.
He holds an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, an MBA from International Management Institute and has completed the advanced management programme at Harvard Business School.
