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CareerBuilder India awards the digital mandate to Havas Media
MUMBAI: Online job portal CareerBuilder India appointed Havas Media as its digital AoR after conducting a two month long multi agency pitch.
CareerBuilder MD Premlesh Machama said, “We decided to appoint Havas Media after careful consideration as their response to our brief and strong experience within the category confirmed them as the best partner moving forward. We also found the Havas Media team in sync with the thought process of our objectives for 2013. We are sure that a strong working relationship with Havas will not only drive the growth but also work as a stepping stone for the initial brand recognition movement for CareerBuilder India.”
Havas Media India and South Asia CEO Anita Nayyar said, “It was a very tough but a ‘well-organized‘ pitch with practically all the leading agencies in the fray. We are extremely proud to have won the business and are looking forward to being their true partners for mutual growth. More than that they are wonderful people to work with and we are sure it will be a great partnership.”
Havas Media head digital Anurag Bhatnagar said, “CareerBuilder is a crucial win for us as it establishes our capabilities and credentials across every single service line of the digital ecosystem. As the web continues to grow in India the need to leverage the digital channel effectively and deliver ROI was imperative and we demonstrated that in our pitch.”
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Beacon Group appoints Dr Rajesh Patel as Group CEO
36-year healthcare veteran to lead Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek, Biogeny.
MUMBAI: A new chief, a fresh diagnosis and a sharper prescription for growth. Beacon Group has appointed Dr Rajesh Patel as its Group Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2026, signalling a decisive push to scale its presence in the diagnostics and IVD space. Patel steps into the role with 36 years of experience across the healthcare and diagnostics industry, bringing a career shaped by leadership roles spanning sales, marketing, business development and operational strategy. His mandate is both expansive and precise: to steer the group’s overall strategic direction while tightening coordination across its three core entities Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek and Biogeny Diagnostics.
In practical terms, that means driving cross-company synergies, accelerating market expansion and strengthening organisational capability areas increasingly critical as diagnostic players compete for scale in a fragmented yet rapidly evolving healthcare ecosystem. The group is positioning itself to capture unmet demand across chain laboratories, key accounts and standalone labs, segments that remain underserved despite growing diagnostic needs.
The appointment comes at a time when the In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) sector in India is entering a more competitive and innovation-led phase, with companies focusing not just on product pipelines but also on service delivery, integration and customer-centric models. Beacon’s leadership appears to be betting that Patel’s execution-focused approach can help translate ambition into operational momentum.
Welcoming the appointment, Chairman Dr D K Joshi described Patel’s induction as a strategic move aligned with the group’s long-term vision, emphasising the role of leadership depth in navigating the next phase of growth.
For Beacon Group, the message is clear, in a sector where precision matters, leadership is the new differentiator—and this appointment is intended to set the tone for what comes next.
