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DAN Consult ropes in Rahul Jaiswal as Principal – Ecommerce
MUMBAI: DAN Consult, the consulting division from the house of Dentsu Aegis Network, has roped in Rahul Jaiswal as Principal – E-commerce. Rahul will be based out of Mumbai and will report to Lalit Bhagia, CEO, DAN Consult. His chief mandate will be to help build a client-facing e-commerce consulting practice.
Before joining DAN Consult, Rahul has driven growth for Myntra as Deputy Director – Category Marketing, Strategy & Operations, where he led brand solutions, category marketing and monetisation, and helped scale ad revenues 3X over two years. His previous stints include managing distribution strategy at Star TV and consulting engagements with Fortune 1000 clients across Europe, UK & North America.
On his new role at DAN Consult, Rahul said, “DAN Consult is placed very well to leverage proven group synergies and bring a complete suite of new business solutions to the market. I am very excited to join DAN, realise this setup, and help businesses scale in E-commerce sector.”
Lalit Bhagia, CEO, DAN Consult said, “Rahul’s rich experience in E-commerce will be invaluable to us. With Rahul coming on board, we look forward to helping brands, retailers and e-commerce platforms help scale their business. We already have some large clients where we are leading E-commerce strategy and growth, Rahul’s expertise here would be deeply valued. Rahul has been building brand partnerships via ad-sales and marketing, growing category revenues by multi-channel marketing interventions, and leading strategy and operations to build and monitor effective ad inventory (supply) that drives demand for ad monetization, and conversion and ROI for brands and categories.”
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Uidai partners with Google to help users locate Aadhaar centres
Verified Aadhaar centres to appear on Maps with services and access info
MUMBAI: Finding an Aadhaar centre may soon be as easy as finding your favourite café. In a move aimed at making public services more accessible, the Unique Identification Authority of India has partnered with Google to display authorised Aadhaar centres on Google Maps. The feature, expected to roll out in the coming months, will allow residents to locate verified centres quickly and confidently.
More than 60,000 Aadhaar centres, including state of the art Aadhaar Seva Kendras, will be mapped. When users search on Google Maps, they will be directed to authorised facilities rather than unverified listings, helping curb misinformation and confusion.
The listings will do more than drop a pin. Users will be able to see the nature of services offered at each centre, whether it is adult enrolment, child enrolment, or limited to address and mobile number updates. Details such as operating hours, parking availability and divyang friendly infrastructure will also be shown wherever applicable.
Uidai CEO Bhuvnesh Kumar, said the collaboration is part of the authority’s continued effort to improve ease of living for Aadhaar holders by making authorised centres simpler and faster to navigate.
The partnership will deepen in its next phase, with Uidai using Google Business Profile to manage information and respond directly to public feedback. Looking ahead, the two organisations are also exploring the option of enabling appointment bookings through the Google Maps interface, potentially allowing residents to plan their visits with greater efficiency.
Google India country head, strategic partnerships Roli Agarwal, said integrating verified Aadhaar centres would help millions access trusted services with confidence, bringing essential government infrastructure closer to the people who need it most.
If all goes to plan, a routine Aadhaar update may soon begin not with a queue, but with a search bar.
