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Dentsu India Slingshot bags creative mandate for Melorra
MUMBAI: Dentsu India Slingshot, a marketing solutions outfit from Dentsu India – a Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) agency, has won creative duties for Melorra. As per the mandate, the agency will handle all marketing communications, campaign designs, media consulting and demand planning duties for the brand. The agency won the mandate following a multi-agency pitch.
Dentsu India chief executive officer Simi Sabhaney said “This win means a lot to us. It gives us an opportunity to partner with an audacious, ambitious founder like Saroja. Melorra, with its well thought through design sensibilities, is poised to make the women of today fall in love with the idea of wearing jewellery every day. We look forward to launch some great campaigns with them.”
Dentsu India Slingshot business head and VP Kunal Dubey; and digital & marketing solutions VP Lucky Saini in a joint statement said “Melorra is truly disrupting the jewellery category in India by its trend-inspired business model; and so is Dentsu India Slingshot with its platform-agnostic, solution-first approach in the advertising industry. In association with Melorra, we see an opportunity to build a digital-first and extremely relevant brand for the independent and modern millennial Indian women. We have also adopted the role of their extended marketing team by partnering with them on all aspects. We will now be working on their brand strategy, long term communication plan, media analysis and content strategy.”
Melorra founder and chief executive officer Saroja Yeramilli added, “We, at Melorra, were looking for an integrated and a new-age solution thinking approach towards building our brand. In Dentsu India Slingshot, we found a team that was well experienced not just in communication but also in media and strategy. Lucky and Kunal’s deep understanding of building digital-first brands convinced us that Dentsu India Slingshot was the right agency to partner with.”
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Republic Media Network appoints Mohit Dhamne as group CEO
Founding member elevated as network reports 149 million monthly digital users
NEW DELHI: Republic Media Network has appointed Mohit Dhamne as its group chief executive officer, elevating a founding member who has been part of the organisation since its inception in 2016.
Dhamne’s rise within the network has been steady and multi-layered. He began as head of finance, later taking on responsibilities as company secretary and EVP (Finance), before being elevated to chief financial officer in December 2023. In his new role, he will now oversee the group’s overall strategic and operational direction.
The network described him as a key architect of its evolution into one of India’s leading broadcast and digital news platforms. He brings cross-functional expertise spanning finance, law and management, backed by qualifications as a chartered accountant, company secretary, and a postgraduate management degree from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
Congratulating him, Arnab Goswami said Dhamne has been instrumental in shaping the organisation’s growth journey since inception. He added that the founding team’s shared experience and leadership framework will help the network pursue new opportunities and scale further.
The appointment comes at a time of strong momentum for the network. Over recent months, Republic has expanded its core business team by 30 per cent and strengthened its leadership structure with senior executives managing defined revenue portfolios across platforms.
On the digital front, Republic Digital has reported 149 million monthly users, according to Comscore data, reinforcing its position as one of India’s most widely consumed digital news offerings.
The growth has also been supported by expansion in its integrated brand solutions division, Republic Brand Studio, as the network continues to build a more diversified revenue ecosystem.
With this leadership transition, Republic Media Network is positioning itself for its next phase of expansion, combining broadcast strength with accelerating digital scale.
