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DeOleo brings Vizeum on board as media partner
MUMBAI: DeOleo, the maker of Figaro olive oil brand, has awarded its media duties to Aegis‘ Vizeum India.
Vizeum‘s responsibility will be to strategise the media plan in a way that the relevant consumers are exposed to the communication in an impactful manner.
DeOleo marketing director – emerging consumer markets Jeroen Floris said, “We have a relationship with Vizeum in some of the world markets. Vizeum India has its own established credentials as well for us to entrust them with our marketing resources. We look forward to working with Vizeum to take our existing brands to greater heights as well as launch newer ones as appropriate.”
Vizeum managing director – Indian subcontinent S Yesudas said, “We are delighted with the news of DeOleo expanding the relationship horizons with Vizeum. This business will be handled out of our Mumbai office.”
The agency announced on 11 September that it has won the media business for C.R.I. Pumps, a new entrant in the Coimbatore market making the DeOleo win its second triumph in the week.
DeOelo is a global food company, headquartered at Madrid in Spain with brands like Carbonell (olive oil and table olives). In India, the company is present through its olive oil brand Figaro.
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MSM Unify appoints Rohit Kumar to lead India campus business
Ex CollegeDekho COO to drive partnerships, scale campus engagement in India.
MUMBAI: From classrooms to boardrooms, the campus playbook is getting a new chief architect. MSM Unify has appointed Rohit Kumar as founding member and president of its India Campus Business, signalling a sharper push into one of the world’s fastest-evolving higher education markets. In his new role, Kumar will oversee the company’s India business vertical, taking charge of institutional partnerships, campus engagement strategy and domestic growth. The mandate is clear: build scalable, technology-led models that connect Indian universities and colleges with global academic and career pathways, while staying grounded in local campus realities.
Kumar brings over 24 years of experience across telecom, IT services and education technology, an unusually broad mix that mirrors the convergence shaping modern education platforms. Most recently, as co-founder and COO of Collegedekho, he helped scale the business into a Rs 300 crore enterprise, delivering a 67 per cent CAGR over five years and building partnerships with more than 2,000 institutions nationwide.
That growth journey also saw the platform expand into adjacent verticals including learning, marketing services and overseas education, backed by multiple funding rounds from investors such as Girnarsoft, ADQ, ETS and Man Capital.
Earlier in his career, Kumar held senior roles at companies including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Sify Technologies, Indiatimes and Videocon, where his work spanned revenue growth, operational efficiency and market expansion across key regions including Maharashtra.
His appointment comes at a time when India’s higher education ecosystem is undergoing structural shifts driven by digitisation, global mobility and increasing demand for outcome-linked education. For MSM Unify, the opportunity lies in bridging domestic institutions with international pathways through a more integrated, tech-enabled approach.
As the race to own the student journey intensifies, Kumar’s task will be less about building from scratch and more about connecting the dots between campuses, careers and a rapidly globalising education economy.
