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DHL Express appoints new marketing manager for India
MUMBAI: DHL has appointed Chandrashekhar Pitre as national marketing manager for India. He will be responsible for the entire spectrum of DHL Express’ marketing, advertising, promotional and communications activities in India.
He succeeds Ramesh Natarajan, who will be moving to a new assignment within the DHL network to Malaysia as deputy country manager in January.
Pitre will manage the tactical development of new business and maintenance of existing business in line with DHL Express’ profitability and growth targets. In addition, he will be responsible for the development and implementation of marketing plans that will play a key role in enhancing the market share for DHL in India.
DHL Express India country manager Chris Callen said, “We are delighted to welcome Chandrashekhar Pitre to the DHL India team. His extensive experience is ideally suited to meet the challenges and opportunities that the DHL brand will experience over the coming years. He has the drive, skills and commitment required to maintain the current number one position for DHL Express in India, and the challenge of taking it to the next level of success.”
Pitre joins DHL Express from Development Credit Bank (DCB), where he was head of branch banking, driving sales of all products across the network and also responsible for the development and pricing of all liability products.
Pitre has over 15 years of experience in the banking industry. Prior to DCB, he was with leading foreign and private sector banks like ANZ Grindlays, Commerzbank and ICICI. Pitre holds an MBA, specialising in marketing.
Digital
India leads global adoption of ChatGPT Images 2.0 in first week
From anime avatars to fantasy covers, users turn AI visuals into culture
NEW DELHI: India has emerged as the largest user base for ChatGPT Images 2.0, just a week after its launch by OpenAI, underlining the country’s growing influence on global internet trends.
While the tool was introduced as an advanced image-generation upgrade within ChatGPT, Indian users are quickly reshaping its purpose. Instead of sticking to productivity-led use cases, many are embracing it as a creative playground for self-expression, storytelling and online identity.
From anime-style portraits and cinematic headshots to tarot-inspired visuals and fictional newspaper front pages, the model is being used to create highly stylised, shareable content. Features such as accurate text rendering, multilingual prompts and the ability to generate detailed visuals with minimal input have helped drive rapid adoption.
What sets the latest model apart is its ability to “think” through prompts, generating multiple outputs and adapting to context, including real-time web inputs. But the bigger story lies in how users are engaging with it.
In India, trends are already taking shape. Popular formats include dramatic studio-style lighting edits, LinkedIn-ready headshots, manga-inspired avatars, soft pastel “spring” aesthetics, AI-led fashion moodboards, paparazzi-style visuals and fantasy newspaper covers. Users are also restoring old photographs, creating tarot-style imagery and experimenting with futuristic design concepts.
Local flavour is adding another layer. Prompts such as cinematic portrait collages and Y2K-inspired romantic edits are gaining traction, blending global aesthetics with distinctly Indian internet culture.
The surge reflects a broader shift in how AI tools are being used in the country, moving beyond utility to creativity. As younger users, creators and social media enthusiasts experiment with new visual formats, AI-generated imagery is increasingly becoming part of everyday digital expression.
If early trends hold, ChatGPT Images 2.0 may not just be a tech upgrade but a cultural moment, giving millions a new visual language to play with online.
