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Digitas India appoints Saugata Bagchi as Mumbai head
MUMBAI: Digital marketing agency, Digitas India, has appointed Saugata Bagchi as the agency‘s new vice-president.
Bagchi will also head the Mumbai office and will report to Digitas India president Kanika Mathur.
Bagchi moves in from Tribal DDB India. His mandate as VP and head of Mumbai will be to consolidate and grow the Digitas India‘s portfolio in the CRM business while making fresh inroads in the digital marketing and branding arena.
Mathur said, “We are excited about the decade of brand management experience that Saugata brings to the team. With his cross-functional exposure across a great mix of brands and categories – from FMCG and healthcare to telecom and auto – we will be able to further strengthen our client portfolio.”
With nearly a decade of experience, Bagchi has worked on both sides. He has worked with companies such as Sanofi-Aventis, Pfizer, AstraZeneca and agencies including Sudler & Hennessey and JWT.
Bagchi has worked across 20 different key brands and categories involving sales and marketing campaigns in the traditional and new media arms of the business.
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Time brings TIME100 Next franchise to India with Reliance
List to spotlight 100 emerging leaders, gala set for December 2026 in Mumbai.
MUMBAI: It’s about time India’s next wave got a global spotlight and now, it’s on the list. New York-headquartered Time is expanding its TIME100 Next franchise to India, partnering with Reliance Industries Limited to launch TIME100 Next India, its first international extension of the rising leaders platform. The announcement was made at the Time100 Gala in New York by Jessica Sibley and Nita Mukesh Ambani, signalling a strategic push to tap into India’s growing influence across sectors.
The India edition will recognise 100 emerging leaders from the country and the global Indian diaspora, spanning business, science, sports, arts and social impact. The list will be curated by Time’s editorial team and published online, continuing the franchise’s focus on identifying individuals shaping the future.
The initiative will culminate in a gala event scheduled for December 2026 at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, anchoring the platform within India’s cultural and business ecosystem.
TIME’s broader Time100 franchise has steadily expanded its global footprint since 2021 through events and impact-led initiatives. Executives noted that India’s growing pool of influential voices and innovators made it a natural next step for the platform’s international ambitions.
For Reliance, the partnership aligns with its broader push to support emerging talent and ideas on a global stage. For Time, it marks a timely bet on India not just as a market, but as a talent engine shaping the next chapter of global leadership.
