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Dollar’s Bidyut Nath heads to Shyam Steel
MUMBAI: Bidyut Nath, the former marketing communications head of Dollar Industries Ltd, has moved on to Shyam Steel, where he takes on the role of branding head (India).
Nath joined Dollar Industries in 2010 as the deputy general manager – Branding & Corporate Communications. In 2017, he shifted to SREI Group as associate vice president / head – marketing & communications, before he returned to Dollar for a second stint from June 2019 to October 2020.
Under Nath's leadership, Dollar ran several successful campaigns in the OOH space, including transit media to promote its innerwear line. He also oversaw the brand's identity makeover in the midst of the Covid2019 crisis with the 'Wear the Change' campaign starring actor Akshay Kumar.
He also had a stint with Reliance Telecom as assistant manager- marketing from the period September 2007 to April 2010.
Nath worked with EFY Enterprises from January 2007 to August 2007 as marketing communication executive and from April 2006 to January 2007, he worked with Bennett Coleman & Co Ltd as a content writer.
From October 2005 to April 2006, Nath was with The Brand Reporter (now afaqs!) as a correspondent and sub editor –Banyan Netfaqs Pvt Ltd.
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Gurpreet Singh named President of DishTV Alumni Network
Former Dish TV executive to lead community building and collaboration.
MUMBAI: Back to the dish, but this time it’s about connections, not channels Gurpreet Singh is returning to familiar territory with a new mandate that swaps subscribers for relationships. Singh has been appointed President of the DishTV Alumni Network, a move aimed at strengthening ties among former employees and building a more engaged professional community around the Dish TV ecosystem. The initiative reflects a growing trend among large organisations to formalise alumni networks as platforms for collaboration, mentorship and business opportunities.
The appointment draws on Singh’s deep-rooted history with Dish TV, where he held multiple leadership roles over nearly a decade. As National Business Head between June 2019 and September 2020, he oversaw profit and loss as well as operations, managing revenues of Rs 6,000 crore and leading a team of around 1,250 employees across the country. His tenure included working alongside two regional business heads and 16 circle heads, underscoring the scale of operations he handled.
Prior to that, Singh served as Executive Vice President and National Head for Sales and Revenue from 2016 to 2019, and earlier as Senior Vice President and National Head for Sales and Revenue. He also briefly led international operations as Country Head for Sri Lanka, further expanding his exposure across markets.
His broader career spans leadership roles across telecom and consumer businesses, including a stint as Chief Operating Officer at Bharti Airtel’s Malawi operations, senior leadership roles at Reliance Communications, and earlier positions at Hindustan Sanitaryware and Kodak India, where he spent over a decade.
In his new role, Singh is expected to focus on reconnecting former employees, fostering collaboration, and building a structured alumni ecosystem that leverages shared experience and industry networks. As companies increasingly recognise the long-term value of their extended workforce, the DishTV Alumni Network appears set to turn nostalgia into a strategic asset, one connection at a time.
