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‘Entrepreneur at heart’ Tekwani joins Monk Media
MUMBAI: Monk Media Network has appointed Prashant Tekwani as the senior vice-president to strengthen its leadership team on completing its first year of operations.
Tekwani, who was the associate vice-president at iContract, headed major accounts such as YouTube, Google and HSBC. He will be spearheading brand strategy unit and business management at Monk Media. He has rich experience across categories and has worked with clients such as UTI Mutual Funds, Hot Star, Shoppers Stop, Truly Madly and Star Sports.
Tekwani said that he had always been an entrepreneur at heart and the challenge of building one of the most exciting agencies was too enticing.”
Monk founder & CEO Ashish Patkar said that Tekwani was a rare suit that was as bothered about the idea as he was about the billing. They were sure his cross-category brand experience and incisive insights would be a major value-add for its clients, he added.
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Beacon Group appoints Dr Rajesh Patel as Group CEO
36-year healthcare veteran to lead Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek, Biogeny.
MUMBAI: A new chief, a fresh diagnosis and a sharper prescription for growth. Beacon Group has appointed Dr Rajesh Patel as its Group Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2026, signalling a decisive push to scale its presence in the diagnostics and IVD space. Patel steps into the role with 36 years of experience across the healthcare and diagnostics industry, bringing a career shaped by leadership roles spanning sales, marketing, business development and operational strategy. His mandate is both expansive and precise: to steer the group’s overall strategic direction while tightening coordination across its three core entities Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek and Biogeny Diagnostics.
In practical terms, that means driving cross-company synergies, accelerating market expansion and strengthening organisational capability areas increasingly critical as diagnostic players compete for scale in a fragmented yet rapidly evolving healthcare ecosystem. The group is positioning itself to capture unmet demand across chain laboratories, key accounts and standalone labs, segments that remain underserved despite growing diagnostic needs.
The appointment comes at a time when the In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) sector in India is entering a more competitive and innovation-led phase, with companies focusing not just on product pipelines but also on service delivery, integration and customer-centric models. Beacon’s leadership appears to be betting that Patel’s execution-focused approach can help translate ambition into operational momentum.
Welcoming the appointment, Chairman Dr D K Joshi described Patel’s induction as a strategic move aligned with the group’s long-term vision, emphasising the role of leadership depth in navigating the next phase of growth.
For Beacon Group, the message is clear, in a sector where precision matters, leadership is the new differentiator—and this appointment is intended to set the tone for what comes next.
