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ESS’ ‘Harsha Ki Khoj’ ends with Narasimhan
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports had rolled out Closeup Dream Job – Harsha Ki Khoj contest to identify a presenter. Here comes, the winner Anand Narasimhan who will be joining the elite group of presenters and commentators on the network.
Narasimhan, 27-year-old media planner with Maxus Global Bangalore was taken to ESPN Star Sports’ broadcast center in Singapore, along with other three finalists, Padamjeet Sherawat, Puneet Pal Singh and Manish Vallicha, informs an official communiqué.
The contestants were guided tour of the ESS office and familiarised them with the working of the master control room and tape library, sportscenter studio and the newsroom.
Closeup Dream Job – Harsha Ki Khoj kicked off in October last year.
The media release informs that more than 44,000 individual entries, over 100,000 minutes of commentary clips, auditions of 750 contestants across six cities, on-air competition during live cricket in Bangladesh, public votes and eight rigorous studio rounds later, the final was held live in studios in Singapore on 10 March.
The contest is targeted at sports fanatics who have grit enough to become a commentator – just like Harsha Bhogle.
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McDonald’s India CBO Arvind RP exits after seven years
The chief business officer exits after a stint that took him from marketing to leading South India operations.
MUMBAI: Arvind RP is out. The chief business officer of McDonald’s India has stepped down from the fast-food giant after more than seven years, and is currently serving out his notice period.
It is a significant exit. Arvind joined McDonald’s India in 2019 as director of marketing and communications, a fairly conventional brief, but steadily accumulated responsibilities until he was running the profit and loss for the company’s entire South India operation, with store operations, new outlet development, marketing, human resources and training all falling under his remit.
In a LinkedIn post, he was characteristically warm about his time there. “Looking back, many of the moments that stand out in my career aren’t just about outcomes or milestones; they’re about the incredible people who were part of the journey,” he wrote, adding that he had been “lucky to be surrounded by fantastic team members.”
Before McDonald’s, Arvind spent six years at skincare chain Kaya, where he led marketing and analytics, overseeing brand-building, product innovation and digital and customer relationship management. His career spans a remarkable sweep of Indian industry: retail at Levi Strauss & Co, consumer goods at Britannia Industries, and automobiles at TVS Motor Company, where he also took an international posting in Jakarta.
With 25 years of experience across quick-service restaurants, beauty, fashion and FMCG, Arvind will not be short of takers. The only question is who moves first.
