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Girnar appoints ColourCraft Studio as creative & digital agency
MUMBAI: Girnar Food & Beverages has appointed Mumbai-based ColourCraft Studio (CCS) to devise a creative and digital direction for the company as the battle for tea’s market share goes digital.
Girnar Food & Beverages director Sachin Bhansali Girnar wants to reach out more to the youth, who have a plethora of tastes and choices, and demand constant product innovation – all of which fits extremely well with Girnar’s DNA.
“We have been working with CCS for the last four months to establish a strategy to attract that target segment while maintaining our ties with our current TG,” said Bhansali.
ColourCraft Studio partner and co-founder Aditi Gandhi added, “We are delighted to receive this mandate from one of India’s finest companies. It is going be an exciting challenge to position Girnar’s offerings as a youth product while maintaining the stronghold it has with the more traditional customer base. We are confident that our 360 degree marketing strategy will strike the right chord with both the target groups.”
Brands
Hiili names Sanjay Hemady as country manager India
Media veteran to drive digital decarbonisation push
MUMBAI: Climate tech firm Hiili has announced its entry into India, appointing industry veteran Sanjay Hemady as India country manager to steer its growth in one of the world’s fastest-expanding digital markets.
Hemady, a familiar name across India’s media and consulting circles, will lead Hiili’s India operations from Mumbai. His mandate is clear: help Indian companies measure, manage and reduce the carbon emissions generated by their digital services.
Hiili offers a scientifically validated platform, certified by the UC3M-Santander Big Data Institute, that enables businesses to improve the efficiency of their digital infrastructure while cutting emissions. As organisations race to meet ESG targets, the company positions itself as a practical bridge between climate pledges and measurable action.
“I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as country manager, India at Hiili,” Hemady said in a LinkedIn post, adding that the company aims to move beyond broad sustainability promises towards precise, science-based decarbonisation.
Hemady brings more than three decades of experience spanning print, television, radio and digital media. He has previously served as chief executive officer at HIT 95 FM, assistant general manager at CNBC TV18, and held leadership roles at MTV India and The Indian Express, among others. Most recently, he worked as an independent business consultant advising firms across media and technology.
With India’s digital economy expanding at pace, the environmental cost of data, streaming and online services is climbing quietly in the background. Hiili’s bet is that carbon efficiency will soon sit alongside cost efficiency in boardroom conversations.
For Hemady, the move marks a shift from selling airtime and ad inventory to championing climate accountability. If successful, Hiili’s India play could make digital growth not just faster, but cleaner too.
