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Goafest Creative Abby jury chairs announced for Print, Radio and Brand Activation
MUMBAI: The Goafest Creative Abbys, the highly coveted advertising awards that recognize the best in advertising and marketing has announced the second set of jury for the coveted awards. The Awards Governing Council of Goafest 2016 has declared the jury chairs for print, radio/radio craft advertising and brand activation verticals. While Publicis Communications managing director & chief creative officer Bobby Pawar will chair the print communication jury of Creative Abby, Contract Advertising national creative director Ashish Chakravarty will chair the radio/ radio craft jury and Scarecrow Communications director and founder Manish Bhatt will chair the jury for brand activation vertical.
Jury chair of the print category Bobby Pawar is reckoned amongst peers as one of the most influential professsionals in advertising. Before joining Publicis, he was the CCO at JWT, where he curated some iconic campaigns. Prior to that he spent 4 years as the chief creative officer of the DDB Mudra Group. He was instrumental in transforming the agency into a top rated creative solution destinations in the country. Bobby was earlier creative director at Ogilvy, New York and group creative director at BBDO, Chicago.
Ashish Chakravarty with over 2 decades of experience has created some of the biggest brands in the country and is recognized as amongst the top 10 creative directors in India and amongst the top 50 creative Ddrectors in the world, according to a latest global ranking. Ashish’s work has won him several metals across the biggest creative fests across the world including Cannes and D&AD. He is credited with winning more than 200 national and international awards across categories and brands.
Manish Bhatt started his career as a Civil Engineer at Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation. But, soon he decided to enter the world of advertising and went on create one of India’s most sought after independent ad agencies Scarecrow. He has worked in Ad World for more than 15 years and has been associated with agencies like Contract, Ogilvy & Mather (Delhi, Mumbai & Malaysia), Ambience Publicis and McCann Erickson. Bhatt has received recognition for his creative work across platforms like Cannes Lions, D&AD London, The One Show, Clios and the Abbys.
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Beep App launches Gen-Z career platform, clocks 30,000 plus placements
Pune startup turns scrolling into career action with learn-explore-earn model
PUNE: Beep App has rolled out its newly positioned career-focused app aimed at Gen-Z users, as it looks to bridge what it calls a growing gap between exposure and employability among young Indians.
Formerly known as EventBeep, the platform is built around a simple but timely idea: turning everyday scrolling into meaningful career action. The app targets students and early professionals, offering a unified space to explore career options, learn relevant skills and access internships and job opportunities.
At a time when short-form content dominates screen time, Beep is attempting to flip the script by embedding structured, career-oriented insights within a familiar scroll-based interface. The idea is not to disrupt user behaviour, but to redirect it.
The platform spans a wide range of fields, including artificial intelligence, product management, design and data analytics. It provides users with insights into role expectations, required skills and step-by-step career pathways, supported by inputs from industry practitioners.
At the heart of the offering is a “learn, explore, earn” model that integrates discovery, skill-building and hiring into one ecosystem. The company says this closed-loop approach is already gaining traction, with over 30,000 placements facilitated so far.
“Gen-Z does not lack ambition; what they often lack is structured direction,” said Beep App founder and CEO Saurabh Mangrulkar. “The Beep App is designed to organise that exposure into actionable pathways so users can move from intent to execution with greater confidence.”
The launch comes amid a broader shift in India’s job market towards skills-first hiring, where practical experience and demonstrable capabilities are increasingly valued alongside academic qualifications.
Founded in 2021, Beep App has grown steadily within the student ecosystem, connecting over 6.5 million users with opportunities across more than 1,500 colleges and 7,800 hiring companies.
Looking ahead, the company plans to deepen its content across emerging sectors, expand its hiring network and build more personalised career pathways tailored to user behaviour.
As Gen-Z continues to navigate a complex and fast-evolving job market, platforms that can turn curiosity into clarity may well shape the next wave of career discovery.
