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Goldmine Advertising bags MTNL Account
NEW DELHI: Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, the state-owned telecommunications service provider, has appointed Goldmine advertising to handle its creative and media duties.
The multi-agency pitch process began in early 2012. The agency‘s Delhi office will service the brand, which plans to strengthen its presence in the country.
The mandate was won after a multi agency pitch which included Percept, Concept and Graphic ads also participated in this pitch process.
Speaking on this occasion, Goldmine Advertising regional director Rajindra Singla said, “We are happy to announce our association with MTNL which is one of the leaders in telecommunication. Today, with the presence of so many players in this sector, it will be a challenge for us to increase the brand equity that it has enjoyed amongst its customers.”
Other agencies who have also been empanelled for creative and media duties with MTNL are Span, Airads and Crayons.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
