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Grey India appoints Shilpa Chitre as HR head
MUMBAI: Grey group India has announced a senior level appointment for its department of Human Resources. Shilpa Chitre, whose mandate is to grow the agency’s talent strength and accelerate its human processes to deliver ‘Famous and Effective’ work for its clients, is the new Human Resources head. Chitre will report to Grey group India chairman and managing director Sunil Lulla.
With over 18 years of work experience across key HR areas including competency systems, talent acquisition and retention, performance management, strategic organisational policies and training, she has worked in several advertising agencies and corporate houses, actively partnering senior management. Until recently she was with Reliance Industries as HR vice president.
On welcoming Chitre, Lulla stated, “I am deeply delighted to have Shilpa on board. She will partner me in driving new age processes to enhance our professional services and capabilities, across all our services, of advertising, activation, retail design and digital. I find Shilpa to be a very skilled, competent and articulate HR Professional, up to date with new HR trends including digital. She joins GREY group as it accelerates its growth in creating an integrated offering for its clients, poised to make brands of its clients brands truly Famous and Effective”.
“I am delighted to return to the communications business at a time, when Grey group India is transforming itself. With all the growth ahead of us, I will leverage all my experiences, to help create an agency with a huge, competitive difference; via talent, skilling, processes, leadership and enormous passion,” she said on her new role at the agency.
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Dish TV shareholders approve three independent directors
99.49 per cent vote of confidence strengthens board as company expands into connected TV, e-commerce and OTT.
MUMBAI: Dish TV has just been served a near-perfect vote of confidence and the shareholders have dished it out in style. Shareholders of the DTH operator have approved the appointment of three new Independent Directors with an overwhelming 99.49 per cent approval. The three appointees are Mr Arun Kumar Kapoor, Ms Heena Naishadh Bhatt and Mr Ashok Anant Paranjpe.
The strong mandate reflects continued investor faith in the company’s strategy, disciplined execution and long-term value creation. It comes as Dish TV focuses on stabilising its core DTH business while actively scaling new verticals connected TV platform VZY, B2B e-commerce ShopZop, and OTT service Watcho to build a more diversified and resilient growth trajectory.
Dish TV India Limited, CEO & executive director Manoj Dhobhal said, “We are encouraged by the shareholders’ approval of the appointment of the Independent Directors and sincerely thank them for their continued trust and confidence. The Board is already benefiting from the Directors’ collective experience, which will further sharpen strategic focus and support disciplined execution.”
With a fresh, strengthened board in place, Dish TV is well positioned to navigate the evolving media landscape. In a sector where every percentage point matters, a 99.49 per cent thumbs-up is the kind of ringing endorsement that suggests the company’s recipe for the future is already tasting right.
