Ad Campaigns
Himalaya Babycare champions shared parenting at Maha Kumbh 2025
MUMBAI: Parenting is a two-player game, yet mothers often bear the brunt of it alone. Himalaya Babycare decided to change the rules at Maha Kumbh 2025, launching the ‘Prepare Your Baby Bag’ campaign to advocate for shared parenting and challenge outdated norms. With over 500 baby bags donated to orphanages, this initiative was more than just a fun challenge – it was a step toward redefining caregiving in India.
At the heart of the campaign was an interactive booth where parents took on the ‘Prepare Your Baby Bag’ challenge – a timed activity where they raced to pack a baby bag with Himalaya Babycare essentials like baby soap, oil, wipes, lotion, and powder. The challenge wasn’t just about speed; it sparked conversations about equal parenting and the importance of fathers taking an active role in childcare.
Those who completed the challenge didn’t just walk away with bragging rights; they received complimentary product samples, ensuring they experienced the trusted care of Himalaya Babycare firsthand. In a heartwarming extension of the initiative, these carefully packed baby bags were donated to orphanages, reinforcing Himalaya Babycare’s commitment to nurturing all children, regardless of circumstance.
Commenting on the campaign, Himalaya Wellness Company director – babycare, Chakravarthi N V shared, “The Maha Kumbh Mela brought millions together, making it the perfect platform to inspire positive change in parenting dynamics. Parenting is a shared journey, yet in many households, childcare responsibilities are often seen as the primary responsibility of mothers. Through this campaign, we encouraged fathers to share the load and embrace equal parenting, thereby creating a supportive environment for families across India.”
To spread the message further, Himalaya Babycare leveraged social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube, ensuring the campaign resonated across urban and rural India. With content available in Hindi, the initiative successfully reached diverse communities, reinforcing the message that parenting is not a solo act—it’s a duet.
With a perfect mix of fun, education, and social impact, Himalaya Babycare’s ‘Prepare Your Baby Bag’ campaign proved that changing the world starts at home – one shared responsibility at a time.
NATIONAL: Amazon Ads has laid out a sharply tech-led vision for the advertising industry in 2026, arguing that artificial intelligence, streaming TV and creator partnerships will combine to turn brand building into a more precise, performance-driven business.
At the heart of the shift, the company says, is the fusion of AI with Amazon’s vast trove of shopping, browsing and streaming signals, allowing advertisers to move beyond blunt reach metrics to campaigns designed around real customer behaviour.
“The future of advertising is not about reaching more people, but the right people with messages that resonate,” said Amazon Ads India head and vice president Girish Prabhu. “By combining AI with deep customer insights, we help brands move from broadcasting campaigns to having meaningful conversations wherever audiences spend their time.”
One of the biggest changes, according to Amazon Ads, will be the collapse of the wall between media planning and creative development. Retail media, powered by first-party data, is increasingly shaping everything from brand discovery to final purchase, pushing marketers to design campaigns around audience insight rather than internal instinct.
AI is also moving from a support tool to a creative engine. Agentic AI, which automates and accelerates production, is expected to make high-quality creative accessible even to small businesses, compressing weeks of work into hours and giving challengers the ability to compete with larger brands on speed and scale.
Behind the scenes, AI-driven analytics will take on a bigger role in campaign optimisation, identifying patterns, spotting opportunities and recommending actions that would previously have required teams of analysts.
Streaming TV is another big battleground. With India’s video streaming audience now above 600 million and connected TV users at 129.2 million in 2025, advertisers are set to treat streaming not just as a branding channel but as a performance engine, measured increasingly by sales, sign-ups and bookings rather than just reach.
Finally, Amazon Ads sees creators and contextual advertising reshaping how brands tell stories. Creators will act less like influencers and more like long-term partners, while scene-aware ads on streaming platforms will allow brands to insert hyper-relevant offers into the flow of what viewers are watching.
Taken together, Amazon Ads argues, these shifts mark a move towards advertising that is both more human and more measurable, where AI handles the complexity, and creativity does the persuading.
