Brands
HUL top advertiser; Dettol enters top 5 in BARC week 32
MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has released its data for last week’s top advertisers and brands between 4 August to 10 August 2018.
The data is a reflection of top 10 advertiser and brands across genre on Indian television (U+R): 2+ Individuals. It demonstrates ads that were inserted the most in week 32 of 2018.
Top Advertisers:
For week 32, Hindustan Unilever Ltd retained its position as the top advertiser and led with 137938 ad insertions on television. HUL’s products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products and water purifiers.
Reckitt Benckiser Ltd, maker of Dettol, Veet, Durex condoms, Strepsils, Air Wick, Harpic among others jumped to second position with 112004 ad insertions as last week.
Kolkata based ITC Ltd moved a position down with 54110 ad insertions followed by Procter & Gamble with 36058 ads. ITC has a diversified business that includes Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), hotels, paperboards and packaging, agribusiness and information technology.
Dairy Milk manufacturer Cadbury India entered the top five list and stood at fifth position this week with 32363 ad insertions.
Top Brands:
Cleaning and disinfecting product Lizol was advertised the most and topped the charts with 16924 ad insertions in week 31. Lizol entered the top 5 brands list after a hiatus of a week where it stood at number three in week 30.
Santoor sandal and turmeric soap jumped from its week 31’s third position, to become the second most advertised brand in week 32 with a startling 13916 ad insertions.
The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that been in the top two list for last few weeks, dipped a position down and became the third most advertised brand this week with 12941 ad insertions.
Reckitt Benckiser had two products from its umbrella from the house of Dettol enter into the list of top five most advertised brand. While Dettol Liquid soap retained the fourth position with12810 ad insertions, Dettol cool soap had 11463 ad insertions in week 32.
Brands
YES Bank hands the keys to SBI veteran Vinay Tonse as it bets on a new era
Former SBI managing director appointed as YES Bank’s new MD and CEO
MUMBAI: YES Bank is done rebuilding. Now it wants to grow. The private sector lender has appointed Vinay Muralidhar Tonse as managing director and chief executive officer-designate, with RBI approval secured and a start date of April 6, 2026 confirmed. The three-year term signals the bank’s intent to shift gears from crisis recovery to full-throttle expansion.
Tonse, 60, is no stranger to scale. Most recently managing director at State Bank of India, he oversaw a retail book of roughly $800bn in deposits and advances, one of the largest in the country. Before that, he ran SBI Mutual Fund from August 2020 to December 2022, a stint that saw assets under management surge from Rs 4.32 lakh crore to Rs 7.32 lakh crore across market cycles. Add stints in Singapore and four years leading SBI’s overseas operations in Osaka, and the incoming chief arrives with a genuinely global CV.
His academic grounding is equally solid: a commerce degree from St Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bengaluru, and a master’s in commerce from Bangalore University.
The appointment follows an extensive search and evaluation process by the bank’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee. NRC chairperson Nandita Gurjar said the committee unanimously backed Tonse, citing his leadership track record, governance credentials and ability to drive the bank’s next phase of transformation.
Non-executive chairman Rama Subramaniam Gandhi was unequivocal. “I am certain that Vinay Tonse, with his vast experience as a senior banker, will propel YES Bank to its next phase of growth,” Gandhi said, adding that the bank remains focused on strengthening its retail and corporate banking franchises and expanding its branch network.
Rajeev Kannan, non-executive director and senior executive at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, the bank’s largest shareholder, said Tonse’s experience across retail, corporate banking, global markets and asset management positioned him well to lead the lender. SMBC said it looks forward to working with Tonse and the board as YES Bank pursues its ambition of becoming a top-tier private sector lender anchored in strong governance and sustainable growth.
Tonse succeeds Prashant Kumar, who took the helm in March 2020 when YES Bank was in freefall following a severe financial crisis, and spent six years painstakingly stabilising the institution, rebuilding governance and restoring operational scale. Gandhi was generous: “The bank remains indebted to Prashant Kumar, who is responsible for much of what a strong financial powerhouse YES Bank is today.”
Tonse, for his part, struck a purposeful note. “Together with the board and my colleagues, I remain deeply committed to creating long-term value for all our stakeholders,” he said, pledging to build on Kumar’s foundation guided by his personal motto: Make A Difference.
Beyond the balance sheet, Tonse played cricket at college and club level and represented Karnataka in archery at the national championships — sports he credits with teaching him teamwork, situational leadership, discipline and focus. In quieter moments, he reaches for retro Kannada music, classic Hindi songs, and the crooning of Engelbert Humperdinck, Mukesh and Kishore Kumar.
YES Bank has its steady-handed rebuilder in Kumar to thank for survival. Now it has a scale-obsessed growth banker at the wheel. The next chapter starts April 6.
