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Kyoorius Designyatra’s ‘Optimism’ to be in Goa for its 12th edition
MUMBAI: The 12th edition of Kyoorius Designyatra will be held in Goa this year, with the theme: “Optimism.” The event will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, over a period of three days – 12 October to 14 October, 2017. “Optimism” brings attention to the light beyond the gloom, and focuses on how even though the world around us has changed there is hope for a brighter tomorrow.
Kyoorius Designyatra is an annual conference on design and innovation. The event will include workshops, discussions and breakout sessions which will offer delegates an opportunity to gain insights and knowledge on industry trends and enable them to interact with some of the most innovative thinkers and entrepreneurs from across the globe. Every year, Kyoorius Designyatra attracts some of the biggest names in global creative and design industry from different fields. Designyatra offers the opportunity to expand professional networks while celebrating creativity.
This year the line-up of speakers includes:
o Andy Chen, Partner, Isometric Studio
o Cheryl Heller, Chair, MFA Design for Social Innovation at SVA
o Graham Fink, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy & Mather, China
o Stephen Burks, Principal, Stephen Burks Man Made
o Waqas Jawaid, Partner, Isometric Studio
o Lord Christopher Laverty,, Author, Clothes on Film
o Leeroy New, Artist and Designer, Lab New
o Jackson Tan, Creative Director and Co-Founder, BLACK and PHUNK
o Prasanna Sankhé, Founder & Creative Head, HYPHEN
o Lizzie Mary Cullen, Pen and ink Illustrator and Writer, Lizzie Mary Cullen
o Jon Noorlander, Executive Creative Director, Method Studios
o Madhav Raman, Partner, Anagram Architects
o Morag Myerscough, Founder & Designer, Studio Myerscough
o Thomas Widdhershoven, Director and Designer, Thonik
o Noriaki Onoe, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc.
Kyoorius founder and CEO Rajesh Kejriwal says: “The 12th edition of Kyoorius Designyatra is aimed at reflecting the hope people have imbibed in today’s gloomy environment. It is acting as a platform where creativity and design will signify new hope and a better tomorrow. As a platform, Designyatra allows the participants to not only discuss the latest trends in creativity, brand, design and digital but also creates a unique pool of varied creative minds from across the world.”
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Abhay Duggal joins JioStar as director of Hindi GEC ad sales
The streaming giant brings in a seasoned revenue hand as the battle for Hindi television advertising heats up
MUMBAI: Abhay Duggal has a new desk, and JioStar has a new weapon. The media and entertainment veteran has joined JioStar as director of entertainment ad sales for Hindi general entertainment channels, adding 17 years of hard-won revenue experience to one of India’s most powerful broadcasting operations.
Duggal is no stranger to big portfolios or bruising markets. Before joining JioStar, he spent a brief stint at Republic World as deputy general manager and north regional head for ad sales. Before that, he put in three years at Enterr10 Television, where he ran the north region for Dangal TV and Dangal 2, two of India’s leading free-to-air Hindi channels. The north alone accounted for more than 50 per cent of total channel revenue on his watch, a number that tends to get attention in any sales meeting.
His longest stint was at Zee Entertainment Enterprises, where he spent over six years rising to associate director of sales. There he commanded the Hindi movies cluster across seven channels, owned more than half of north India’s revenue across flagship properties including Zee TV and &TV, and closed marquee sponsorships across the Indian Premier League, Zee Rishtey Awards and Dance India Dance. He also handled monetisation for the English movies and entertainment cluster and the global news channel WION, a portfolio that would stretch most sales teams twice his size.
Earlier in his career Duggal closed what was then a Rs 3 crore single deal at Reliance Broadcast Network, one of the largest in Indian radio at the time, before that he helped launch and monetise JAINHITS, India’s first HITS-based cable and satellite platform.
His edge, by his own account, lies in marrying data and instinct: translating audience trends, inventory signals and client demands into long-term partnerships built on cost-per-rating-point discipline rather than short-term deal chasing. In a media landscape being reshaped by streaming, fragmented attention and AI-driven advertising, that kind of rigour is increasingly rare and increasingly valuable.
JioStar, which blends the scale of Reliance’s Jio platform with the content firepower of Star, is doubling down on its advertising business at precisely the moment the Hindi GEC market is getting more competitive. Bringing in someone who has spent nearly two decades doing exactly this, across some of India’s most watched channels, is a pointed statement of intent. Duggal has spent his career turning audiences into revenue. JioStar is clearly betting he can do it again, and bigger.
