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Madison Media Plus CEO Rajul Kulshreshtha moves on
Mumbai: Madison Media Plus CEO Rajul Kulshreshtha, who joined in June 2019, has reportedly moved on from the agency. Sources confirming the development said that Kulshreshtha put in his papers two months back and this is his last week at the agency.
Kulshreshtha has more than two decades of experience in the industry. He started his career with Universal McCann in 1992 and left the organisation after a decade in 2002 as vice president – media services.
In 2004, he joined GroupM as general manager – team LG. In 2006, he became the managing director of GroupM agency – Motivator and in 2008, he was promoted to GroupM MD, a position he held till 2010. In 2012, he quit GroupM to join Kinetic India as managing director.
In 2013, he moved on from Kinetic and started his own media agency Xposure. In 2018 he launched The Consilium a media and marketing consultancy.
His next move is not known yet.
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Time brings TIME100 Next franchise to India with Reliance
List to spotlight 100 emerging leaders, gala set for December 2026 in Mumbai.
MUMBAI: It’s about time India’s next wave got a global spotlight and now, it’s on the list. New York-headquartered Time is expanding its TIME100 Next franchise to India, partnering with Reliance Industries Limited to launch TIME100 Next India, its first international extension of the rising leaders platform. The announcement was made at the Time100 Gala in New York by Jessica Sibley and Nita Mukesh Ambani, signalling a strategic push to tap into India’s growing influence across sectors.
The India edition will recognise 100 emerging leaders from the country and the global Indian diaspora, spanning business, science, sports, arts and social impact. The list will be curated by Time’s editorial team and published online, continuing the franchise’s focus on identifying individuals shaping the future.
The initiative will culminate in a gala event scheduled for December 2026 at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, anchoring the platform within India’s cultural and business ecosystem.
TIME’s broader Time100 franchise has steadily expanded its global footprint since 2021 through events and impact-led initiatives. Executives noted that India’s growing pool of influential voices and innovators made it a natural next step for the platform’s international ambitions.
For Reliance, the partnership aligns with its broader push to support emerging talent and ideas on a global stage. For Time, it marks a timely bet on India not just as a market, but as a talent engine shaping the next chapter of global leadership.
