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Minister Smriti Irani to be Marquees 2017 chief guest
MUMBAI: The Advertising Club announced that the Minister for Textiles and Information & Broadcasting Smriti Irani will be the chief guest of honour at the inaugural version of Marquees 2017.
The 63 years’ old The Advertising Club is the premier institution in the field of Advertising, Marketing and Media and is host to some of the industry’s biggest events like the EFFIES, EMVIES and ABBY’s. The inaugural edition of the Marquees, will be the Ad Club’s most prestigious award that honours brands & its custodians, who have excelled in today’s rapid evolving marketing landscape.
Judged by a panel of eminent people from the industry – consisting of Jury Chair, Sanjiv Mehta,CEO and Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever Limited and other jury members which included – Harsh Goenka, Chairman – RPG Enterprises, Naveen Chopra – Ex-COO, Vodafone & Senior Advisor – TPG Capital, Ronnie Screwvala, Co-Founder – UpGrad, Dilip Cherian, Founding Partner – Perfect Relations, Agnello Dias, Chairman & Founder – Taproot India & CVL Srinivas, CEO South Asia – GroupM.
The Marquees endeavours to evaluate and recognize success of brands by judging them basis the media mix strategy and other important factors like the pricing, distribution and the brand – consumer connect, underlining the impact of brand management on business.
Marquees 2017 will be held at a grand ceremony on 11 August at the Grand Hyatt Mumbai to be attended by CEOs CMOs, Agency heads and the stalwarts from the Advertising, Marketing & Media Industry.
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Beacon Group appoints Dr Rajesh Patel as Group CEO
36-year healthcare veteran to lead Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek, Biogeny.
MUMBAI: A new chief, a fresh diagnosis and a sharper prescription for growth. Beacon Group has appointed Dr Rajesh Patel as its Group Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2026, signalling a decisive push to scale its presence in the diagnostics and IVD space. Patel steps into the role with 36 years of experience across the healthcare and diagnostics industry, bringing a career shaped by leadership roles spanning sales, marketing, business development and operational strategy. His mandate is both expansive and precise: to steer the group’s overall strategic direction while tightening coordination across its three core entities Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek and Biogeny Diagnostics.
In practical terms, that means driving cross-company synergies, accelerating market expansion and strengthening organisational capability areas increasingly critical as diagnostic players compete for scale in a fragmented yet rapidly evolving healthcare ecosystem. The group is positioning itself to capture unmet demand across chain laboratories, key accounts and standalone labs, segments that remain underserved despite growing diagnostic needs.
The appointment comes at a time when the In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) sector in India is entering a more competitive and innovation-led phase, with companies focusing not just on product pipelines but also on service delivery, integration and customer-centric models. Beacon’s leadership appears to be betting that Patel’s execution-focused approach can help translate ambition into operational momentum.
Welcoming the appointment, Chairman Dr D K Joshi described Patel’s induction as a strategic move aligned with the group’s long-term vision, emphasising the role of leadership depth in navigating the next phase of growth.
For Beacon Group, the message is clear, in a sector where precision matters, leadership is the new differentiator—and this appointment is intended to set the tone for what comes next.
