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Ministry of tourism empanels 15 creative agencies
MUMBAI: India’s tourism ministry has today empanelled 15 agencies for marketing and promotion for the ‘Incredible India’ campaign. The agencies were selected on the basis of an open advertisement in which 48 agencies had participated.
Agencies that have been empanelled are as follows:
1) Ogilvy & Mather
2) Grey Worldwide
3) Leo Burnett
4) R.K. Swamy BBDO
5) Lintas
6) India Tourism Development Corporation
7) Vivid-India Advertising & Marketing
8) Crayons Advertising
9) B.A.G. Films
10) Opal Advertising & Marketing
11) F.S. Advertising
12) Span Communications
13) Centum Advertising & Marketing
14) Square Communications
15) Pamm Advertising & Marketing
The information was confirmed to Indiantelevision.com by the Ministry of Tourism’s official spokesperson.
The Ministry has empanelled the agencies listed above for a period of three years. The pitch for the same took place five months ago.
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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.
