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MTV’s contest offers incentives for viewers to participate
MUMBAI: MTV has come up with yet another contest of sorts called MTV Whatever Things for its viewers.
This time round, MTV is all set to involve its viewers and lure them into participating in the contest by offering incentives like airing their mug shot on the channel.
According to the channel website, the participants have to suggest three music videos that best go along with the two stunts for each episode of MTV Whatever Things, which will be shown on the website. If an entry is selected, not only will the person get to program a music playlist for the show, he/she will also get their mug shot shown on air. Participants will have to submit at least one photograph of theirs in jpeg or gif format for the same.
Some of the stunts that are on MTV’s website for the ‘MTV Whatever Things’ contest
Also, at the end of each month, a grand winner will be picked from the selected entries and he/she will get a Philips 530 Mobile Phone.
Viewers can participate in the contest by watching the two stunts that are shown on the MTV website – www.mtvindia.com and suggest three music videos that best go with the action.
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Nestlé India names Prateek Tripathi head of IS/IT and business excellence
Analytics veteran brings over two decades of data and governance expertise
GURUGRAM: Nestlé India has appointed Prateek Tripathi as head of IS/IT and Nestlé Business Excellence, effective 1 April, 2026, subject to approvals, the company said in a regulatory filing.
Tripathi will succeed Krishna Guha Roy, who will step down from the role on 31 March, 2026 to take up a larger leadership position within the global Nestlé group.
The company disclosed the development in a filing to stock exchanges under Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements.
Tripathi, 45, joined Nestlé in 2019 and currently serves as data governance lead for the Asia, Oceania and Africa zone since February 2025. In this role, he has helped strengthen analytics and data integration capabilities across the South Asia region.
Before joining Nestlé, Tripathi held leadership roles at General Electric, Citibank, Parle Agro and Nielsen, bringing more than 21 years of experience in analytics, data governance and business transformation.
At Nestlé, he began as data analytics manager and played a key role in shaping the company’s data governance framework, driving compliance with internal policies while identifying optimisation opportunities across markets in the Asia-Oceania-Africa zone.
Tripathi holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, computer science and statistics from Osmania University and a postgraduate diploma in business management from Goa Institute of Management.
The company said his experience in analytics, governance and digital integration positions him to lead Nestlé India’s IT and business excellence function as the firm scales its technology and data-led initiatives.
