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PR Professionals boosts digital firepower with Sunny Jain as associate vice president – digital
MUMBAI: PR Professionals (PRP) is betting big on digital. On 28 April 2025, the integrated communications agency announced the appointment of Sunny Jain as associate vice president – digital, strengthening its leadership bench as it doubles down on performance-driven brand storytelling.
Armed with over 15 years of digital marketing experience, Jain will focus on expanding PRP’s performance marketing capabilities, maximising client ROI, and weaving together content, PR, and digital strategies into a seamless growth engine. His arrival coincides with PRP’s aggressive digital push across infrastructure, education, and governance sectors.
Jain’s résumé reads like a blueprint for digital excellence, having steered strategies at Spicejet, VLCC Healthcare, Brentwoods Education, Greenply Industries, and Indiamart. His skill set spans SEO, SEM, lead generation, affiliate marketing, digital media planning, and customer acquisition across India, the GCC, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
“As the communication landscape evolves, seamless integration of digital and public relations has become the cornerstone of impactful brand storytelling. Sunny’s extensive experience and result-driven approach will further strengthen PRP’s ability to deliver holistic communication strategies to our clients,” said PR Professionals founder & MD Sarvesh Tiwari.
Expressing his excitement, Jain added, “I am excited to join PR Professionals at a time when the digital communications landscape is undergoing such transformative changes. PRP’s portfolio of integrated communications services and diverse approach offers the ideal conditions to drive meaningful digital impact. I look forward to working with this amazing team to push the boundaries of innovation and performance.”
PRP’s digital credentials are already strong, managing major mandates like Hudco, PFRDA, RLDA, IIM Mumbai, MMRDA, and Bihar’s education and revenue departments. Founded in 2011, PR Professionals now spans 12 Indian cities and six international centres, with a 150-strong team driving its integrated communications engine.
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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.
