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PR Professionals clinch ICC gig, get inked into a century-old power circle
MUMBAI: It’s not every day that a PR firm bags a client older than independent India. But PR Professionals (PRP), the Gurugram-based communications powerhouse, just pulled off a press-worthy coup by being appointed as the official PR partner for the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) — a 100-year-old juggernaut of Indian industry headquartered in Kolkata. Talk about prestige meets press kits.
The announcement came on 7 April 2025, and let’s just say, the champagne corks in Gurugram likely flew higher than ICC’s GDP targets. With this mandate, PRP enters the rarefied boardrooms of economic policy influencers, industrial tycoons and policymakers — and yes, probably a lot of spreadsheets too.
“We are honored to partner with the Indian Chamber of Commerce, a 100-year-old institution that has significantly contributed to India’s economic landscape…” said PR Professionals founder & MD Sarvesh Tiwari in a statement that managed to be both humble and headline-ready.
Founded in 1925, ICC isn’t just another acronym in a crowded sea of business forums. It’s the OG of Indian commerce bodies — the one that’s been around since pre-partition, pre-GDP and certainly pre-Whatsapp. Under the presidency of Abhyuday Jindal (yes, of Jindal Stainless Ltd fame), ICC has kept its relevance sharper than a budget analyst’s pencil.
With senior office bearers like Brij Bhushan Agarwal of Shyam Metalics and Parth Neotia of Ambuja Neotia Group, this is a chamber with more corporate weight than a B-school case study collection. And it’s not just about boardroom banter — ICC pumps out macroeconomic studies, state investment climate reports, and policy recommendations that find their way into budget files and bureaucratic briefs.
In 2024, ICC celebrated its centenary at Kolkata’s Town Hall with the likes of Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy gracing the dais — because if you’re going to age gracefully, you might as well throw a bash with billionaires.
As for PR Professionals, this isn’t their first rodeo. Since its launch in 2011, the firm has grown from a modest agency into a 12-office Indian PR titan with six international outposts. From infrastructure to aviation, railways to public sector behemoths — they’ve handled it all, often with flair, and always with media mileage.
This partnership with ICC adds another feather to PRP’s already flamboyant cap. It’s a move that underscores their expertise in crafting complex narratives, managing large-scale mandates, and making even government jargon sparkle.
In PR terms, this is the equivalent of bagging a blockbuster film after a string of indie hits.
Strategic messaging? Check.
National economic visibility? Double check.
It’s a marriage of old money and new media — and one that’s bound to make noise in all the right corridors.
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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.
