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Publicis Global Delivery was awarded Best Workplace in Media, India by Great Place to Work
Mumbai – Publicis Global Delivery (PGD) India, part of the Publicis Groupe India, has announced that it is ranked among the Best Workplaces in Media 2024 by Great Place to Work®. This marks the third consecutive year that PGD India has been included in the winning list for their workplace practices, which is a recognition of PGD India’s steadfast efforts to foster a high-trust, high-performance work culture. Additionally, PGD India also won the Great Places to Work certification in 2024
PGD India is a world-class capabilities centre of expertise catering to international markets on a full spectrum of media, data, technology, creative and production services. It is one of the largest capability centres of the Groupe with a presence across Mumbai, Gurgaon, Pune, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad. It also has one of the largest teams of certified professionals on various global platforms.
“PGD India, one of the largest Delivery Centres within the Publicis Global Delivery network, has been the backbone of PGD from day one. Delivering expertise of Publicis’ capabilities at scale with an unwavering commitment to excellence. Our talent, teams, and culture drive our business and enable industry-defining work each day. PGD India being recognised as a Best Place to Work for a third year in a row highlights our commitment to our people and the enthusiasm and passion they bring to our business and Publicis clients.” said PGD Global chief delivery officer Theodore Hadjis.
“Earning a spot on the Best Workplace list means that PGD India has surpassed rigorous benchmarks, establishing ourselves as one of the best workplaces among our peers across the industry. Receiving this honour thrice in a row highlights our continued commitment towards prioritising a people-first culture, and the advancement and growth of our talent. It is a continuous journey, and we are proud of our efforts in building an inclusive, diverse, collaborative, and cohesive work culture at PGD India. Recognition such as this is a wonderful testament to our commitment in building a progressive, exceptional workplace.” said PGD India CEO Sunish Jose.
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Abhay Duggal joins JioStar as director of Hindi GEC ad sales
The streaming giant brings in a seasoned revenue hand as the battle for Hindi television advertising heats up
MUMBAI: Abhay Duggal has a new desk, and JioStar has a new weapon. The media and entertainment veteran has joined JioStar as director of entertainment ad sales for Hindi general entertainment channels, adding 17 years of hard-won revenue experience to one of India’s most powerful broadcasting operations.
Duggal is no stranger to big portfolios or bruising markets. Before joining JioStar, he spent a brief stint at Republic World as deputy general manager and north regional head for ad sales. Before that, he put in three years at Enterr10 Television, where he ran the north region for Dangal TV and Dangal 2, two of India’s leading free-to-air Hindi channels. The north alone accounted for more than 50 per cent of total channel revenue on his watch, a number that tends to get attention in any sales meeting.
His longest stint was at Zee Entertainment Enterprises, where he spent over six years rising to associate director of sales. There he commanded the Hindi movies cluster across seven channels, owned more than half of north India’s revenue across flagship properties including Zee TV and &TV, and closed marquee sponsorships across the Indian Premier League, Zee Rishtey Awards and Dance India Dance. He also handled monetisation for the English movies and entertainment cluster and the global news channel WION, a portfolio that would stretch most sales teams twice his size.
Earlier in his career Duggal closed what was then a Rs 3 crore single deal at Reliance Broadcast Network, one of the largest in Indian radio at the time, before that he helped launch and monetise JAINHITS, India’s first HITS-based cable and satellite platform.
His edge, by his own account, lies in marrying data and instinct: translating audience trends, inventory signals and client demands into long-term partnerships built on cost-per-rating-point discipline rather than short-term deal chasing. In a media landscape being reshaped by streaming, fragmented attention and AI-driven advertising, that kind of rigour is increasingly rare and increasingly valuable.
JioStar, which blends the scale of Reliance’s Jio platform with the content firepower of Star, is doubling down on its advertising business at precisely the moment the Hindi GEC market is getting more competitive. Bringing in someone who has spent nearly two decades doing exactly this, across some of India’s most watched channels, is a pointed statement of intent. Duggal has spent his career turning audiences into revenue. JioStar is clearly betting he can do it again, and bigger.
