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Qoruz and autumnGrey’s guide to planning the perfect Holi campaign
MUMBAI: Qoruz and autumnGrey have launched an interesting ‘Key Insights to Influence Audience this Holi’ report based on their last year’s observations of the festival, created by analysing engagement on various platforms, trending topics, wishes that dominated all platforms, form of content that worked best, brands that could create an impact, etc. Some key takeaways mentioned in the report can help brands in planning their campaign for Holi this year and choose an engagement platform that could garner desired outcomes.
As per the report, Instagram created the highest average engagements last Holi, followed by Facebook and YouTube. Twitter led the number of posts made around the festival. The frequency of posting was dominated by fashion/beauty segment, the maximum engagement of more than 80 per cent was received by the travel sector. Interestingly, tier 2 and 3 cities witnessed 65 per cent of the social media activity more than 35 per cent of tier 1 cities. The most popular conversation topic was love, followed by friends and family, kindness and pets and movies and music.
Facebook took the lion’s share in terms of brand posting as well as engagement (likes, comments, and shares), making it an obvious platform to target audience, closely followed by Instagram.
Other key highlights revealed that 40,000+ content pieces were created by Indian influencers covering topics around Holi and 78.4 million engagements were recorded on online posts, received as comments. shares, and reactions. 9,978 influencers posted social content like images, videos, and GIFs across top platforms. 21,222 #HappyHoli wishes were shared by influencers with followers on social media.
Speaking on the insights, Qoruz CEO Praanesh Bhuvaneswar said, “Numbers are an intrinsic part of every brand campaign and nobody understands that better than an analytics-powered company like Qoruz. With this report, we bring our raw historical numbers to life and pave the way for real impact!”
The report suggests marketers be a front-runner while creating campaigns and not worry about the formats. “Design a thoughtful campaign that makes it personal for the audience and creates an emotional response. Humanity is what people crave for. Kindness to animals, plants, and humans, and the voice of love is what impacts,” suggests the report.
The report also mentions some brand campaigns that worked last year, insights on some sectors, categories like Travel, Fashion/ Beauty, Food, Gifting, etc that saw success and hashtags that gained the highest engagement in each sector. Here is a link to download the report.
Brands
YES Bank hands the keys to SBI veteran Vinay Tonse as it bets on a new era
Former SBI managing director appointed as YES Bank’s new MD and CEO
MUMBAI: YES Bank is done rebuilding. Now it wants to grow. The private sector lender has appointed Vinay Muralidhar Tonse as managing director and chief executive officer-designate, with RBI approval secured and a start date of April 6, 2026 confirmed. The three-year term signals the bank’s intent to shift gears from crisis recovery to full-throttle expansion.
Tonse, 60, is no stranger to scale. Most recently managing director at State Bank of India, he oversaw a retail book of roughly $800bn in deposits and advances, one of the largest in the country. Before that, he ran SBI Mutual Fund from August 2020 to December 2022, a stint that saw assets under management surge from Rs 4.32 lakh crore to Rs 7.32 lakh crore across market cycles. Add stints in Singapore and four years leading SBI’s overseas operations in Osaka, and the incoming chief arrives with a genuinely global CV.
His academic grounding is equally solid: a commerce degree from St Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bengaluru, and a master’s in commerce from Bangalore University.
The appointment follows an extensive search and evaluation process by the bank’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee. NRC chairperson Nandita Gurjar said the committee unanimously backed Tonse, citing his leadership track record, governance credentials and ability to drive the bank’s next phase of transformation.
Non-executive chairman Rama Subramaniam Gandhi was unequivocal. “I am certain that Vinay Tonse, with his vast experience as a senior banker, will propel YES Bank to its next phase of growth,” Gandhi said, adding that the bank remains focused on strengthening its retail and corporate banking franchises and expanding its branch network.
Rajeev Kannan, non-executive director and senior executive at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, the bank’s largest shareholder, said Tonse’s experience across retail, corporate banking, global markets and asset management positioned him well to lead the lender. SMBC said it looks forward to working with Tonse and the board as YES Bank pursues its ambition of becoming a top-tier private sector lender anchored in strong governance and sustainable growth.
Tonse succeeds Prashant Kumar, who took the helm in March 2020 when YES Bank was in freefall following a severe financial crisis, and spent six years painstakingly stabilising the institution, rebuilding governance and restoring operational scale. Gandhi was generous: “The bank remains indebted to Prashant Kumar, who is responsible for much of what a strong financial powerhouse YES Bank is today.”
Tonse, for his part, struck a purposeful note. “Together with the board and my colleagues, I remain deeply committed to creating long-term value for all our stakeholders,” he said, pledging to build on Kumar’s foundation guided by his personal motto: Make A Difference.
Beyond the balance sheet, Tonse played cricket at college and club level and represented Karnataka in archery at the national championships — sports he credits with teaching him teamwork, situational leadership, discipline and focus. In quieter moments, he reaches for retro Kannada music, classic Hindi songs, and the crooning of Engelbert Humperdinck, Mukesh and Kishore Kumar.
YES Bank has its steady-handed rebuilder in Kumar to thank for survival. Now it has a scale-obsessed growth banker at the wheel. The next chapter starts April 6.
