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RBNL’s Rabe Iyer joins Motivator as MP
MUMBAI: Rabinder Thirumurthy better known as Rabe Iyer, executive vice president, out-of-home and televised events at Reliance Broadcast Network Limited, has joined GroupM‘s Motivator as managing partner. He will report to Maxus and Motivator South Asia MD Ajit Varghese.
Rabe appointment at Motivator comes into effect from today. Iyer will operate out of the Gurgaon office.
Varghese said, “Rabe will be responsible for leading Motivator India growth as we set our vision to increase the pie on emerging corporates and open up offices in new geographies of India.”
In his four-year stint with RBNL, Iyer has worked in leading positions driving the company‘s outdoor, live entertainment, activation, exhibition and radio business.
He has 20 years of advertising media experience having worked with integrated agencies to leading media agency houses in India and in Vietnam. He has worked on brands like Hyundai, Nokia, Morepen, P&G and Coca Cola. He has experience of projects that target consumers for both low involvement to very high involvement brands both in India and emerging economies of Asia.
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Time brings TIME100 Next franchise to India with Reliance
List to spotlight 100 emerging leaders, gala set for December 2026 in Mumbai.
MUMBAI: It’s about time India’s next wave got a global spotlight and now, it’s on the list. New York-headquartered Time is expanding its TIME100 Next franchise to India, partnering with Reliance Industries Limited to launch TIME100 Next India, its first international extension of the rising leaders platform. The announcement was made at the Time100 Gala in New York by Jessica Sibley and Nita Mukesh Ambani, signalling a strategic push to tap into India’s growing influence across sectors.
The India edition will recognise 100 emerging leaders from the country and the global Indian diaspora, spanning business, science, sports, arts and social impact. The list will be curated by Time’s editorial team and published online, continuing the franchise’s focus on identifying individuals shaping the future.
The initiative will culminate in a gala event scheduled for December 2026 at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, anchoring the platform within India’s cultural and business ecosystem.
TIME’s broader Time100 franchise has steadily expanded its global footprint since 2021 through events and impact-led initiatives. Executives noted that India’s growing pool of influential voices and innovators made it a natural next step for the platform’s international ambitions.
For Reliance, the partnership aligns with its broader push to support emerging talent and ideas on a global stage. For Time, it marks a timely bet on India not just as a market, but as a talent engine shaping the next chapter of global leadership.
