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Scarecrow deepens ties with first client, bags Religare’s corporate account
MUMBAI: Scarecrow Communications has deepened its relationship with its first client. The agency will handle the creative duties for Religare Enterprises‘ corporate brand, dislodging incumbent agency Ogilvy, Delhi.
Scarecrow already services the accounts of Religare Broking, Religare Health Insurance and Religare Macquarie.
Says Scarecrow Communications founder director Raghu Bhat, “Religare was Scarecrow’s first client. It’s fair to say that Scarecrow came into existence because of Religare. It’s very satisfying to note that since KILB, we have maintained our standards of creative excellence on this brand and have been rewarded with this very significant assignment.”
Scarecrow will handle the account from its Mumbai office. Religare offers a wide array of services including broking, insurance, asset management, lending solutions, investment banking and wealth management. It has a network of over 2,200 business centres across 550 plus locations and more than a million clients.
Says Religare director, Branding and Communications Subhrangshu Neogi, “The team at Scarecrow has consistently delivered high quality and path breaking creative work across all product lines assigned to them so far. We have now decided to enlarge the scope of their mandate to include some key corporate assignments as well.”
With fully functional offices in Mumbai and Delhi, Scarecrow Communications handles brands such as Reliance Digital, Future Capital, DNA, Eristoff, Viacom18, Nestle, Quikr, Rupa and DLF. Recently, Scarecrow started its full fledged design outfit, Scarecrow Designs.
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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.
