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Social Beat appoints Pavan Ramchand as chief human resource officer
Mumbai: On Monday, Pavan Ramchand was announced as next chief human resource officer for digital marketing company Social Beat.
With an experience of over two decades in talent acquisition, talent management, HR shared services and compensation, Ramchand will strengthen Social Beat’s HR practices and talent acquisition initiatives. His experience and global exposure leading large multi-functional teams across APAC and EMEA will greatly strengthen Social Beat’s executive team.
Ramchand has led a multitude of successful HR initiatives by working closely with executive teams, and moves from Syngene, a Biocon Group company. He will lead Social Beat’s initiatives to build and grow a futuristic, intellectual team of highly motivated, talented professional’s to realise its vision of ‘enabling brands rise to the impossible.’
Known for his deep insights, flexible approach and positive attitude, Ramchand brings diverse experience of having worked in oil & gas, mining, pharma, manufacturing and IT with multinational corporations like Royal Dutch Shell, Gartner.
Speaking on Ramchand’s appointment, Social Beat co-founder Suneil Chawla said, “We have set our sights on a progressive, people led future with significant growth driven by a highly capable, motivated team as the primary goal for our company. The immense exposure and experiential knowledge that Pavan brings to the table, will definitely play a key role in realising this goal.”
Commenting on his new role, Ramchand said, “I am excited to join Social Beat to lead the human resources functions. Our strong, people-centric culture and value system remains at the heart of everything we do. Strengthening this culture further through progressive and forward-looking people initiatives will be the priority to drive the growth of the company to achieve our goals.”
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Dish TV shareholders approve three independent directors
99.49 per cent vote of confidence strengthens board as company expands into connected TV, e-commerce and OTT.
MUMBAI: Dish TV has just been served a near-perfect vote of confidence and the shareholders have dished it out in style. Shareholders of the DTH operator have approved the appointment of three new Independent Directors with an overwhelming 99.49 per cent approval. The three appointees are Mr Arun Kumar Kapoor, Ms Heena Naishadh Bhatt and Mr Ashok Anant Paranjpe.
The strong mandate reflects continued investor faith in the company’s strategy, disciplined execution and long-term value creation. It comes as Dish TV focuses on stabilising its core DTH business while actively scaling new verticals connected TV platform VZY, B2B e-commerce ShopZop, and OTT service Watcho to build a more diversified and resilient growth trajectory.
Dish TV India Limited, CEO & executive director Manoj Dhobhal said, “We are encouraged by the shareholders’ approval of the appointment of the Independent Directors and sincerely thank them for their continued trust and confidence. The Board is already benefiting from the Directors’ collective experience, which will further sharpen strategic focus and support disciplined execution.”
With a fresh, strengthened board in place, Dish TV is well positioned to navigate the evolving media landscape. In a sector where every percentage point matters, a 99.49 per cent thumbs-up is the kind of ringing endorsement that suggests the company’s recipe for the future is already tasting right.
