MAM
Special Art of Living courses for ad professionals in March
MUMBAI: It looks as if the spiritual bug is hitting the advertising industry.
A special Art of Living course is being organised for ad industry professionals in Mumbai between 10-15 March 2003. The venue is The Studio at Comart Lithographers, opposite the famous Siddhi Vinayak temple in Mumbai’s Prabhadevi area. The course will be held between 7 pm and 9:30 pm in order to ensure attendance and encourage more ad industry constituents to attend the basic course.
“Considering the pressure under which ad industry professionals work, this could be an apt idea,” says an Art of Living teacher.
The charges are Rs 1500 for the six-day session. The basic course will teach ad professionals simple yet powerful breathing techniques that eliminate stress and enhance the quality of life, says a press release. The key feature of this course is that it is conducted over six consecutive days for three-hours every day. It teaches Sudarshan Kriya – the breathing technique developed by Art of Living’s Sri Sri Ravishankar.
Himanshu Kapadia from Concept Advertising and PR has taken the lead in this initiative. Interested professionals can also contact Ami (9820135195) or Amish (9820156140).
Well, looks as if ad professionals have one more option to beat the stress.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
