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SUGAR Cosmetics makes a mark with their digital campaign – #GetThePicture #BetterWithHer for Women’s Day 2020
MUMBAI: SUGAR Cosmetics, one of the fastest growing premium makeup and beauty brands in India, successfully associated with 5000+ influencers to raise awareness about female foeticide.
This Women’s Day, SUGAR asked women to show their support and fight against female foeticide and infanticide by uploading a family photo across social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter wherein they simply scribble out the women in the picture, along with the message – ‘This Women's Day, make a difference by being the voice of those who didn't make it! Do your bit to stand up against female foeticide and infanticide in India. So spread the message and show your support by uploading your scribbled photographs, so the world can truly #GetThePicture. #BetterWithHer #TrySUGAR #SUGARCosmetics’.
This digital activity saw 5600+ posts on Instagram, using #BetterWithHer and reached approx. 7.7K + people. The campaign trended in the Top Ten India Trends on Twitter and received approx. 933 tweets. These tweets received a total impressions of approximately 16.8 million with a reach of approx. 3.4 million. The campaign received support from top influencers and bloggers like Debasree Banerjee, Shreya Mehta, Kainaz Reddy, Purva Vats and many more.
Alongside this, with the purchase of every SUGAR Minis Set this month (http://bit.ly/2PFEAZJ), SUGAR Cosmetics will give a part of the proceedings towards fighting this societal evil.
Speaking about the success of the campaign, Vineeta Singh, CEO, SUGAR Cosmetics says, “To raise awareness about the alarming issue of female foeticide and infanticide in the country, we launched this digital campaign. The campaign inspired consumers to emphasize on how important women are, and what their families would look like without them. SUGAR as a brand stands by strong, independent women and this year we wanted to celebrate them as well as the women who couldn’t make it. I sincerely hope that this campaign has created the right amount of awareness."
Adding to this, Amrita Shinde, Marketing Head, SUGAR Cosmetics said, “With this campaign our aim was to reach out to the audience all over the country and raise awareness about this cause. Apart from the women who took a stand for this cause, SUGAR also saw a fraction of men who organically came forward to show their support. This shows that the campaign was successful in creating awareness and that men too feel for this cause! While we have a long way to go before female foeticide and infanticide can completely be stopped in India, we hope this campaign has helped in a small way.”
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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.
