Brands
Suniel Shetty collabs with Branquila Brand Ventures
Mumbai: Suniel Shetty, one of the most established faces in the Indian Film Industry, has announced his collaboration with Branquila Brand Ventures, the integrated brand management agency founded by Sandeep Dahiya. Effective immediately, Branquila Brand Ventures assumes responsibility for managing Suniel Shetty’s brand and businesses across multiple avenues. This is the first time that Suniel Shetty has got an agency on-board, to not only strengthen and scale-up existing ventures but also explore newer avenues, across categories, and across platforms.
Talking about the collaboration, Suniel Shetty said, “Sandeep brings with him two key ingredients for unlocking future growth – experience across categories & imagination beyond compare. It’s a rare combo, and I am excited to have him on-board to explore newer avenues, as well as to propel the existing ones.” He further added, “I strongly believe in ethical growth, and doing things differently. I am glad that we’ve got great alignment with him there as well.”
Branquila Brand Ventures founder & CEO Sandeep Dahiya commented, “Anna Suniel Shetty is an industry in himself, and it’s an honour to work with him across multiple ventures to curate, create and collaborate on new and novel ideas.” He further stated, “Mr. Shetty’s acute understanding of the key aspects of business, is hard to match – not just within the industry, but outside it as well. We look forward to collectively breaking newer frontiers.”
The collaboration surely promises exciting ideas and collaborations in the rapidly evolving entertainment and brand management landscape.
Dahiya launched Branquila last year, after he quit the Times of India Group in 2021. He spent eight years at the group, spearheading the launch of Times’ legacy brands into newer consumer categories. Under his leadership, Femina FLAUNT became one of the bestselling exclusive women’s fashion brands within Shoppers Stop in over 25 cities. At Times Lifestyle Enterprise, Dahiya lead the Times Group’s foray in the beauty space, with the launch of Femina FLAUNT Studio Salon – a company-owned, company-operated format, in Mumbai. Today, Femina FLAUNT Studio Salons is a 20+ salon chain, nationally. Prior to the Times Group, he spent 8 years at Viacom18, heading its consumer products business – creating a scalable & sustainable business model in new categories for brands and IPs of MTV, Nickelodeon, Vh1, and Colors.
Brands
Samsung India elevates Aditya Babbar to lead mobile business
Exec takes charge of MX sales and marketing after Raju Pullan’s exit
NEW DELHI: Samsung India has elevated Aditya Babbar to lead its mobile phone business, following the exit of Raju Antony Pullan.
Babbar, who previously served as vice president within the mobile division, has been appointed head of sales and marketing for the MX (mobile experience) business, effective May 1. In his new role, he will oversee the company’s sales and marketing operations for smartphones and related categories in India, reporting to the executive vice president of the MX business.
A long-time Samsung executive, Babbar brings over a decade of experience within the organisation, having held multiple leadership roles across product, marketing and category management. Most recently, he led product marketing and e-commerce for the mobile division, following earlier stints as head of product and marketing and senior director roles.
His career within Samsung Electronics and its India operations has also included responsibilities for flagship devices, tablets and wearables, giving him a broad view of the company’s premium and mass-market portfolio.
Babbar succeeds Pullan, who stepped down from the role, marking a leadership transition at a time when India remains a key battleground for global smartphone makers.
The appointment signals continuity within Samsung’s leadership bench, with an internal candidate stepping up to steer one of its most critical business units in a highly competitive market.
