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Swiggy’s director of marketing Umesh Krishna moves on
Mumbai: Swiggy’s director of marketing Umesh Krishna has moved on from the company after a four-year stint. He made the announcement with a social media post.
Krishna is a 360-degree marketer with expertise in digital strategy, performance marketing, brand management and media purchasing. Prior to Swiggy, he was associated with several companies like Ola and Bajaj Auto in senior marketing roles. In the past, he also worked with Bajaj Auto and Mahindra & Mahindra.
At Swiggy, Krishna was driving multi-moment marketing bringing together data, creative and media fronts. His role required him to define the addressable audiences, marketing budgets, and define/own marketing metrics.
Krishna has also helped Swiggy in developing brand architecture, brand assets, brand strategy, and creative strategy. He was part of the brand’s use of martech and adtech, along with media planning, and buying for television, print, radio, OOH and digital media. He also managed performance marketing for Swiggy’s private labels and cloud kitchens.
“I had always imagined that a separation from Swiggy would be painful. However, I walk into my last day at work feeling happy and content,” Krishna said in his LinkedIn post.
“Building teams and practices from scratch and making them work together at scale, was something I loved doing over the past few years. I loved it so much would like to go do this once again – different place and space, but once again,” he further said.
His next move is not yet known.
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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.
