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Team Pumpkin Bags Social Media Mandate for &Me
Mumbai: Team Pumpkin, India's leading Marketing and PR Agency has won the Social Media mandate for &Me, the country’s only functional beverages brand which focuses on the unique nutritional needs of women and solves their greatest concerns about beauty, fitness, and menstruation.
The Brand &Me is credited with launching India’s first PMS drink with a unique blend of fruits, vegetables, flowers & spices with ayurvedic super herbs and micronutrients to help in painful pre-menstrual symptoms of bloating, cramps and fatigue. It also has PCOS and Beauty related product portfolio in its collection. The Brand is a brainchild of IIT and Standford Alumnus Ankur Goyal and funded by Matrix Partners & Early-stage consumer VC Fund Sauce.
Speaking on the occasion Sheta Mittal, Co-Founder, &Me said, "&Me is the first and only dedicated women's health brand. &Me is leading the effort in driving awareness on Women’s nutritional health in India and we are excited to partner with Team Pumpkin for helping us drive engagement through innovative content. Our recently launched Campaign #Unstoppable: Inspiring and Celebrating the Unstoppable women (1 July – 27 Sep 2019), in collaboration with the team is garnering overwhelming response. In July we featured 20 interviews with women leaders across Corporates (e.g. facebook, future group), Startup founders (e.g, Kalki, Chumbak), Sports (e.g, Rani Rampal, Captain of Indian Women Hockey team) and influencers as they shared personal journeys and untold stories of menstrual health. We are sure that Team Pumpkin’s strategies and collaboration will help us generate a powerful digital impact across social media platforms.”
The agency has been awarded the mandate following a multi-agency pitch. As a part of the mandate, Team Pumpkin will be managing the entire social media activities for the brand. The digital media responsibilities will be handled from the company’s office in Bangalore and will be supported by its offices in Mumbai and Delhi for regional requirements.
“&Me caters to the specific nutritional requirements of women, making it a path-breaking F&M brand. We will be helping &Me become the go-to nutritional source for women across the country; not only helping them build market leadership but also support the greater cause of women’s health and wellness,” said, Swati Nathani, Co-Founder & CBO, Team Pumpkin.
Team pumpkin lives and breathes by its motto of being "Artists who use science to grow businesses’. Founded in 2012, the company has offices across Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, and London with a portfolio of global clientele including Axis Bank, MamyPoko Pants, Future Group, Nilkamal, TATA Steel, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages, Bajaj Finserv and ITC among others.
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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.
