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Team Pumpkin secures social media mandate for DCB Bank
MUMBAI: Team Pumpkin, a digital-first marketing and PR agency securedsocial media mandate for DCB Bank (www.dcbbank.com). The mandate includes digital creative strategy, social media campaign creation and performance marketing.
Having presence in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, Team Pumpkin has started providing its services to the Bank from its Mumbai office recently.
“We are happy to appoint Team Pumpkin as our social media and performance marketing specialist. DCB Bank’s vision is to be the most innovative and responsive neighborhood bank in India serving entrepreneurs, individuals and businesses.This arrangement will help communicate the Bank’s valuesand vision through to various stakeholders” said Gaurav Mehta – Head Investor Relations, Public Relations, Marketing & CSR, DCB Bank.
Speaking about the win, Team Pumpkin’s CBO, Swati Nathani, said “It’s a pleasure working with DCB Bank and its team for the vision and ideas they bring to the table. We are excited to bring fresh thoughts, perspectives and superlative execution to DCB Bank’s digital portfolio,”
Team Pumpkin lives and breathes by its motto of being artists who are using ‘the right mix of science and art’ to grow businesses. Founded in 2012, the company has offices across Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru with a portfolio of global clientele including MamyPoko Pants, Exide Group, Mahindra Group, Bajaj Finserv and ITC Foods among others.
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UltraTech Cement appoints Jayant Dua as managing director
Dua will succeed K. C. Jhanwar after his term ends in December 2026
MUMBAI: UltraTech Cement, the flagship cement arm of the Aditya Birla Group, has elevated Jayant Dua as managing director, effective 1 April, 2026.
The company’s board also approved his appointment as additional director, managing director and key managerial personnel, effective 1 January, 2027, following the completion of the current managing director K C Jhanwar’s term on 31 December, 2026, according to a regulatory filing.
Dua will serve as managing director for a four-year term from 1 January, 2027 to 31 December, 2030.
A veteran executive with more than 37 years of professional experience, Dua joined the Aditya Birla Group’s cement business in 1996 and spent nearly a decade in various functional and leadership roles.
Over the past two decades, he has held several profit-and-loss and chief executive responsibilities across multiple group businesses, including insulators, insurance, Century Cement and the chlor-alkali segment. In 2023, he was elevated to lead the group’s renewables and textiles businesses.
Within the group, Dua has received several internal honours, including the chairman’s individual award for exceptional contribution in 2002, the outstanding leader award in 2009 and the leader of leaders recognition in 2022.
He holds an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, an MBA from International Management Institute and has completed the advanced management programme at Harvard Business School.
