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The Marcom Avenue appoints Nitesh Agarwal as associate director- digital operations, India
NEW DELHI: Data-driven integrated media and marketing agency, The Marcom Avenue, has appointed Nitesh Agarwal as associate director – digital operations. Nitesh will be responsible for the overall management and growth of The Marcom Avenue India. He will report to Divanshi Gupta, director, The Marcom Avenue, as he will advance the clients’ digital marketing portfolio and lead the digital marketing team to deliver favourable results.
Prior to this, Nitesh was with ANTS India and has previously had stints with JWT and Leo Burnett, where he worked with top-tier brands like OLX, Snapdeal, Baba Elaichi, Apollo Tyres, GSK, Horlicks, ITel India, Tata DoCoMo, among others. With 7+ years of experience, his expertise lies in digital media, consumer behaviour, creative content marketing, brand strategy, brand consulting, team management, and improving agency-client relations.
The Marcom Avenue director Divanshi Gupta on Agarwal’s appointment, “The Marcom Avenue has been consistently moving forward with new clients and is reckoning to reinforce its operation and brace up the team under Nitesh’s leadership. He carries with him a future-forward approach and vast experience in digital creative strategy and planning, and team building, which will add immense value to both our many clients and the team while pacing up the client delivery. In these difficult times, our commitment has been delivering industry-leading and ROI-driven results to our clients, and the new thought leadership that comes with Nitesh will help further the goal.”
On his appointment, Agarwal said, “The Marcom Avenue has been able to build its clients' digital footprint from scratch to a level that their sales and brand reach is now completely linked to digital. Their global expertise, digital prowess, and the unique ‘dare to think different' strategy makes it the most agile and future-ready agency. I look forward to this opportunity and an exciting journey with The Marcom Avenue."
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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.
