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Vinay Rao joins as Langoor’s head- client success
Mumbai: The digital marketing agency Langoor has appointed Vinay Rao as its head of client success. He will lead strategizing and digital transformation on key accounts.
Vinay will help brands achieve their goals by bringing the focus back on business and enabling strategies that help them create a prominent presence in new markets. He will be the driving force behind a brand’s storytelling to build credibility, promote awareness and engineer conversion with clients.
Welcoming him on board, Langoor CEO Venugopal Ganganna said, “At Langoor, we are always scaling up and adding new clients to our roster. To ensure that our clients receive all the support and advice they need and to help their business grow, we decided to onboard Vinay. He is very driven and has innovative ideas and effortless communication skills that he brings to the table which is crucial for our business. Vinay’s vision for Langoor aligns perfectly with ours, making him the ideal match for the role.”
Speaking on his appointment, Langoor head (client success) Vinay Rao said “I am thrilled to work with a firm as dynamic, creative and motivated as Langoor. The environment in the firm is very exciting and it’s an opportunity which couldn’t have knocked at my door at a better time such as now. Venu is a great leader and I look forward to working with him and giving our customers all the support that they need to grow and prosper.”
In his last role, Vinay was responsible for the digital marketing & communications mandate for Blume Ventures, one of India’s top-tier venture capital firms. He has also previously worked on the digital transformation mandates of early stage, challenger, and digitally native brands in ITES & SaaS, E-commerce, FMCG, healthcare, fitness and wellness, home interiors, retail, real estate, non-profit, airline, electronics and consumer goods.
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Uidai partners with Google to help users locate Aadhaar centres
Verified Aadhaar centres to appear on Maps with services and access info
MUMBAI: Finding an Aadhaar centre may soon be as easy as finding your favourite café. In a move aimed at making public services more accessible, the Unique Identification Authority of India has partnered with Google to display authorised Aadhaar centres on Google Maps. The feature, expected to roll out in the coming months, will allow residents to locate verified centres quickly and confidently.
More than 60,000 Aadhaar centres, including state of the art Aadhaar Seva Kendras, will be mapped. When users search on Google Maps, they will be directed to authorised facilities rather than unverified listings, helping curb misinformation and confusion.
The listings will do more than drop a pin. Users will be able to see the nature of services offered at each centre, whether it is adult enrolment, child enrolment, or limited to address and mobile number updates. Details such as operating hours, parking availability and divyang friendly infrastructure will also be shown wherever applicable.
Uidai CEO Bhuvnesh Kumar, said the collaboration is part of the authority’s continued effort to improve ease of living for Aadhaar holders by making authorised centres simpler and faster to navigate.
The partnership will deepen in its next phase, with Uidai using Google Business Profile to manage information and respond directly to public feedback. Looking ahead, the two organisations are also exploring the option of enabling appointment bookings through the Google Maps interface, potentially allowing residents to plan their visits with greater efficiency.
Google India country head, strategic partnerships Roli Agarwal, said integrating verified Aadhaar centres would help millions access trusted services with confidence, bringing essential government infrastructure closer to the people who need it most.
If all goes to plan, a routine Aadhaar update may soon begin not with a queue, but with a search bar.
