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YourStory’s Ashish Rana joins IdeateLabs as business head
MUMBAI: Ashish Rana has joined IdeateLabs, a full service digital marketing company, as the business head at its Mumbai office. His key responsibilities include prospecting new clients, planning and co-ordinating the implementation of business plans, establishing connections with the external stake holders, forging new deals and growing new business opportunities.
His expertise lies in the fields of marketing, branding, communications, strategy & operations, consumer research and project management. He has worked with renowned companies like Star India, FoodFood, Network18 & OMS (Mudra Max, Part of DDB Group). Rana was the Strategy and Operations Head at YourStory Media and was responsible for planning and implementing organizational strategy, sales and events, in his last assignment.
On this latest development, IdeateLabs director Vrutika Dawda said, “Team Ideate is extremely delighted to have Ashish on board. He will play a crucial role in enhancing and growing our business and the brands associated with us. With his extensive business network and interpersonal skills, we look forward to a successful association and a great future. I look forward to Ashish working closely with me and other senior management members in Ideate and contributing to our vision of dynamic and integrated brand solutions for our clients.”
Commenting on the potential of the rapidly evolving digital marketing industry, Rana said, ‘’Having worked with some of the best organisations, I look forward to contributing my skills and expertise to my team and IdeateLabs. Having worked for more than a decade with electronic media, I am very excited to work on a blend of electronic and digital marketing solutions for various brands across the country. I’m looking forward to taking IdeateLabs to the next level and creating yet another success story.’’
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Beacon Group appoints Dr Rajesh Patel as Group CEO
36-year healthcare veteran to lead Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek, Biogeny.
MUMBAI: A new chief, a fresh diagnosis and a sharper prescription for growth. Beacon Group has appointed Dr Rajesh Patel as its Group Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2026, signalling a decisive push to scale its presence in the diagnostics and IVD space. Patel steps into the role with 36 years of experience across the healthcare and diagnostics industry, bringing a career shaped by leadership roles spanning sales, marketing, business development and operational strategy. His mandate is both expansive and precise: to steer the group’s overall strategic direction while tightening coordination across its three core entities Beacon Diagnostics, Vector Biotek and Biogeny Diagnostics.
In practical terms, that means driving cross-company synergies, accelerating market expansion and strengthening organisational capability areas increasingly critical as diagnostic players compete for scale in a fragmented yet rapidly evolving healthcare ecosystem. The group is positioning itself to capture unmet demand across chain laboratories, key accounts and standalone labs, segments that remain underserved despite growing diagnostic needs.
The appointment comes at a time when the In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) sector in India is entering a more competitive and innovation-led phase, with companies focusing not just on product pipelines but also on service delivery, integration and customer-centric models. Beacon’s leadership appears to be betting that Patel’s execution-focused approach can help translate ambition into operational momentum.
Welcoming the appointment, Chairman Dr D K Joshi described Patel’s induction as a strategic move aligned with the group’s long-term vision, emphasising the role of leadership depth in navigating the next phase of growth.
For Beacon Group, the message is clear, in a sector where precision matters, leadership is the new differentiator—and this appointment is intended to set the tone for what comes next.
