Mr. Rajat Kapoor

Acclaimed Director, Actor

Date-5th December'09
Directed movies like-
Tarana(1994)
Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One (1997)
Hypnothesis (1998)
Tonight No Show (2000)
Must Tell Her... That I Love Her (2001)
Jojo and the Chair (2001)
Raghu Romeo (2003)
Mixed Doubles (2006)
Mithya (2008)
Ek Tho Chance (2009)

Mr.Rajesh Gangwani

Sr Vice President

JWT

Date-30th November'09

Mr. Yuvraj Agarawal

Executive Vice President- Group Revenue
LAQSHYA MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

Date-28th November09

Event-Media Pulse'09

Mr. Yuvraj joined Laqshya, as Chief Marketing Officer, in 2006, after successful stints in FMCG, Consumer Durables, Home Appliances, Ayurveda and Healthcare industries. He was responsible for all marketing activities for the group, business development initiatives, key media acquisition, outdoor media research, international tie–ups and collaborations, implementation of new innovations and technology, government liaison, PR activities, etc.
He has a keen understanding of the OOH media domain as a whole– both from the buyers and the sellers side, with Airports and Ambient Media in particular. He was promoted as the COO Airports and Ambient media in the year 2008.
He has been involved in Airport media since its privatization in the year 2006. He was instrumental in the Laqshya bids for the Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and many other airports in India and abroad. After the award of the advertisement concession for the greenfield Hyderabad airport to Laqshya, he has been successful in setting up Laqshya Hyderabad Airport Media Pvt. Ltd., executing the landmark project and making it a reality on ground and putting together the entire airport media team. Laqshya won the Gold for the media owner of the year 2008 for the Hyderabad airport at the Outdoor Advertising Awards 2009 in Mumbai.
During his successful career span, Mr. Agrawal has travelled widely across India and the world, handled diverse portfolios that have helped him understand the dynamics of various businesses and market trends. He is well versed in the intricacies of India’s regional diversities and consumer needs. With his dynamic spirit, leadership abilities and a penchant for technology, he is a team player – a professional with valuable experience to steer the company ahead in its growth plans.
Mr. Agrawal is a Engineering graduate from the Faculty of Technology & Engg., MS University, Baroda and holds a Post Grad degree in International Business from Symbiosis, Pune – one of the leading Management Institutes in India. He has been awarded the Indira Super Achiever 2009 by the Indira Group of Institutions, Pune for his contribution to the M&E Industry. He is a member of the International Advertising Association.

Mr. Vijay Singh

MD & Co Promoter

141 Sercon

Date-28th November2009

Event-Media Pulse'09

Mr. Vijay Singh, who is currently the Managing Director for 141Sercon,one of India’s largest BTL and marketing services agency, is the honcho behind 141 Sercon and in part responsible for making it grow beyond boundaries of India. A serial entrepreneur with a mixed bag of experiences has the expertise of start ups from hotels to corporate houses. Mr. Singh always proposes grand ideas and follows his own path to success. This quality makes him a prominent name behind the success story of 141 Sercon. Presently he is aiming to take 141 Sercon beyond India and South East Asia. He has displayed terrific leadership qualities as the MD of 141 Sercon.

Ms.Anita Nayyar

CEO – India & South Asia

Havas Media

Date-28th November2009

Event-Media Pulse09

25 years in Media Industry BSc. hons in Microbiology from Mumbai university PG in Masters in Management Worked in agencies like Ogilvy, Satchi, Lowe, Mediacom,Starcom.Worked on brands like LG Samsung,Sony, American Express, Nokia, Motorolla, Reliance, Dabur ,Nestle, Reckit Benckiser ,Maruti, Honda,Yamaha etc. She is the2nd Most Influential Media person in Brand Equity Survey 2007 and 2008 and among Top 25 women in advertising survey by Savvy.Currently heading Havas Media India & South Asia.

Mr. Bunty Walia

Managing Director

GS Entertainment

Topic-Insight on Event Management & Movie Making.

Date-26th November2009

GS Entertainment is headed by Guneet Singh Walia aka Bunty Walia. An eminent businessman and a great visionary who has carved the company from a start up into a multinational organization.GS one of the leading names in the Indian entertainment industry startedbusiness in 1995 as an event management and film production company.Having scaled the heights of success, the company has ventured into thediversified fields of television software development, weddings, ad films,music videos and celebrity management.What sets gs apart is vision, talent, expertise and attention to detail whichshows in the flawless planning and execution. Some of the biggestBollywood shows in India and abroad have been co-ordinated, scripted &directed by gs entertainment. In addition gs has produced films like ‘PyaarKiya to Darna Kya’ (1998), ‘Hello Brother’ (2000), ‘Maine Dil Tujhko Diya’(2002) and ‘Ek Ajnabee’ (2005).

Mr. Anupam Vasudev

Executive Vice -President

Marketing & Communications
Star India pvt. ltd.

Date-25thNovember2009

Topic- Traditional Media and New Media
Mr. Vasudev is a marketing veteran from the FMCG industry with a career spanning 18 years in the US and Asia, He spent the last 6 years with SC Johnson Consumer Products and 12 years before that with Hindustan Lever in various roles in their sales and marketing functions in India
His key achievements include setting up and implementing the air care category strategy while he was the Regional Marketing Director across the Asia region in SC Johnson USA. He successfully commercialized new products across 35 countries with common marketing mix.
In Unilever as Regional Sales Manager for South India, he led the region to be the fastest growing region in the country for three years. Mr. Vasudev graduated in Economics from St. Stephens College, Delhi and has a MBA from FMS, Delhi University. Mr. Vasudev's role in STAR is to make marketing a core of Star's strategy and create processes for aligning the organization from a marketing point of view. In addition to Marketing, he also leads the L&M, research, communications and events divisions at STAR.Mr. Vasudev is based in Mumbai and enjoys watching movies, listening to music, reading and traveling with family.