MUMBAI: Rajul Kulshreshta, formerly director international sales CNBC Asia, is being tipped to replace Sai Nagesh, head of the LG business at GroupM, who has just put in his papers.

Kulshresthta has been out of India these last few years, first in Indonesia and then based in Singapore with CNBC. Before, his Indonesia stint, Kulshresthta was with McCann-Erickson.

When queried about the reported developments, Andre Nair, CEO of MindShare South Asia and CEO of GroupM India, offered no comment.

Meanwhile, Nagesh, who was only given charge of the LG account on 29 March, is reportedly serving his notice period. Before being asked to head the LG account, Nagesh was director, marketing and corporate affairs GroupM.

At the time of filing this report, indiantelevision.com had no information about the the media planning veteran's next port of call.