Tanya Arvind Dubash
Executive director & chief brand officer, Godrej Group
Tanya Dubash is responsible for the Godrej Group's marketing function which includes leadership of the strategic marketing group that drives the development of the master brand. She is the eldest daughter of industrialist Adi Godrej.
She currently serves as the chairperson of Nature's Basket and director of Godrej Remote Services and Ensemble Holdings & Finance. She is also a director on the board of Godrej industries limited, Godrej consumer products limited and Godrej Agrovet limited.
Dubash holds an AB cum laude degree in economics and political science from Brown University and is also an alumna of The Cathedral & John Connon School and Harvard Business School. She was recognised by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2007.
Sonali Dhawan
Marketing director, Procter & Gamble
Dhawan joined P&G in 1998 as an associate marketing director for beauty care and media. In 2011, she got elevated as managing director of pet care for Asia business.
Her career spanning 20 years includes handling beauty and haircare business for India, South East Asia and Australia. Her brand management experiences include creation of new categories, launching new brands, turning around declining brands as well as working on expanding P&G brands to new markets and across new flankers.
She has worked on creating award winning campaigns including Whisper, Ariel and Gillette.
Dhawan completed her BCom (Hons) in business studies, accountancy, economics, business law and audit from Lady Shriram College, Delhi.
Anuradha Aggarwal
Chief marketing officer, Marico
Aggarwal is a marketing professional with over 20 years of experience across diverse consumer businesses and has been with Marico since 2015. She started her career at Unilever where she worked for 12 years, across sales, marketing and general management functions, managing local and global brands and businesses across India and South Asia. She was at the helm of many brand transformation projects including the migration of Surf, the success story of Dove hair care, relaunch of Vaseline and the re-ignition of Clinic Plus. Post Unilever, Aggarwal was senior vice president - brand communication and consumer insights with Vodafone India for four years. She then joined Mondelez India Foods (formerly Cadbury India) in January 2014, as category director for biscuits.
Aggarwal holds a post graduate degree in business administration from IIM - Bangalore and a bachelor's degree in economics from Sri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi.
Nadia Chauhan
Joint MD & chief marketing officer, Parle Agro
Daughter of Ramesh Chauhan, the man behind India's largest FMCG brand Parle, Nadia Chauhan joined the family business in 2003 as joint managing director and chief marketing officer for Parle Agro. Under her command, the brand introduced new products, and became profitable by registering a double digit growth year on year.
At the age of 11 she started her own baking company, Just Divine followed by tie and dye T-shirts business before she stepped into the family business.
Gunjan Soni
CMO and head, international brands business, Myntra & head of Jabong
With a diverse experience in strategy, operations and marketing with a passion for advanced big data analytics, Gunjan Soni has played a key role as chief marketing officer in firmly positioning brand Myntra as the leading destination for shopping fashion and lifestyle online. She is credited for growing the international brands business with 10 plus marquee brand additions last year.
Soni has been the CMO and head of Jabong Business of Myntra since February 2017 respectively. She started her career with Infosys as a software engineer.
Listed among the 30 fastest growing women leaders in business by Spencer Stuart-Economic Times, she was previously partner at McKinsey & Company and vice president at media conglomerate Star India. She is credited for starting McKinsey's scientific marketing practice for India. Soni is an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Deepika Tewari
GM marketing, Jewellery Division, Titan Company
Tewari began her career in marketing at Vadilal Ice Creams and Milton Plastics, and later moved on to advertising with O&M. In her current role, she has developed invaluable insights into the dynamics of two distinct worlds ? creative media campaigns on the one hand, and hardcore business acumen on the other. She has led the company's jewellery division into a new sphere. Her role transcends the division's various brands that cater to India's rapidly evolving consumer segment and she is viewed an invaluable asset to Titan.
She holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from Mithibai College, Mumbai and a masters in management studies from Welingkar institute.
Sapna Chadha
Head of marketing, Google Southeast Asia and India
Sapna Chadha's experience spans over 15 years. Her industry experience includes both B2B and B2C such as financial services, travel and technology. During her endeavour in the industry, she has worked with American express, Deloitte. She embarked on her journey in Google as head of SMB marketing in 2015. Her graduation and post graduation marketing degrees are received from University of Michigan and Northwestern University. She leads Google's Internet Saathi program in India which aims to eradicate the significant digital gender gap by creating change agents across rural India.
Suparna Mitra
CMO, watches and accessories, Titan
Suparna Mitra has an extensive sales and marketing experience, mainly in the lifestyle and retail marketing area. Mitra was elevated to her current position back in 2015. She has been contributing to Titan, the leading watch manufacturer of India, from 2006. She has a degree in electrical engineering from Jadavpur University and a post graduate from IIM, Calcutta. She is responsible for product design and technology, product management, and marketing strategy for watches and accessories in the company.
Madhu S Dutta
Head-marketing, Raymond
Madhu S Dutta has nearly 17 years of experience in the field of marketing and communication. Prior to her involvement in Raymond, she has worked for Pantaloons Fashion and Retail, World Gold Council. From a degree in English literature to one in marketing and communication, her academic qualification also reflects diversity. Everyday she wakes up to the idea "let's thrive to make this day a new learning".
Elizabeth Venkataraman
Executive vice president marketing, Kotak Mahindra
Since 2016 Elizabeth Venkatraman heads the marketing function of Kotak Mahindra Bank's consumer and commercial banking businesses. The expert is also credited with the company's 'Faiday ka Insurance' tagline which aligned Kotak Group's core strength of investment expertise to insurance. Her experience spans over almost two decades across diverse segments including computer hardware, confectionery, ecommerce, automobiles, FMCG and banking. She holds an MBA degree from NMIMS, Mumbai.
Sunita GR
Head of Marketing, Facebook
Sunita GR, the young marketing professional, has nearly 15 years of experience in the industry. She has a significant experience of managing diverse global and local brands, leader and challenger brands, premium and value brands, imagery marketing and USP marketing and nurturing platform innovations. Prior to her current role, she worked with famous brands like LG Electronics, PepsiCo, Hindustan Unilever Limited.
Priya Nair
Executive Director, Hindustan Unilever
Priya Nair, known for her out of the box thinking has been working with Hindustan Unilever Limited over two decades. She started her journey as consumer insights manager. Working through the ranks in HUL, she has worked across various brands such as Dove, Axe, Rexona, Closeup and Pepsodent. She led the launch of HUL's path-breaking rural mobile marketing initiative 'Kan Khajura Tesan' which received three Gold Lion awards at the 2014 Cannes Lions international festival of creativity. She completed her MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management.
Geetu Verma
Cluster VP Marketing - Foods, South Asia at Unilever
Over the last 30 years, Geetu Verma has worked across varied marketing, innovation and business roles in leading FMCG firms P&G, Seagram, Pepsico in India and Europe. She has led start-ups, turnarounds and brings a deep understanding and expertise in food. Prior to her current role, from November 2011 to June 2016, Verma successfully led the HUL foods and refreshments business into a new phase of accelerated growth and market leadership.
Verma has an MBA degree in marketing from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi.
Parul Mattoo
Head - Demand Generation & Local Marketing, Apple India
Parul Matto during her journey of over 16 years has worked across various famous telecom brands. Her areas of expertise include brand management, external and internal communication, retail execution, PR, research and team management. After completing her education from Delhi's famous Lady Shriram College and Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, she worked for Vodafone, Bharti Airtel and Turner Broadcasting India.
Manmeet Vohra
Head Marketing, Visa
Manmeet Vohra joined Visa as marketing head, India and South Asia in August 2017. She was earlier working with Starbucks India as director, marketing and category.
Darshana Shah
Chief Marketing Officer, Aditya Birla Health Insurance
Darshana Shah has a rich work experience of over 19 years. Before joining Aditya Birla group, she worked for famous retail brands including Shoppers Stop, Future Group, Reliance Retail and HyperCITY Retail. She has planned and delivered various concepts for in-store design and communication to various visual merchandising elements which have been studied through international retail exposure and best practices.
Deepali Mishra
Marketing Head, Suzuki Motorcycles India
With over a decade's experience in lifestyle and IT retail, Deepali Mishra was on the list of
Top 100 Marketing Professionals at World Marketing Congress in 2014. She began her advertising journey at OgilvyOne as a senior account executive. Mishra soon moved to Benetton Group in 2007 as the general manager and marketing head where she served for over nine years. In her current role, Mishra is the head of marketing at Suzuki Motorcycle India where she looks after the India operations for the company.
Vani Gupta Dandia
Marketing Director - Indian Snacks, Foods at PepsiCo India
Vani Gupta Dandia, the Delhi University alumnus, has an experience of almost two decades in the marketing industry. The proud single mother has revamped the famous snacks brand Kurkure after joining PepsiCo in 2011. In 2016, she was listed amongst the 100 most Influential marketing leaders by the World Marketing Congress. She won 'India Region Above and Beyond 2014 Chairman's Award' for successfully building a new platform of growth for Pepsi Foods in 2014. She describes herself as a more gut-driven person.
Sunita Bangard
President Marketing, Idea Cellular Ltd
Sunita Bangard had an early start to her career in 1991 at Colgate Palmolive where she was the brand manager of Colgate Dental cream/Tooth Powder category. In her career spanning over 27 years, Bangard has worked for L'Oreal, Hindustan Unilever and Godrej Consumers. She joined Idea Cellular in 2011 as senior vice president of marketing and got elevated to president marketing at the company. Bangard is known for her skills in marketing management, consumer behaviour, FMCG, advertising, and integrated marketing.
Richa Sharma
Director - Brand Marketing, Flipkart
Richa Sharma began her career at Contract Advertising as account manager and moved on to brand's side in 2007 with Vodafone. She joined Flipkart in 2014 as associate director of brand marketing and was elevated to director of brand marketing in 2015.
She is a brand curator, communication strategist and an integrated marketing specialist with 11 years of experience across e-commerce, telecom, retail and advertising. Sharma is a strong believer, leader and achiever in developing ideas, resources and execution plans that work for business and the brand, through insights and interpersonal relationships.
Debosmita Majumder
Head of Marketing, PUMA Group
The communication specialist, Debosmita Majumder holds experience of over 11 years. Her fields of experience span from PR and marketing communications to corporate communications and brand communications. She has worked across various markets and sectors including lifestyle, healthcare and sports with a special focus on understanding consumer behaviour.
Prior to her role in PUMA , she worked as the corporate communications manager at Sony Six and Kix. Apart from professional life, she is extremely passionate about sports.
Hrishitaa Chopra
Marketing Manager, Whirlpool India
Hrishitaa Chopra is a self-starter marketing professional. She leads the categories microwave and dishwasher in Whirlpool India with prior experience in brand communication and developing new businesses. Before joining Whirlpool, she fulfilled the responsibility of brand activation and marketing communication for all categories of LG Hausys India. She holds an MBA degree from a premiere institute IBS Adelaide, Australia.
Rachna Lather
Head of Marketing, Motorola
Rachna Lather carries a vast experience with her after spending 15 years in the industry. The dynamic professional has worked with some of the best brands in the world like Hewlett Packard, Sony, Virgin Mobile, Micromax, Motorola and Lenovo. Her creative side of nature always pushes to "explore unchartered territories and innovate and experiment with new age ideas." After completing her graduation from Delhi University, she undertook a post graduate course in Delhi School of Communication.
Kavita Palekar
Head-marketing, Godrej Nature's Basket
Kavita Palekar, the expert marketing professional has almost two decades of experience. Before joining Nature's Basket, she worked with Future Group as marketing manager, responsible for marketing of retail brands eZone, Collection i, Furniture Bazaar and Electronic Bazaar. She is experienced in building customer engagement platforms integrating the use of technology, loyalty, digital and social marketing for a holistic customer experience.
Taru Kapoor
General Manager, Tinder India
Taru Kapoor's contribution to the growth of Tinder, a popular dating app, in India is remarkable. She has been with the brand since its launch and local expansion in India by creating and executing growth strategy of the brand. Kapoor holds an M Tech degree in chemical engineering from IIT Delhi, also has a Master's degree in business administration from Harvard University. During her Harvard days, she was an active member of startups community.
