Aaditya Pathak brings over 20 years of Television Broadcast Experience, having worked extensively & held leadership positions across multiple genres viz. Hindi GEC, Movies, Sport, Niche & Infotainment. He leads the Client Partnership & Revenue function at BARC INDIA. He has in the past been associated with leading Media Networks in India like Zee Network, Discovery Networks Asia Pacific, ESPN Star Sports & Sony Pictures Networks being the most recent one.

Anil Wanvari, is the founder, CEO and editor in chief of the Indiantelevision.com group. He has spent more than 37 years in the media industry and is considered India's foremost analyst, consultant and catalyst for the media sector.

The Indiantelevision.com group which he has set up has a mission to educate, engage, entertain and enrich the audiences it serves in the various verticals.

It achieves this through the various B2B portals the group runs: indiantelevision.com (for the cable, satellite, OTT, production, advertising, marketing, media industries), tellychakkar.com (TV show and actor news for TV fans), AnimationXpress.com (for the VFX, comics, gaming, and animation segments) and radionandmusic.com (for the FM radio, digital music and music industry).

The Indiantelevision.com group engages with the industry through the various conferences it runs: Indian Digital Operators Summit (IDOS), VidNET, News Television Summit, The Content Hub. The group executes market engagement activities for industry clients - both online and offline through road shows and events. The entertainment part comes in through the India's oldest television awards The Indian Telly Awards which Anil initiated way back in 2000. Additionally, the group also organizes The News Television Awards.

Anil has been Paris-based Reed Midem's India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh representative for some of the world's largest audiovisual content trade exhibitions - MIPTV, MIPCOM, MIPFormats, MIPDoc, MIPCancun,Midem and MIPChina. He represents the world's No 1 property market for the same markets, as well as Reed Exhibitions Asia Television Forum, Singapore.

At Big Bazaar, Future Group's hypermarket format, Aditi leads the marketing agenda for the omni-channel retail stores. She oversees brand & e-commerce marketing and merchandising, consumer insights & strategy, communications and creative. With 20 years of experience on both sides of the communications profile, agency and client, Aditi believes in balancing the art of consumer insight with the science of business decisions. A solutionist at heart, she loves finding unique ways to resolve business challenges and drive ROI for her brands.

Her professional journey includes work for leading global and Indian brands such as McDonald's, Lenovo, Amazon, Tata Consumer, Britannia, TVS, Marico and Godrej Consumer. When not working, Aditi juggles her multiple loves for reading, K-drama, everyday tech exploration and travelling.

Bidyut Nath has 15+ years' experience in Brand Management & Corporate Communications. He has worked across in different industries, in Delhi & Kolkata. These includes Digital Media, Telecom, Garments, BFSI and Steel.

His noteworthy achievements include - gaining massive growth in brand positioning, TOMA - Top of Mind Awareness and increase in consumer engagement over multi-channel platforms. He has supported his organizations in achieving their business goals Year-on-Year.

He has closely worked with celebrated actors like Akshay Kumar, Sonu Sood and others; he has been on client side coordinating with leading agencies like Group M, Lowe Lintas, Concept PR, Perfect Relations, Madison, Mogae Media and many others; he also worked with renowned production houses (Dharma, Disney, 30 Seconds of Fame and others) and famous photographers (Dabboo Ratnani, Bharat Sikka, Vikram Bawa and others).

Prior to joining work, he completed his Masters in Mass Communication from Assam Central University, Silchar.

With wide exposure of different markets, diverse culture, people and geography in Asia-Pacific, Bidyut has learned to develop customized communication and brand experience for target consumers.

Over 25 years of all-round, proven Marketing Communications experience across diverse genres and geographies. Till recently, been the Executive V.P. North & East - L&K Saatchi & Saatchi, India. Earlier agencies: Bates, BEI, Lowe (Lintas), JWT From Tobacco to Fashion, Aids Prevention to Personal Care, Advertising to Corporate Communication... it continues to be a long and rewarding journey across various centers in India and south-east Asia.

Born and schooled in Calcutta (now Kolkata); Engineering and subsequently Management graduate; Been a visiting faculty at Symbiosis, XLRI, IMI, Jadavpur, Times School of Marketing, UWBS, EMPI... amongst other national and international institutes. Speaker at various forums.

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Passionate about: Consumer Behavior, Story-telling, Happiness... and Living in the Now.

Till very recently based out of Gurgaon, India, and in charge of the north and east branches for L&K Saatchi & Saatchi as the Executive Vice President.

Incorporated almost 30 years ago, Rollick owned by Prestige Ice Cream Pvt. Ltd. is a brand that encourages people to celebrate every little joy of life with a touch of sweetness. From its inception, Rollick has won over the hearts of every child and adult alike with its locally sourced ingredients and competitive pricing. And under the expert leadership of Mr. Gaurav Khemani as the Managing Director in the last five years, Rollick has become one of the leading ice cream brands in Eastern India. Young entrepreneur Mr. Khemani hails from Ranchi, India. Born and brought up in one of the business hubs of Eastern India has helped him establish Rollick as one of the leading ice cream brands in the same market.

With 15 years of experience in retail management, business administration, and brand management Mr. Khemani has tripled Rollick's sale in the last three years. Rollick's production unit in West Bengal is the largest ice-cream production unit in Eastern India region adhering to strict ISO certifications. In the last five years, the brand has witnessed immense growth and is currently present in 15 Indian states, including Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Andaman and Nikobar Islands, the North Eastern States and Bhutan.

Mr. Khemani did his MBA from INSEAD, Business School in France and an M.Sc. in Marketing from Aston University - UK. His mother managed her own catering business which sparked his interest in the F&B business sector. In addition to his management and marketing degrees, he pursued a course from Penn State University in the USA to gain technical knowledge of the business.

Along with his degrees from prestigious institutions, he also has 12 years' worth of experience in marketing and management in Dubai. Before taking up the leadership position at Prestige Ice Cream Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Khemani successfully launched a menswear brand and managed a $100 Million cosmetic retail chain in the Middle East.

Apart from being a proactive and organized leader, Mr. Khemani is also extremely disciplined and an avid runner. He has run multiple marathons nationally and internationally and completes 200K every month.

As the MD of Prestige Ice Cream Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Khemani is known to create an encouraging and nurturing environment that helps his team grow and perform their responsibilities with great aplomb. Mr. Gaurav Khemani envisions making Rollick the largest ice cream brand in India.

Jaikishin is a seasoned Marcom professional with ~ 23 years of experience in India & Middle East Markets.

In India, he has worked as the Media Head with leading FMCG players including Hindustan Unilever Limited, Godrej, Wipro.

He was heading Media for Nokia Middle East & Africa and later moved as the Marketing Head for Star TV Middle East & Africa - based in Dubai.

He was heading Media for Jasper Infotech for their e-commerce & wallet offerings - Snapdeal, FreeCharge, Shopo, Exclusively.in

Mahesh Motwani is Executive Vice President, Initiative Media and has been with Initiative since 2001. He had experience in Industrial sales and Office Automation Sales - Modi GBC before he found his calling in Media.

His Media journey started with The Anandabazar Patrika Group in Mumbai - with Ad Sales of Sportsworld, Sunday and BusinessWorld Magazines and subsequently he relocated to Kolkata.

A chance meeting with Ad Man Swapan Seth when crossing the road literally on Park Street was instrumental in him joining the new start-up Agency - Equus to head the Media Planning and Buying.

Later, his quest for knowledge drove him to join Starcom a specialised Media Planning and Buying Agency.

Mahesh joined Initiative Media Kolkata, as Business Director and his core responsibility was to develop the branch. Today it is among the top Agencies of Kolkata with clients such as Eveready, J G Hosiery ( Macho ), P C Chandra Jewellers, Greenply Industries , Anmol Biscuits, La Opala, Ajanta Shoes, Maithan Steel and Rollick Ice Cream..

He was also the head of Buying for ITC Personal care Divn.

Mahesh is a B. Com - Hons. ( St. Xavier's College, Kolkata ) and MBA

He is a part of the faculty in St. Xaviers College - Career Oriented Programmes, for Integrated Marketing Communication - Media related courses ; and has been invited to address students of ST. Xavier's B.Com Div, IMIS - Bhubaneshwar, Indian Management Institute of RPG Group, CMI - Calcutta Management Institute and Heritage College

He has keen interest in Debating and Music.

MK Machaiah (Mac) is the head of business - ITC and President - Special initiatives at Wavemaker India. Prior to Wavemaker, Machaiah was appointed as Chief Innovation Officer, South Asia at Mindshare. In a career spanning over 21 years, he has also worked with OMD (Nigeria), World Sport Group, Dentsu, McCann and Madison.

With a career that begun in Corporate Banking, Prashant is now a highly focussed creative Producer . He brings to the table rich experience in opening up new segment creatively and , bolstering professional relationship and creative supervision . With 8 years of experience in this field , he can manage both production and creative front and hence has proved his mattle as creative producer in regional space .

Puneet heads Kantar India's Specialist Business - this spans Syndicated Services, Digital Measurement, Life Sciences, B2B and Technology. Additionally, he is working towards building an eco-system of data alliance partners that help address client requirements through passive data. He also mentors Kantar's Insights Businesses in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Over the last 30 odd years, Puneet has worked with organisations such as Kantar and Pepsico in India and the Middle East. Some highlights of his career include setting up the Retail practice within Kantar in India , anchoring a strong relationship with Pepsi India as the account lead including setting up a continuous Retail Audit for Pepsi Beverages India and helping setup the Household Purchase Panel in Saudi Arabia. He has worked extensively on FMCG, Media, Retail, Telecom, Technology and B2B Marketing categories

Puneet has presented 5 papers at MRSI including one that was awarded the best paper for cutting edge work.

Sagnik Banik is the Managing Director of Ajanta Shoes, which is a 65-year-old footwear giant, commanding unshaken trust in the industry. The Company has around 1000 dealers and sub-dealers all over India, and 20,000 retailers pan India. Mr. Banik, the young MD, is also the founder of the company's athleisure brand, Impakto.

By dint of offering a much wider variety, technological superiority and an ever evolving style, Ajanta Shoes has now set foot in UP, UK, MP, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana.

The formidable Ajanta research and development team never runs out of ideas which explains the wide array of new Sports, PU, PVC and EVA shoes, sandals and slippers churned out regularly to keep delighting its customers.

The company has three state-of-the-art production units around Kolkata: Boralighat I, Boralighat II and Jangalpur. Besides using best in class technology to manufacture its shoes, the company has sustainable development at its core. On 15 August, 2020, the company inaugurated a 650 kilo watt Rooftop Solar Power Plant at its Boralighat I manufacturing unit which thus completed the first phase of the company's plan of generating 3 megawatts solar energy through its 3 plants.

Sagnik Ghosh is currently the Business Head, COLORS Bangla & COLORS Bangla Cinema and is looking after the business and operations of the third ranked GEC in the highly competitive Bengali market.

A cross industry veteran with over 2 decades of experience panning Media and Entertainment, Advertising and BFSI industries, Sagnik, in his previous assignments, had led Star Jalsha and Star Bharat to leadership positions in their respective markets and genres.

He has a keen knowledge of the Bengali entertainment industry, understanding of consumer preferences with respect to content and has deep marketing expertise across categories.

Prior to joining the Media and Entertainment industry, Sagnik worked with some of the top BFSI brands like Axis Bank, HSBC etc. and across the Advertising Industry as a Brand Planner.

An entrepreneur at heart, coupled with a strong creative mind, Sani started on his own very early. Always wanting to turn his passion into profession, he decided to delve into the world of audio visual which initiated his journey of being an entrepreneur.

Currently, Sani is heading Acropolis Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., one of the leading production houses of Eastern India. He is one of the directors of the company.

Recently won the National Award for the film 'Nagarkirtan' directed by Kaushik Ganguly. The film won 4 National awards. It was produced by his company.

He has worked with Rituparno Ghosh in 8 of his films in different capacities. Also worked with Mani Ratnam, Imtiaz Ali, Anik Dutta,Prosenjit Chatterjee.

He has produced 12 mega- serials in the last 10 years, out of which 5 are hugely successful & two were the longest running serials in Bangla Televison.

Sani has also line produced Feature films, Documentaries, television commercials for prominent National production houses & directors.

I am a media professional & have more than two decades of experience in the media industry. I am a happy member of Zee family and currently designated as Executive Vice President and working in the functional capacity of Cluster Business Head - East. I am in a leadership role and am responsible for managing and driving the growth for east cluster of Zee channels (namely Zee Bangla, Zee Bangla Cinema for WB market, Zee Sarthak for Odisha market and Big Ganga & Zee Biskope for Bhojpuri market. Additionally I am also responsible for creating and driving content for Zee5 Bangla and Zee5 Bangladesh. Have done schooling from St. Paul's Mission School, Kolkata and I am a science graduate from Calcutta University and hold MBA degree in Marketing.

Shashank Srivastava is Executive Director at Maruti Suzuki India.

In his current role he is responsible for the Marketing and Sales vertical and is in-charge of both Brand Marketing related activities as well as the Retails Channel management.

He is an Electronics Engineer and a post-graduate from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

He joined Maruti Suzuki as a Management trainee almost 30 years ago and has been through various functions like Corporate Planning, Marketing, Advertising, Logistics, Field Sales, Dealer Development, Institutional Sales, Sales Planning and International Marketing.

He has been instrumental in making the various initiatives in the fast changing Automobile scenario and has played a key role in transforming the M&S area at Maruti Suzuki over the years including the current thrust for greater Digitalisation.

His interests include Travelling, Chess and reading.

He is married and has two daughters.

He resides in New Delhi.

Paritosh Joshi is Principal, Provocateur Advisory, an independent Media & Communications consultancy practice. In the nine years since he started his practice, Paritosh has done assignments for leading media groups like ABP Network, HT Media Limited, Sun Networks (South India's leaving TV broadcaster), India TV and industry bodies like the Indian Broadcasting Foundation and Broadcast Audience Research Council.

Paritosh has been closely involved with several industry bodies ( BARC, Media Research Users Council, Advertising Standards Council of India, Indian Broadcasting Foundation). He writes on Media related themes for publications such as Hindustan Times, Mint, Financial Express and Hindu Business Line. He is widely recognized as an expert on the Indian television broadcast industry.