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Rediffusion appoints Ruchira Raina as head of South and East India
This is her second stint at the agency
Dentsu Communications launches Second office in Bangalore
Agency will now operate via two setups
Dentsu Communications appoints Lavanya Anirudh
Dentsu Communications has appointed Lavanya Anirudh as vice president and business head for the Aircel business. Anirudh (pictured) comes from O&M. At Dentsu, she will report to Ruchira Raina, managing director, Dentsu Communications and Dentsu Media. Speaking about her appointment, Anirudh said, "Leaving Ogilvy seems to have been one of the most difficult decisions of my life. However, I left since I was enticed by the role and opportunity that this move to Dentsu would provide: a foray into the telecom industry."
Dentsu promotes Shivanand Mohanty as creative head
Dentsu Communications has promoted Shivanand ‘Doc’ Mohanty (pictured) as the creative head of the agency. Before this, he was the executive creative director. Mohanty will work closely with Ruchira Raina, managing director, Dentsu Communications and national business head – Dentsu Media. All creative teams at Dentsu Communications in Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai will report to Mohanty.
Dentsu appoints Vaasu Gavarasana as Bangalore head
Dentsu Communications has appointed Vaasu Gavarasana (pictured) as head of its Bangalore operations and head of the Toyota business.Gavarasana joins Dentsu from McCann-Erickson Singapore where he was senior regional business director managing the J&J Asia-Pacific consumer brands. While at TBWA, he has worked with Chiat/Day planning team on barnesandnoble.com. He then moved to Singapore to head Y&R 2.1. He has handled brands like Nestle -SEA, MasterCard- SEA, Lufthansa Asia and Boots Healthcare Asia.
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