ruchira raina

Sep 23, 2010

Dentsu Communications launches Second office in Bangalore

Agency will now operate via two setups

Aug 20, 2009

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."

Jul 20, 2009

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.

May 21, 2009

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.