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Hill+Knowlton Strategies hires India presidentedit
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has hired Chetan Mahajan as president and CEO of its operations in India.
He will join the firm in the New Year from MSLGroup, where he was MD of 20:20 MSL and Publicis Consultants Asia. Mahajan has also served as president of Public Relations Consultants Association of India.
“I am proud to take over the leadership of Hill+Knowlton Strategies, and I look forward to getting a deep understanding of our clients, our people, and our opportunities in order to build the business across geographies, sectors, and competencies, in particular strengthening content and creativity,” Mahajan said.
Mahajan will replace Radhika Shapoorjee, who is leaving the agency but will remain in charge until Mahajan joins H+K.
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Campaign South Asia AOY 2016: Mindshare, Ogilvy win top honoursedit
Campaign South Asia AOY 2016: Mindshare, Ogilvy win top honours Ashish Bhasin retains ‘South Asia Agency Head of the Year’ title, as does Josy Paul in the ‘South Asia Creative of the Year’ category; MullenLowe Lintas Group is ‘India Creative Agency of the Year’ again
Listing Public Relations Category winners: Adfactors PR won Gold in the ‘South Asia PR Agency of the Year’ category
South Asia PR Agency of the Year: Gold: Adfactors PR Pvt Ltd
Silver: Weber Shandwick India
Bronze: Edelman India
TEDxGateway partners with Genesis Burson-Marsteller for fourth consecutive yearedit
The seventh edition of TEDxGateway will take place in Mumbai on December 4. It will feature a spectacular line of speakers. Celebrating TED’s mission, ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’, the 2016 conference will be bringing together more than 24 brilliant and dynamic speakers from across India and the world under one roof. They will tell their inspiring stories to a live audience and many more across the world through live-streaming.
Genesis Burson-Marsteller is collaborating with TEDxGateway as its official communications partner. This partnership marks its fourth year of association with the TEDxGateway platform, having successfully popularised the main event held last year as well as the first ever TEDxGatewayWomen held in early 2015.
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Industry
Won’t let you tarnish us: Now, Tata’s PR firm Rediffusion hits back at Mistryedit
‘Growth of public relations among the challenges faced by media’edit
Media jobs are shrinking across the world and India is no exception, journalist P. Sainath said here on Tuesday.
Speaking at the SCARF-PII Media Awards for Mental Health, he said public relations jobs were growing as opposed to those in journalism at the rate of 3:2 and PR has assumed far greater dimensions in terms of volume, size and revenue.
“Though there are a substantial number of journalists who can and do good stories, the amount of space that the increasingly corporatised media gives them is rapidly shrinking. For instance, there is not a single labour correspondent. It is the same person who covers industrial relations that takes care of this too. This is at a time ...
Public relations strategies and tactics in Education Institutionsedit
Public relations strategies and tactics play a crucial role in educational sector, revenue from which surpass 80000 crores annually in India.
1. Educational Organizations and PR Development-
Educational institutions include programs that provide child care, instruction for primary and secondary students, colleges, universities, trade schools, and schools for special needs students. Educational institutions take on a staggering array of organizational structures and functions.
A public information officer for a local school district must constantly deal with parents, the school board, and other community and governmental organizations.
A university director of public relations or even marketing communications, on the other hand, has less interaction with parents but must deal with ongoing student recruitments, campus controversies, and alumni relations.
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