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Melt Update | 3 Feb | Google India Promotes Satya Raghavan as Director, Marketing Partners & MORE

Ritwika Gupta, February 3, 2022

In other news, Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment have announced a joint venture, ‘Sony Entertainment Talent Ventures India.

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1. Google India Promotes Satya Raghavan as Director, Marketing Partners
Google India has promoted Satya Raghavan to director, marketing partners. He will take on the new role in addition to his existing role as director, YouTube content partnerships, India. Raghavan will be responsible for partnerships with creative and media agencies to drive digital transformation for the advertiser.

2. Sony Music Entertainment & Sony Pictures Entertainment Launch Sony Entertainment Talent Ventures India
Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment have announced a joint venture, ‘Sony Entertainment Talent Ventures India’ (SETVI), an entertainment company focused on creating ventures for media talent in the Indian market. Vijay Singh has been appointed as CEO. He moves from Fox Star Studios, where he was CEO for over 13 years.

3. Emami Founders Quit from Executive Roles
Emami Ltd founders R S Agarwal and R S Goenka have stepped down from their current executive positions. The Board unanimously appointed R S Goenka as Non-Executive Chairman while re-designating R S Agarwal as Chairman Emeritus effective 1 April 2022. Subsequently, Mohan Goenka has been appointed as Vice Chairman and Whole Time Director and Harsha V Agarwal as Vice Chairman and Managing Director.

4. Lenovo Appoints Chandrika Jain as Marketing Director, India, Lenovo PCSD
Lenovo has appointed Chandrika Jain as marketing director, India, Lenovo PCSD, effective 1 March 2022. Based in Bengaluru, she will lead the marketing function across the consumer, commercial, tablets and solutions and services portfolios. She will also be responsible for the overall corporate Lenovo brand in India.

5. Havas Group India Launches Second Edition of ‘Havas SPARK’
Havas Group India will flag off chapter 2 of its internship programme ‘Havas SPARK’ this year. The second edition of ‘Havas SPARK’ will involve formal and on-the-job learning opportunities, working on challenging live projects and a chance to gain full-time employment with Havas Group India, after completion of the programme.