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Mohit Anand, MD, Indian Sub-Continent, Belkin

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With his vast experience & strong leadership skills, Managing Director, Indian Sub Continent – Belkin India Private Limited has played an important role in the growth of Belkin, in the Indian Sub Continent.

Mohit currently leads Belkin’s strategy and business for the Indian Sub continent, besides also being a key leader for the organization across Asia Pacific. His focus areas include enhancing visibility for the Belkin brand across market verticals and geographies, introducing customer centric product innovations to the market, increasing consumer touch & experience across product lines, establishing strong retail partner relationships, streamlining distribution & supply chain logistics and overall, increasing the company’s market share in the rapidly growing CE and IT market in India SC.

Mohit Anand joined Belkin in 2008 and ever since has been instrumental in ensuring that all operations of the company are well managed with the highest level of integrity. It is his vision that has moved Belkin from a start-up to the Market leader in Wireless networking space in India.

Mohit’s previous assignment was as Senior Vice President at Channel [V]. He played an important role in building the channel into the country’s most sought music channel for the urban youth. Mohit spearheaded Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices division prior to his role at Channel [V]. At Microsoft, Mohit managed retail, media & entertainment partner relationships and also led the launch of Xbox360.

Acknowledged as one of the Top 50 young business leaders by Business India Magazine (2007), Mohit is also regarded as an Icon in the gaming industry, perhaps, since he is a game enthusiast himself! He holds a Bachelors degree in Science and a Post Graduate diploma in Systems Management.

Bobby Joseph, Country Manager – Plantronics India

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Bobby Joseph is the Country Manager of Plantronics India. Plantronics is a world leader in personal audio communications for professionals and consumers. Plantronics recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Plantronics is used by every company in the Fortune 100 and is the headset of choice for air traffic control, 911dispatch and the New York Stock Exchange.

He is been with the company for nine years and is responsible for India & SAARC region. He was been involved in setting up the complete operations for Plantronics in the region, including setting up back-office support and infrastructure and other all aspects like accounting, auditing and financial management.

His core responsibilities include supervising the day to day functioning, marketing and product management for Plantronics.

Prior to joining Plantronics, Bobby was the Sales Manager North & East Regions for Nokia India Pvt Limited. He has also worked with some of the leading brands like Walt Disney Consumer Products, Wipro Ltd. and Berger Paints.

Bobby completed his MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai after having done his Bachelor’s in Commerce from Sacred Heart College, Cochin.

Vishy Shenoy on Marketing via Guinness World Record

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I caught up with Vishy Shenoy, the head of Ambadi, a division of the $3 Billion Murugappa Group. He is the brain behind the attempt to create the World’s largest apron.

In this video, I ask him why even attempt such an elaborate exercise. And his answers make sense. Ambadi is in the business of household apparels and aprons are their biggest export items. They mostly serve the overseas market and having a Guinness World Record to their name gives them a lot of credibility and brand recall. Its smart marketing.

Watch the video. It makes for an interesting conversation and has great marketing tips. We also shot lots of photographs from the Guinness World Record event.

Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP Group – Part 2

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This is easily one of the biggest podcast interviews I have done on http://Kiruba.TV . By the time I finished this interview, it felt I had attended a crash-course MBA in visionary entrepreneurship.

Sir Martin Sorrell founded WPP, the World’s largest advertising and marketing services group in 1985 and has been Chief Executive throughout.

WPP companies, which include some of the most eminent agencies in the business, provide clients with advertising, media investment management, information, insight and consultancy, public relations and public affairs, branding and identity, healthcare communications, direct, interactive and internet marketing, and specialist communications services.

Collectively, WPP employs over 138,000 people in 2400 offices in 107 countries. The Group’s worldwide companies include JWT, Ogilvy Group, Y&R, Grey, Mindshare, Mediaedgecia, MediaCom, Kantar, Millward Brown, TNS, Wunderman, Burson-Marsteller, Hill & Knowlton, Landor, The Brand Union and WPP Digital. Clients include 354 of the Fortune Global 500, 60 of the NASDAQ 100 and 33 of the Fortune e50. In 2009, WPP had revenues of $13.6 Billion and billings of $59.4 Billion.

Sir Martin actively supports the advancement of international business schools – advising Harvard, IESE, the London Business School and the Indian School of Business. He has been an Ambassador for British Business, and has been publicly recognized with a number of awards including the Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award. He received a knighthood in January 2000.

In this first part, Sir Martin talks about is initial journey as professional and how he entered entrepreneurship late in life and how he successfully scaled up his business through smart acquisitions.

We were initially planning to do a Skype conversation but at the last minute chose to speak on the phone which is why you will see him with his phone all the time.

This is a longish interview. The first part runs for about 20 minutes and is well worth the time. Incase you can’t wait for the next part, head over here to listen to the rest of the interview. I also recommend you read up about him in this Wikipedia page. Fascinating person who we should all seek inspiration from.

Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP Group – Part 1

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Sir Martin Sorrell founded WPP, the World’s largest advertising and marketing services group in 1985 and has been Chief Executive throughout.

WPP companies, which include some of the most eminent agencies in the business, provide clients with advertising, media investment management, information, insight and consultancy, public relations and public affairs, branding and identity, healthcare communications, direct, interactive and internet marketing, and specialist communications services.

Collectively, WPP employs over 138,000 people in 2400 offices in 107 countries. The Group’s worldwide companies include JWT, Ogilvy Group, Y&R, Grey, Mindshare, Mediaedgecia, MediaCom, Kantar, Millward Brown, TNS, Wunderman, Burson-Marsteller, Hill & Knowlton, Landor, The Brand Union and WPP Digital. Clients include 354 of the Fortune Global 500, 60 of the NASDAQ 100 and 33 of the Fortune e50. In 2009, WPP had revenues of $13.6 Billion and billings of $59.4 Billion.

Sir Martin actively supports the advancement of international business schools – advising Harvard, IESE, the London Business School and the Indian School of Business. He has been an Ambassador for British Business, and has been publicly recognized with a number of awards including the Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award. He received a knighthood in January 2000.

Sir Martin contributes to many important organizations and charities. In 2006, he was appointed a non-executive director of Alpha Topco, the Formula1 company. In 2008, he was appointed by The English Football Association to the Board in the bid to stage the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He is on the Executive Committee of the World Economic Forum International Business Council and a member of the Business Council in the US. He is a patron of the British Museum, a member of the corporate advisory group of the Tate Gallery, and on the international Advisory Board of The Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.