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ABOUT

STRAIGHT TALK is a premium interview column from Medianews4u.com.

It is a space for top industry professionals to speak their minds and share insights on key issues relevant to the media, marketing, and entertainment industry. The column encompasses challenges, consumer trends, business models, leadership, talent and team building, ethics and governance, sales and marketing strategies, turnaround stories and more.

THEME: LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC

Predicting the consumer pulse and pivoting for growth.

Great Speakers

● Retail Brand Owners / Entrepreneurs ● Brand Owners / Entrepreneurs – Regional Brands ● CEOs/Directors/Business Leaders ● CMOs / Brand Custodians ● Advertising/ Digital / Marketing / Media Thought Leaders ● Digital Experts

Event Speakers

T.K Chandiran

Managing Director - The Chennai Silks

P Madhavan

Executive Vice President - Sales & Marketing, TVS Srichakra Ltd.

A.D. Padmasingh ISAAC

Founder Chairman & Managing Director - Aachi Group of Companies

Venkatesh Vijayaraghavan

Group CEO & Director - FMCG, Cavinkare

Srikanth

Head - Sales & Marketing, Kaleesuwari Refinery Pvt. Ltd.

Sathyamurthy Namakkal

Co-Founder, DataPOEM

A V Anoop

Managing Director, AVA Group

Udhayakumar Pasupathi

General Manager - Planning, OMD India

T R Sivaram

Managing Director, Classic Polo

Ajesh Kumar V

General Manager - Marketing, GEM Hospital

Johnson Nadar

Director - Vigilance & Operations, TAM Media Research Pvt. Ltd.

Mahesh Anand

President – Nippon Paint India (Decorative Division)

Vijay Vasanth

Managing Director - Vasanth & Co

B Srinivasan

Managing Director, Vikatan Group

Neena Dasgupta

CEO & Director, Zirca Digital Solutions

RBU Shyam Kumar

CEO, Sathiyam TV

Vijay Kapoor

Managing Director, Derby Clothing

Anand M Charles

Director - Ad Sales - Verse Innvoation, Josh

Dr. Aravindan Selvaraj

Co- Founder & Executive Director, Kauvery Hospitals

Sathish Anbarasan

CEO, Nutriah Nourish Pvt. Ltd.

Ramachandran Venkataraman

Director & COO, V-Guard

S. Shriram

VP - Sales & Marketing, Specsmakers

Ashwin Pandian

Executive Director, Aachi Group of Companies

Abishek Abraham

Executive Director, Aachi Group of Companies

RBU Shyam Kumar

CEO - Sathiyam TV

Murugan S

CEO - Manna Foods

Heena Bhatt

Founder, Yugen Consulting

CVL Srinivas

Country Manager - WPP India

Srinivasan K Swamy

Chairman - R K Swamy Hansa Group

Partho Dasgupta

CEO - BARC India

B Srinivasan

MD - Vikatan Group

Pankaj Krishna

Founder & CEO - Chrome DM

Avinash Kaul

CEO & MD - Network 18 & A+E Networks - TV 18

Navaneeth L V

CEO, Hindu Group

Pradeep Hejmadi

CEO - Aidem Venture

Vishnu Mohta

Founder & CEO - Hoichoi

Sanjay Reddy

Founder – Sillymonks Entertainment

Kishan Kumar

Vice President – Wavemaker

Senthil Kumar

Chief Creative Officer - Wunderman Thompson India

Mahesh Anand

President - Nippon Paints

Anirudh Pandita

Founder - Pocket Aces

Aarti Iyer

Head Marketing - Unibic Foods

Abhinav

CEO - Asianet News Media and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Sumanth Sudarshan

Head of Marketing - Acer India

Prashant Deshpande

Head - Marketing at Kurlon Enterprise Ltd

Dilip Venkatraman

Founder & CEO - VideoTap

Sunder Muthuraman

CEO APAC and Global Chief Client Officer, Analytics Practice - Kantar

Venkatesh Adavi

Vice President - Monetization Strategy - Dailyhunt

LEADER SPEAK 2ND EDITION

What is our Goal

How you transform your business as technology, consumer, habits industry dynamic s change? Find out from those leading the charge.

STRAIGHT TALK Agenda

10.05 AM
Inauguration

Straight Talk

Inauguration

10.05 - 10.25 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Monaz Todywalla – Vice-President, Wavemaker India: ''Market Share Vs Mind Share? What is critical for Regional Brands in Cash Strapped and Competitive Economy ?"

10.25 - 10.45 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Vikram Thanna - Head of Advertising Sales & Business Head of Regional Clusters, South Asia at Discovery Inc:

Key Note on “Regional Content: Driving Relevance in an Evolving Regional Content Ecosystem”

10.45 - 11.00 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Anup Chandrasekharan - Business Head, Colors Tamil: ''Television Content With Purpose "

11.00 - 11.30 AM
Fire Side Chat

Straight Talk

Fire Side Chat

Varun Pothy - Director, Pothys in Conversation with Shriram Sanjeevi – Founder, Miles2Go, Consulting Services: ''Integrating Brands into Culture"

11.30 - 11.45 AM
Tea Break

Straight Talk

Tea Break

11.45 - 12.45 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Is it Time for Retail Brands to shift from creating 360-degree Campaigns to Creating 365 Days experience?”

  • Rajendra Prasad - General Manager, Wavemaker Chennai
  • C.K.Kumaravelu - CEO & Co Founder, Naturals Saloon & Spa
  • Rahul Row - CMO & Head of Sales, GoColors
  • B.S.Vishal - Vice President Marketing, Viveks
  • Sandeep Gupta – DGM Marketing Personel Care TTK Healthcare

Moderator – Shriram Sanjeevi – Founder Miles2Go, Consulting Service

12.45 - 01.00 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

N.Sugumar – Executive Director, Top Anil Marketing Company: ''Challenges of Building a brand from the hinterland"

01.00 - 02.00 PM
Lunch Break

Straight Talk

Lunch Break

02.00 - 02.20 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Majid Khan – Chief Business Strategist, Ananda Vikatan: ''Decoding Digital Tamil Nadu"

02.20 - 03.10 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Reinventing Cinema as a Medium and Leveraging its reach and Impact”

  • Dhananjayan – Founder, BOFTA
  • Suresh Kalpathi - Chairman & CEO
  • Sab John Edathattil
 - Screen Writer
  • Muni Kannaiya – Independent Consultant Cinema Screens

Moderator – A.J Christopher – Founder Nimbuzz Consulting

03.15 - 03.45 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Nandita Raman - Associate Vice President - SEO & Content Marketing, Social Street : "Regional Content = More Customers!!!"

03.45 - 04.05 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Blessings A Manigandan – CEO, Tony & GUY: "Understanding the Millenials - Lessons from Lifestyle Consumption"

04.15 - 04.30 PM
Tea / Coffee Break

Straight Talk

Tea / Coffee Break

04.30 - 05.30 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Purpose led Communication? Is it time for Regional & Retail brands to jump into it?”

  • Dr. SakthiVel - Managing Director, Challege Ads
  • Abhishek Shah – Founder, be positive 24
  • Sharath – General Manager, ARS Steel
  • Bupesh Nagaraj – Founder Indira Projects
  • Kavitha Ganesan - Head – Brand Marketing TVS eurogrip
  • Antony Savio.P – Senior Brand Manager, TTK Healthcare

Moderator – Sathish Anbarasan - Founder, AKKU

05.30 - 06.15 PM
Fire Side Chat

Straight Talk

Fire Side Chat

Ma Foi K.Pandiarajan - Hon’ble Minister for Tamil Official Language, Tamil Culture and Archeology (Government of Tamil Nadu) in conversation with K Ramakrishnan - Senior Managing Director, Strategic Relationships at Spark Capital Advisors (India) Pvt. Ltd ''Building, creating value & pivoting a brand in an uncharted business - Dynamics & Challenges"

10.05 AM
Inauguration

Straight Talk

Inauguration

10.05 - 10.25 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Monaz Todywalla – Vice-President, Wavemaker India: ''Market Share Vs Mind Share? What is critical for Regional Brands in Cash Strapped and Competitive Economy ?"

10.25 - 10.45 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Vikram Thanna - Head of Advertising Sales & Business Head of Regional Clusters, South Asia at Discovery Inc:

Key Note on “Regional Content: Driving Relevance in an Evolving Regional Content Ecosystem”

10.45 - 11.00 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Anup Chandrasekharan - Business Head, Colors Tamil: ''Television Content With Purpose "

11.00 - 11.30 AM
Fire Side Chat

Straight Talk

Fire Side Chat

Varun Pothy - Director, Pothys in Conversation with Shriram Sanjeevi – Founder, Miles2Go, Consulting Services: ''Integrating Brands into Culture"

11.30 - 11.45 AM
Tea Break

Straight Talk

Tea Break

11.45 - 12.45 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Is it Time for Retail Brands to shift from creating 360-degree Campaigns to Creating 365 Days experience?”

  • Rajendra Prasad - General Manager, Wavemaker Chennai
  • C.K.Kumaravelu - CEO & Co Founder, Naturals Saloon & Spa
  • Rahul Row - CMO & Head of Sales, GoColors
  • B.S.Vishal - Vice President Marketing, Viveks
  • Sandeep Gupta – DGM Marketing Personel Care TTK Healthcare

Moderator – Shriram Sanjeevi – Founder Miles2Go, Consulting Service

12.45 - 01.00 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

N.Sugumar – Executive Director, Top Anil Marketing Company: ''Challenges of Building a brand from the hinterland"

01.00 - 02.00 PM
Lunch Break

Straight Talk

Lunch Break

02.00 - 02.20 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Majid Khan – Chief Business Strategist, Ananda Vikatan: ''Decoding Digital Tamil Nadu"

02.20 - 03.10 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Reinventing Cinema as a Medium and Leveraging its reach and Impact”

  • Dhananjayan – Founder, BOFTA
  • Suresh Kalpathi - Chairman & CEO
  • Sab John Edathattil
 - Screen Writer
  • Muni Kannaiya – Independent Consultant Cinema Screens

Moderator – A.J Christopher – Founder Nimbuzz Consulting

03.15 - 03.45 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Nandita Raman - Associate Vice President - SEO & Content Marketing, Social Street : "Regional Content = More Customers!!!"

03.45 - 04.05 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Blessings A Manigandan – CEO, Tony & GUY: "Understanding the Millenials - Lessons from Lifestyle Consumption"

04.15 - 04.30 PM
Tea / Coffee Break

Straight Talk

Tea / Coffee Break

04.30 - 05.30 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Purpose led Communication? Is it time for Regional & Retail brands to jump into it?”

  • Dr. SakthiVel - Managing Director, Challege Ads
  • Abhishek Shah – Founder, be positive 24
  • Sharath – General Manager, ARS Steel
  • Bupesh Nagaraj – Founder Indira Projects
  • Kavitha Ganesan - Head – Brand Marketing TVS eurogrip
  • Antony Savio.P – Senior Brand Manager, TTK Healthcare

Moderator – Sathish Anbarasan - Founder, AKKU

05.30 - 06.15 PM
Fire Side Chat

Straight Talk

Fire Side Chat

Ma Foi K.Pandiarajan - Hon’ble Minister for Tamil Official Language, Tamil Culture and Archeology (Government of Tamil Nadu) in conversation with K Ramakrishnan - Senior Managing Director, Strategic Relationships at Spark Capital Advisors (India) Pvt. Ltd ''Building, creating value & pivoting a brand in an uncharted business - Dynamics & Challenges"

10.05 AM
Inauguration

Straight Talk

Inauguration

10.05 - 10.25 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Monaz Todywalla – Vice-President, Wavemaker India: ''Market Share Vs Mind Share? What is critical for Regional Brands in Cash Strapped and Competitive Economy ?"

10.25 - 10.45 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Vikram Thanna - Head of Advertising Sales & Business Head of Regional Clusters, South Asia at Discovery Inc:

Key Note on “Regional Content: Driving Relevance in an Evolving Regional Content Ecosystem”

10.45 - 11.00 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Anup Chandrasekharan - Business Head, Colors Tamil: ''Television Content With Purpose "

11.00 - 11.30 AM
Fire Side Chat

Straight Talk

Fire Side Chat

Varun Pothy - Director, Pothys in Conversation with Shriram Sanjeevi – Founder, Miles2Go, Consulting Services: ''Integrating Brands into Culture"

11.30 - 11.45 AM
Tea Break

Straight Talk

Tea Break

11.45 - 12.45 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Is it Time for Retail Brands to shift from creating 360-degree Campaigns to Creating 365 Days experience?”

  • Rajendra Prasad - General Manager, Wavemaker Chennai
  • C.K.Kumaravelu - CEO & Co Founder, Naturals Saloon & Spa
  • Rahul Row - CMO & Head of Sales, GoColors
  • B.S.Vishal - Vice President Marketing, Viveks
  • Sandeep Gupta – DGM Marketing Personel Care TTK Healthcare

Moderator – Shriram Sanjeevi – Founder Miles2Go, Consulting Service

12.45 - 01.00 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

N.Sugumar – Executive Director, Top Anil Marketing Company: ''Challenges of Building a brand from the hinterland"

01.00 - 02.00 PM
Lunch Break

Straight Talk

Lunch Break

02.00 - 02.20 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Majid Khan – Chief Business Strategist, Ananda Vikatan: ''Decoding Digital Tamil Nadu"

02.20 - 03.10 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Reinventing Cinema as a Medium and Leveraging its reach and Impact”

  • Dhananjayan – Founder, BOFTA
  • Suresh Kalpathi - Chairman & CEO
  • Sab John Edathattil
 - Screen Writer
  • Muni Kannaiya – Independent Consultant Cinema Screens

Moderator – A.J Christopher – Founder Nimbuzz Consulting

03.15 - 03.45 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Nandita Raman - Associate Vice President - SEO & Content Marketing, Social Street : "Regional Content = More Customers!!!"

03.45 - 04.05 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Blessings A Manigandan – CEO, Tony & GUY: "Understanding the Millenials - Lessons from Lifestyle Consumption"

04.15 - 04.30 PM
Tea / Coffee Break

Straight Talk

Tea / Coffee Break

04.30 - 05.30 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Purpose led Communication? Is it time for Regional & Retail brands to jump into it?”

  • Dr. SakthiVel - Managing Director, Challege Ads
  • Abhishek Shah – Founder, be positive 24
  • Sharath – General Manager, ARS Steel
  • Bupesh Nagaraj – Founder Indira Projects
  • Kavitha Ganesan - Head – Brand Marketing TVS eurogrip
  • Antony Savio.P – Senior Brand Manager, TTK Healthcare

Moderator – Sathish Anbarasan - Founder, AKKU

05.30 - 06.15 PM
Fire Side Chat

Straight Talk

Fire Side Chat

Ma Foi K.Pandiarajan - Hon’ble Minister for Tamil Official Language, Tamil Culture and Archeology (Government of Tamil Nadu) in conversation with K Ramakrishnan - Senior Managing Director, Strategic Relationships at Spark Capital Advisors (India) Pvt. Ltd ''Building, creating value & pivoting a brand in an uncharted business - Dynamics & Challenges"

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