Creative Management Board of Advisers Meeting

The Advisory Board for Creative Management has some of the finest names from the domains of Advertising, Brand Consulting, Design, Entertainment, Media, Sales, Distribution and Marketing.

Together with Lakshminarayanan, the founder of the Creative Management programme, they bring over 200 man years of invaluable experience. Another advantage of such experienced professionals is their ring-side perspective of the fundamental, irreversible & substantial changes in the branding & communication fields.

After mutual introductions, Ashwin Ajila (Managing Director of i-Nurture) welcomed the BoA members and briefed them about i-Nuture’s origins, philosophy, vision & mission and its unique business model. He also outlined i-Nurture’s the key challenges & opportunities as well as a roadmap for future growth.

Given the revolutionary developments in the Education & Employability spheres, he reiterated the invaluable contributions that such an Advisory Board could make.

Those present:There were 11 participants including 6 BoA members and 5 from the Creative Management SBU:

Board of Advisers:

1. Balasubramanian.N: CEO, Board Director, Sresta Natural Products; Ex Demand Director, Pet Care for Mars India; Ex Sales Director Tropicana, PepsiCo.

2. Mathew Anthony: Director – Direct Marketing AIMIA Inc; Ex Managing Partner & Senior Vice President JWT; Ex Vice President at Rapp Collins India.

3. Niranjan Natarajan: Founder & Creative Director of Why Axis Advertising & Design; Ex creative director JWT; Ex Creative Director Grey Worldwide; Ex Creative Supervisor Ogilvy Bangalore.

4. Subhabrata Ghosh: Founder President & CEO – Celsius100°; Ex Director and COO – Saatchi & Saatchi; Ex Executive Director Ogilvy; Ex General Manager Rediffusion DY&R

5. Venke Sharma: Vice-president, Network digital marketing STAR TV; Ex head of digital – technical advisor Leo Burnett Worldwide; Ex-General manager Tribal DDB India.

6. P.Subramaniam: Consultant with RmKV Silks; Ex-Vice President DDB Mudra Media; Media Manager JWT; Media Planner Everest Advertising.

The following BoA members could not attend the meeting due to prior commitments.

7. Ajay Vidyasagar: Regional Director – Google; Ex COO, Sun Network; Ex President of Star India Pvt Ltd

8. Prof. Balasubramanian: Director – GRG School of Management Studies; Ex Professor at TAPMI, Author of “The Art of Business Leadership: Indian Experiences”.

9. Sundar R: Director, Times Group; Ex CEO, Timesjobs.com, Magicbricks.com, Simplymarry.com

From iNurture:

Lakshminarayanan: Founder – Creative Management; Independent Board Director at Jyothy Labs; Ex CEO & Executive Director at Kidstuff Promos & Events and Mudra Communications and Rapp Collins India and Tribal DDB.

Prasanna Venkatesh: Senior Faculty, Creative Management

Sudha Reuben: Head, Curriculum & Content Team

Sapna Nibsaiya: Faculty, Creative Management

Tarun: Content Writer, Creative Management

Source: www.inc.com