Finally the D-day for WATBlog Panel Delhi on ‘Bridging the Digital Divide - How Can Traditional Brands Go Digital” has arrived. Yes WATBlog Panel is happening today at The Metropolitan Hotel, New Delhi and starts at 7pm.
Here is a look at the final set of panelists:
Sidharth Rao - Webchutney CEO & Founder Goose Fish Media Ventures - A college drop out who began his career as a copywriter before launching Webchutney. He co-founded the agency in 1999 as a creative shop which now offers a range of internet marketing solutions to a large portfolio of globally recognized brands and companies. Webchutney is now a funded company with Capital18 investing the moolah.
Sidharth is still under 30 years of age and is probably one of the most ‘uncorporate’ CEO’s you will ever meet. He is extremely down to earth, casual and seriously funny. But behind the casual and funny exterior is a sharp, very aggressive and now very experience internet entrepreneur. He has also branched out beyond Webchutney by establishing Goosefish Media Ventures which incubates online content driven media properties. His latest foray is into the world of ad networks via NetworkPlay which is headed by Rammohan (more on networkplay here).
We expect startling insights and frank opinions from Sidharth at the panel.
Alok Mittal - Managing Director - Canaan Partners India - Alok Mittal is one of the early success stories of the web as he was the Co-Founder of JobsAhead which was later sold to Monster.com. Alok Mittal joined Canaan (a venture capital firm) in March 2006 to lead the firm's India operations. In India, Alok focuses on investments in digital media and mobile companies, as well as innovators in managed software services.
Alok was also a founding member of Indian Angel Network (formerly, Band of Angels India). Alok has played a key role in Canaan's investments in BharatMatrimony, iYogi, and Cellcast.
A straight speaking VC who is always available to guide young entrepreneurs. Alok has been a speaker on multiple panel’s before and is know for his sharp and precise insights and his ability to bring out the key points in a discussion.
Sanjay Trehan - CEO - NDTV Convergence - Sanjay has years of experience in heading digital divisions for traditional media companies. He joined NDTV NDTVConvergence Ltd as CEO has been instrumental in launching many initiatives like the wap portal, mobile.ndtv.com, NDTVkhabar.com, a rich media Hindi portal, Nogyan.com, an attitudinal youth portal and a US edition of ndtv.com.
Prior to joining NDTV, He was Vice President Broadband and Web 2.0 at Indiatimes, where he took Indiatimes into the online Gaming arena. Prior to that, He was the Chief of Internet Business at the Hindustan Times.
Besides for heading digital businesses Sanjay had also co-founded the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) which is a well known industry body now.
Sanjay is an avid blogger and poet himself and is one of the few head honcho’s in India who believe and propagate the power of social media.
I M Swaminathan,VP - Audience Head ,Brand manager of Times Internet Limited.
I.M.Swaminathan has joined TIL as Audience Head and Brand Manager of Indiatimes. Swami reports to Mr. Sunil Rajshekhar and work closely with Business Heads of Teams across the Indiatimes channels for developing and executing the brand strategies and plans for the growth in online properties. Swami has BE and MBA degrees and comes to us with a rich experience in media spread across print, television and Internet companies
In his last assignment Swami was Director, Communication and Community Products at Yahoo India, where he lead various product teams as In this role he was heading Yahoo! Mail, Instant Messenger, Groups, Movies, Cricket and other properties. Swami has launched many new products like Profiles, Language versions of mail and messenger and relaunched Cricket. Apart from growing audience numbers and strengthening the market share for Yahoo!. he was also the official spokesperson of Yahoo! India.
Neeraj Sanan, VP - Media Content and Communications Services (MCCS)
Neeraj Sanan is currently Vice President, MCCS the company that runs three news channels STAR News, STAR Majha, STAR Ananda in addition to their websites and mobile business. He is an electronics & electricla communications Engineer from PEC Chandigarh and an MBA from IIM Bangalore. He has 14 years of sales and marketing experience across various companies. An astute marketeer, he started his career with Asian Paints, moved to ICI Paints, Wrigleys, Dabur and Web18 before MCCS. He has been associated with launch of a few consumer brands.
We have also received over 210 registrations and here are the attendee’s who are expected:
* Abhay A, Principal Interaction Designer, Naukri.com
* Rishabh Agarwal, Ad sales, Infoedge India Ltd.
* sonil agarwal, product marketing, info edge india
* Anugrah Aggarwal, Senior Analyst, BDA Connect Pvt Ltd
* Piyush Aggarwal, Group Account Head ( North India ), Media contacts ( MPG )
* Saad Akhtar, Principal Interaction Designer, Naukri.com
* Ajay Anand, SEO Specialist, Web18
* Gurmeet Anand, Manager, Sara International
* Mohan Anand, Head - Ad Sales, Times Business Solutions Ltd.
* Neeraj Arora, Corporate Development Manager, Google
* vikas badru, Asst. Manager - Online Solutions, Integrid Media
* Shweta Bahl, Manager - Business Development, ISHIR Digital
* Kunal Bajaj, Managing Director, BDA Connect
* harender bajwal, Project Manager, Animon Studios
* Mayank Bangia, Partner, Dot Creatives
* Anshul Bansal, Analyst, BDA Connect
* Munish Bansal, Co-Founder, Mobicules Systems
* Kriti Belwal, Ad sales, Naukri.com
* Sidharth Bhandari, Astt Manager, Peerlite
* Devanshu Bhatia, Sr Manager Alliances and BD, Indiatimes
* kanika bhatia, PR and Marketting Manager, Religare
* Ankit Bhatnagar, Asstt Manager-Google adsense & Ad networks, Info Edge (naukri.com)
* Sachu Bishnoi, Manager, Tyroo Media Pvt. Ltd.
* krishna chaitanya, Business Analyst, Tyroo Media
* Saurav Chakraborty, Deputy General Manager-Online Solutions, Integrid Media Private
* smita challu, Brand Manager, TimesofMoney
* Sagar Chandna, Country Manager, India, Opera Software
* Isha Chandra, Manager - Online Ad Sales, Consim Info Pvt. Ltd
* MANISH CHANDRA, Asst. Branch Manager, Kotak
* Abhishek Chaswal Chaswal, Associate Creative Director, Euro RSCG India
* Siddharth Chaturvedi, Product Specialist New Media and Mobility, Naukri.com
* Sushil Chaturvedi, Software Engineer, Mobicules Systems
* Vivek Chawla, Founder, BrainRoots
* Ajay Chhabra, Account Director - Interactive, OgilvyOne Worldwide
* Amit Chhabra, Manager - Strategic Alliances, Tyroo
* Munish Chopra, Project Manager, MindQ Interactive
* Pradeep Chopra, Co-founder, OMLogic Consulting
* Gagan Chuhan, Astt Manager, Pierlite
* indrojit d chaudhuri, cmo, talentequity
* Abhijit Das, Head(Delhi) - Strategy & Planning, Interactive Avenues
* Vivek Das, Business Head, ISHIR Digital
* Anikendra Das Choudhury, Software Engineer, Mobicules
* Saikat Das Mohanty, Media Planner, Group M
* Bhaskar Deva, Product Manager, Info Edge(I) Ltd.
* Gaurav Dewan, Manager - Web Services, Digitas
* Rohan Dey, Co-Founder, Lindotiger
* Anshul Dhyani, Visualiser, Solutions | Digitas
* Raj Digari, SEO Expert, OMLogic Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.
* Anupam Dikhit, Manager - Business Development & Content Services, Affle India Pvt. Ltd.
* Samrat Dutta, Manager (Ad Sales), People Interactive (I) Pvt. Ltd
* Twilight Fairy, PM, software
* Nureen Faiza, Associate Strategy Manager, Starcom IP
* Vikram Gandhi, Product Manager, Times Business Solutions Limited
* Vinny Ganju, Manager Marketing & Alliances, Info Edge India Ltd.
* Apoorva Garg Garg, CEO and MD, Electrotech India
* Deepshikha Garg, Consultant, BDA Connect
* Asif Ghani, Assistant Manager- New Media Product Development, Naukri.com
* cynthia Ghose, Account Executive, pinstorm
* Kumar Rahul Ghosh, Co-Founder, Diditz.com
* Mukul Goyal, Manager, Affle
* Kapil Gupta, Co-Founder, OMLogic Consulting
* Monica Gupta, Business Head, MindQ Interactive Solutions
* Rajan Gupta, Sr. Manager, sm organisation
* Rajat Gupta, Evangelist, Social Media
* Renu Gupta, Assistant Manager Marketing, Eicher Goodearth Private Limited
* Ritesh Gupta, Asstt Manager, Business Standard Digital
* Sameer Gupta, Analyst, BDA Connect Pvt Ltd
* Vishal Gupta, Online Marekting manager, Fareportal India (P) Ltd , Gurgaon
* Krishna Iyer, Manager-Biz Dev, iXiGO.com
* priya Iyer, Online advertising, ABC
* Manjusha Jain, Sr manager-digital solutions, Integrid Media
* Saurabh Jain, Digital Advertising Sales, People Group
* Lalit Jangid, Asst. Manager Marketing, Eicher Goodearth Private Limited
* Imran Javed, Creative Team, Apple Design Studios
* Vikas Jawa, Business Director, Zoomtra.com
* shushant Jha, PPC Expert, OMLogic
* Vijay Joshi, Sr. Developer, Philogy Consulting
* Samrat Kakkar, Business Head, Alternative Path
* Sulabh Kamra, Analyst, Accenture
* Abhishek Kant, CPM, Microsoft India
* ambica kapur, Brand Steward, ISHIR Digital
* Bharti Kapur, Media Director, Lintas Media Group
* Pranav Karol, Manager, Integrid Media
* Sohit Karol, Co-Founder, Diditz.com
* Harsh Kedia Kedia, Manager (North) - AD Sales, People Interactive (I) Pvt. Ltd.
* faisal khan, Regional Manager, Outlook
* Ankit Khanna, Co-founder, itasveer.com
* Gaurav Khanna, Product Manager, Marching Leads
* Agastee Khante, Solution Architect, Pinstorm Technologies
* Devarchana Khuntia, Sales, Naukri.com
* Jayanth Kolla, Senior Strategy Consultant, BDA Connect Pvt Ltd
* Arjun Kotwal, Asst. Product Manager, Infoedge India Ltd. (Naukri.com)
* Hemant Kumar, Ad Sales, iAvatarZ Digital
* Kalyan Kumar, General Manager, Marketing, Virgin Mobile India Pvt Ltd
* MAYANK KUMAR, Software Design Engineer, Microsoft
* Nitesh kumar, Manager,planning, Media2win india pvt ltd
* Nitin Kumar, CEO, Appulse Technologies
* Pratik Kumar, Senior Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics
* Pradeep Lamba, Account Head, Quasar Media
* Mahesh Mahajan, Online Sales, Info Edge India Ltd.
* Mohit Maheshwari, Partner, New Media Guru
* Shitij Malhotra, The Guy, Fresh Lime Media
* Ankita Malik, National Adsales Head, InfoEdge India
* Ankush Manchanda, Mobile Campaign Architect, SMS Country Networks Pvt Ltd
* Prashant Marwaha, Manager - Sales, Info Edge (India) Ltd - Shiksha.com
* rahul marwaha, AVP, Interactive Avenues
* Aditi Mathur, Account Manager, Interactive Avenues
* Akshay Mathur, Regional Manager (North & East), People Interactive (I) Pvt. Ltd.
* Saurabh Mathur, Flash Engineer, Slideshare
* Jay Meattle, VP, Products, Lookery.com
* Saumya Meattle, VP - Product Management, Module One India Ltd.
* ashish mehra, Principle Creaive UED Designer, Naukri.com
* Kavita Mehra, Assistant Manager Creative, Network18
* Savvy Mehra, Creative Team, Apple Design Studios
* Ritu Memani, CEO, MindQ
* Noopur Mittal, Business Associate, Regalix Inc.
* Sandeep Mohanta, Head-Business Development, Silicon Biztech
* Gaurav Nabh, Online Marketing Manager, Virgin Mobile India
* Pankaj Nagpal, Media Supervisior, TribalDDB India
* Ranjini Nair, Analyst, BDA Connect
* Kapil Nakra, Cofounder, OMLogic
* Sukanta Nanda, Media Executive, Integrid Media Pvt Ltd
* Nitesh Nandy, LMTS, Mobicules Systems
* Nitin Narain, Senior Executive, Image Inc.
* shefali nath, Associate Partner, Brand Alchemist
* Shefali Nath, Associate Partner, Alchemist Brand Consulting
* swatantra Negi, BDM, iAvatarZ Digital
* Jyoti Nehra, Digital Director, Carat
* Kapil Ohri, Senior Correspondent, Afaqs.com
* Nikhil Pahwa, Editor, MediaNama.com
* saurabh parmar, socail media enthusiast, trying to figure out 
* Mohit Piplani, Manager - Sales, ICICI Prudential
* Ravindra Pokharia, CEO, Philogy Consulting
* ravindras@philogy.com Pokharia, CEO, Philogy Counsultancy
* Pradeep Prakash, Business Manager, HT Media Limited
* Abhishek Punia, Account Manager, Interactive Avenues
* Siddharth Puri, Head Product & Alliances, Tyroo Media Pvt. Ltd (Yahoo! -SITG Venture)
* Tanushree Radhakrishnan, Group Head - Media, Zed Digital
* Manish Raghuvanhsi, Consultant, TalentEquity
* Jalaj Raizada, Manager, MindQ
* Devesh Ram, Manager Client Servicing, Ignitee India Pvt. Ltd
* Sumit Rampal, Head - Creatives, ISHIr Digital
* Priti Rana, Manager - Communications, Dreamer Web Pvt. Ltd.
* Niraj Ranjan, Co-Founder, Mobicules Systems
* Mehul Rao, Sr Executive Online, Zee News Ltd
* Gaurav Raturi, Founder, FILMBOOTH
* Nilanjan Roy, DGM & Head Of Products, Times Business Solutions
* Saurabh S Negi, Manager - Ad Sales & Alliances, People Interactive Group
* Akhilesh Sabharwal, Business Developer, Ishir Digital
* sandeep sabharwal, Account Head, Quasar Media Pvt Ltd
* Vaibhav Saraf, Analyst, BDA Connect
* Binodan Sarma, Dy. Manager, HT Mobile
* Nikhil Sarup, Vice President - Digital Media, SOLUTIONS I DIGITAS
* Satrajit Sen, Correspondent, AlooTechie, GMV
* Ajay Seth, Soft. Engineer, Metacube
* Nitin Sethi, Creative Head, Info Edge India Ltd.
* Brij Shah, Sr. Developer, Philogy Consulting
* Gunjan Shah, Web designer, Firefly
* Abhishek Sharma, Account Manager, Sify Technologies Limited
* Devinder Sharma, Sr. Account Manager, Sify Technologies Limited- Interactive Services
* Geetanjali Sharma, Group Account Director, Tribal DDB India
* Latika Sharma, Manager, Brand Steward, ISHIR Digital
* Lotika Sharma, Account Manager, Integrid Media
* Paras Sharma, Solutions Architect, Pinstorm
* Paritosh Sharma, Social Media Marketing evangelist, OMLogic
* parth sharma, Analyst, Eicher Goodearth Pvt Ltd
* Prakhar sharma, Asst. Manager, Consim Info Pvt Ltd
* Rachna Sharma, AVP Marketing, Pinstorm Technologies
* Ruchika Sharma, Associate Correspondent, V C Circle.com
* Sonali Sharma, Manager - Alliances & New Initiative, Tata Communication
* Kshitiz Shori, Director - Asia Pacific Sales, Jivox
* Nilakshi Shukla, Media Manager, Tribal DDB India
* Sidharh Shukla, Sr. Project Manager, MRM
* Bhaskar Kumar Singh, Account Manager Online Sales, Tribal Fusion R&D Pvt Ltd
* Harkirat Singh, Products, MakeMyTrip.com
* Prabhakar Singh, GM - Strategic Partnerships, HT Media Limited
* Pradeep Singh, Assistant Vice President, Zee News Limited
* Ravindra Singh, Sr. Mgr. Marketing, Dreams Consulting
* Ritesh Singh, Associate Business Director, Starcom India
* sanjay singh, computer training, sale & service, ISKON WORLD
* Satyajeet Singh, Product Manager, Naukri.com
* Shailendra Kumar Singh, Media Supervisor, Digital Direction(RK Swamy BBDO media group)
* Tejinder Singh, Head Alliances, Times Internet Limited
* Umrao Singh, PPC Expert, Omlogic
* Divya Singh Chauhan, Account Manager, Zoomtra.com
* Samit Sinha, Managing Partner, Brand Alchemist
* Arunima Sinhdeo, Vice President - Brijj.com, InfoEdge India Limited
* Siddharth Sohi, Deputy Manager, Hindustan Times
* Atul Soni, Media Director, Digital Direction (RK Swamy BBDO Media Group)
* Rabia Sooch Sooch, business developer, ishir digital
* nishith srivastava, account manager, iAvatarZ Digital
* Chavi Tandon, AD Sales, Naukri.com
* Dheeraj Taneja, Assistant Manager - Design, HT Media (Shine.com)
* Ankita Tiwari, Media Planner, GroupM
* Saurabh Tiwari, Copywriter, Solutions Digitas
* Avneendra Tripathi, Asst. Manager- Zeenews Online, Zee News Ltd.
* Brijesh Tripathi, Sr.Product Manager, Spoton Media Pvt. Ltd.
* sanjiv tuli, Head Web Communications, Bharti Airtel
* NEeraj Varandani, Asstt Manager- Publisher Network, Tyroo Media Pvt Ltd
* Yashasvi Vats, Head- consumer Monetization, Info Edge (India) limited - shiksha.com
* Rahul Verma, Asst Manager - New Product Development, Indiatimes
* Shailendra Vijayvergia, Business Head, Animon Studios
* Anika Wadhera, Program, Manager
* Deepak Wadhwa, Head, Corporate Marketing (North), Saregama India Ltd
* sumaiya waqar, media executive, integrid media pvt. ltd
* Atul Yadav, Product & Business Strategy, SpotOn Media
There are also some special attendee’s besides the above. More on the event here -> http://panel.watblog.com
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