 Very good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Impact Digital Power 100 Business 100 list 2020. We welcome you all. We'll start in next few minutes. Till then we would like to showcase the audio visual of Exchange for Media and BW Business World. Let's take a look. Exchange for Media, a name synonymous with the latest news about the advertising industry in India. The Exchange for Media group set up in 2000 has the most credible media platforms covering the entire advertising, media and marketing domain with its highly acclaimed digital, print and on-ground assets. The group's flagship news portal ExchangeForMedia.com reaches over 6 lakh subscribers who are the first to receive breaking news in the industry. The buzzing website not only covers the news but goes beyond the obvious to bring in a fresh point of view. 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We forecast new scoops and future trends before any of our competitors. We provide 360-degree brand solutions and our clients are always happy with the ROI. This is just a glimpse of our client endorsements. To subscribe to our print patronage, visit subscribe.businessworld.in. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. You can also connect with us on WhatsApp on businessworld.in. Very good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Firstly, on behalf of exchange for media group, I'm Kyaati Kawa. I welcome you all to the day two of the third edition of Impact Digital Power 12020. Impact Digital Power 12020 is the most definitive list featuring the most formidable personalities who have helped to make the digital ecosystem in India what it is today. From entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders, thinkers, and enablers in the technology, business management, marketing, digital media, and other related areas. It acknowledges the achievements of the most influential 100 digital personalities of India who have changed the way the internet and mobile industry is perceived today. We are unveiling four lists which started yesterday that is 12th of January till the 15th of January. Yesterday, we unveiled the tech hundred list which featured most interesting, innovative, and influential people shaping the Indian technology scene. Today, we are unveiling business hundred list which comprises of promoters and heads of media companies which have pioneered the digital revolution in the country through their vision, passion, and commitment. It has the name of top leadership of companies which supported the digital media through their innovations and investments as the marketing tool. Tomorrow, we will be unveiling marketing hundred list names of hundred most influential marketing and agency leaders in India and based on their contribution to the growth of digital marketing and their industry and internal influence. And lastly, on 15th of January, we will be unveiling digital hundred list of game-changing leaders who are at the forefront of change within their organizations through technology and innovation. And now to begin this beautiful evening, I would like to welcome on screen with me, Mr. Nawal Avooja, Co-Founder and Director of Exchange for Media to welcome and say a few words on this occasion. A very warm welcome to you, Mr. Avooja. Thank you, Khyati. And good evening to all of you. I am glad to be here virtually present amongst you to unveil the second part of this impact. Top hundred most powerful list. As I was explaining yesterday, yesterday was the first day of the edition. Yesterday, we unveiled the top hundred tech list. This initiative was launched back in 2012, which is almost nine years back. The technology, the digital world, just ten years back, a decade ago, used to be a very different landscape. I recall most of the top hundred list at that time in that year was technology entrepreneurs like Sanjeev Bhikchandani, like Deep Kalra, who's the founder of Make My Trip, and some of the new age advertising technology at tech companies that were coming up. Martek was an unheard of term. Almost all the large or mid-sized legacy brands were not really into technology adoption. E-commerce was very nascent. Even social media was very nascent. You had a few platforms like Google, but not much beyond that. And look at how much technology and the entire landscape has changed just in a matter of one decade. When we sat down to curate the list for this year, we realized that we have taken on a very onerous task of putting together people and companies from significantly diverse set of domains. Today, when you talk about digital, you talk about technology, you talk about marketing, I think these three professions percolate down every single part of our lives as consumers, as business owners, as part of brands, as part of agencies. And to be able to do a monolithic list was a very tough task. And very soon we realized that it is not possible to do a single list of 100 people. It'll be like comparing apples with oranges. It'll be putting different kind of people across in one list. Hence, we decided to put together four lists rather than do one list of 400 people. We thought we should divide the domain, the so-called digital domain into four lists. And as you have seen yesterday, was the unveiling of the top 100 technology lists. Today, what we seek to do is recognize the top 100 leaders, business leaders in the digital domain. When we say digital domain, we talk about how these companies, these leaders and the companies they run, are impacting the consumers in India through their activities on digital. How some of the digital media owners have flourished in the last 10 years, who some of the legacy media companies have become digital. So you'll see a list which gives you a very all-around view of what's going on in the digital space. We have leaders who by the virtue of the position they sit in, have a significant impact on digital adoption in the country as well as digital advertising driving the digital advertising industry who the spends their company makes. So this is the business leaders list. We have attempted to do a ranking of the most influential leaders in this domain. Some of these lists might have more than 100 people. As you can imagine, we didn't want to keep it restricted to only an exact number of 100. In some cases, you might see a few names extract. That is an attempt to recognize everybody who is important in the domain. The rankings as you know is usually a matter of significant debate. Some of you, perhaps many of you will disagree with some of the ranks. Do pardon us on any errors we might have made. We are very happy to make take feedback from all of you once the rankings are out. So today is the business 100 list. Tomorrow what we unveil is the marketing 100 list. People who by virtue of being in the marketing profession have significant impact on the digital marketing and digital advertising domain. What you will see on the list tomorrow is largely people who are associated with the business of marketing. On day four, which is Friday, you will see the digital 100 list, which is basically a list of people who are kind enough to send their nominations to be featured on the list. So this in a nutshell is four lists. We have roughly 400 people business leaders from across the country, across these four lists. And today I would like to start by congratulating all the listers. I see many of you who have already joined this virtual ceremony. I look forward to being part of this ceremony, hearing from you, your views on how the digital economy, digital India is shaping up and being part of this evening, which celebrates and which felicitates and recognizes the contribution you've made to the growth of the digital economy in this country. Thank you and back to you, Kathy. Thank you so much, Mr. Ahuja, for setting the context to today's ceremony as well. Moving forward, I would like to hear, inculcate the video of editor-in-chief and chairman of exchange for media and BW business world, Dr. Anurag Batra. Can we have the video, please? Good evening. It's my honor and privilege to welcome you to the Impact Digital Power 100. Today we are celebrating the digital leaders, the business, leading this business transformation thanks to the efforts of these business leaders, businesses and brands are truly digital and are leveraging this digital economy to build businesses and brands which are digital first, which are geared to the millennial, and dare I say they're direct to consumer or digital to consumers. I congratulate all the winners in the Impact Digital Power 100 list, this business leaders list, which includes the like of Mr. Sanjeev Mehta of Hindustan Lever, Mr. Suresh Narayan of Nestle, Mr. Vinit Jain of Bennett and Coleman who have inspired their peers and other people on the list to kind of build businesses that live up to the promise of the digital economy. I wish you luck and congratulations to all the winners and all the leaders on the list. I'm sure 2021 will be here where you'll build your businesses even more digital and build value across the whole value chain using the digital tools. Also, you know, right from FMCG companies to content companies, you know, digital has become bigger and bigger and bigger and 2021 will be here where digital will become more mainstream than anything mainstream. So salute to all the business leaders who are part of this Impact Digital Power 100 list. Thank you so much, Dr. Bhattra. And as we all are aware, Exchange for Media Group is a single stop information platform for the business of media and marketing advertising. With multiple online and offline platforms, Exchange for Media has the credibility and loyal following. And the content that is here will be carried forward on various platforms beyond this room while I speak, it's being live broadcasted on many other platforms. So if you're watching us on any of those platforms, do join us on our online conversation. But before we do that, let me introduce you to the Impact Digital Power 100 Business 100 list and the introductory audio visual of it. Can we have the AV please? Exchange for Media welcomes you all to the third edition of Impact Digital Power 100. The Impact Digital Power 100 2020 in its third edition is the most definitive list, featuring the most formidable personalities who have helped to make the digital ecosystem in India what it is today. From entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders, thinkers and enablers in the technology, business management, marketing, digital media and other related areas. The selection process involves continuous and extensive research and deliberations by our analysts and editors. It acknowledges the achievements of the most influential 100 digital personalities of India who have changed the way the internet and mobile industry is perceived today. Impact Digital Power 100 2020 business leaders list comprises promoters and heads of media companies which have pioneered the digital revolution in the country through their vision, passion and commitment. It also has names of top leadership of companies, advertisers which supported the digital media through their innovations and investments as the marketing tool. The 100 names who have added to the glory are... Yes, I'm sure all of you are excited to know who are the names that are included in this list. Firstly, I would like to request everyone who's joined us to join our online conversation as well. We are talking about Impact Digital Power, so why not join in the online conversation by using the hashtag Impact Digital Power 100. Now, so kindly hold your breath. Without taking much of your time, we would like to unveil our list for Impact Digital Power 100 Business 100. Let me remind all of you the Business 100 list comprises of promoters and heads of media companies which have pioneered the digital revolution in the country through their vision, passion and commitment. It also has names of top leadership of companies, advertisers which supported the digital media through their innovations and investments as the marketing tool. Now, the 100 names who have made to the prestigious list are... We're going to show you the audio visual and unveil that name. Can we have the AV, please? Pocket. Next leader who has made it to the list is Vishnu Motha, Kojoi TV. Moving further, next leader on the list is... R. S. Goenka, Imami. Another pioneer to act to the glory we have... Sachin Sharma, LinkedIn. Virginia Sharma, Geo Salvo. Moving further, next leader on the list is... Raghav Behel, Ritu Kapoor, The Quint, Azhar Iqbal, Intox Media Labs. Mahesh Shetty, Viacom 18. We are delighted to have Mr. Mahesh Shetty here with us online on the virtual platform. So, I'd request Mr. Shetty to please join me on screen by switching on your video and audio, please. Firstly, our big congratulations, Mr. Shetty, and a few words from you. We'd love to hear. Thanks, Raghav and our LinkedIn. Thanks for adding me on to the list. I think it's a journey that Viacom 18, we want to take adopting digital kind of everything we do. I think there's a long way to go and we're just taking baby steps, I would say. And yeah, that's it. Thanks for adding me. Thank you and many congratulations once again. Thanks. Ladies and gentlemen, with that, we'll be moving forward in unveiling the next few names on this list. Let's take a look. Now, next we have on the list, Nitin Bhawan Kulay, Disney Star TV Network. Now, next we have on the list, Aparna Parohit, Amazon Prime Video. Moving on to the next big name, Monica Sherkir, Netflix. Moving further, next leader on the list is Ankush Satsadeva, ShareTap. Another pioneer to add to the glory we have, Karan Bedi, MX player. Now, next we have on the list, Rishi Malhotra, Vinod Bhatt, and Paramthi Singh, Geo Salwan. Moving on to the next big name, Gautam Sinha, Times Internet. Let's clear on the list is Hirayn Gada, Shimaru Entertainment. Firstly, I would encourage all of you to send out your best wishes and congratulate your messages to all the listeners that the names have been unveiled till now. And right here, we also have a video message by one of the listeners, which is Mr. Sachin Sharma of LinkedIn, who has shared his happiness through this video. Can we have the audio visual, please? And good morning to the E4M team. It's absolutely delightful, a little unexpected to be nominated to this prestigious list. Humbly enough, I can say I'm not sure I've done enough so far. It almost feels like it's still the beginning of a journey in digital. And we are all committed to doing the best that we can. I just want to mention, once again, a huge note of appreciation for finding me worthy of nomination to this list. And huge thanks to all my colleagues, partners, team members, and managers that have helped through this journey of over a decade now. We all stay committed. We are all sure that we'll continue to contribute to the best of our abilities. And I hope all of you at E4M and the board and all the members have a great year ahead. And I look forward to interacting with you sometime very soon. Thank you. Thank you so much, Mr. Sharma. With that, ladies and gentlemen, I hope all of you are ready to know the next few names on this list. Let's take a look. Glory, we have Megha Tata Discovery Communications. And we're delighted to have Megha Tata here with us, Discovery Communications. Very warm welcome. Many congratulations. We'd love to hear a few words from you. Thank you, Kathy. And thank you, Impact, for making me part of this wonderful list. Really humbled. Yes, really excited to be part of this digital journey, which Discovery has taken on early this year with the launch of Discovery Plus, which has been extremely well acknowledged and accepted by our customers, our consumers and people at large. So really excited. This is the beginning of a big, beautiful journey ahead in the world of digital, but I'm really humbled and appreciate for me being nominated in this August list. So thank you very much and wish everybody a very, very fantastic, happy and a healthy new year. Thank you so much, Ms. Tata. And our best wishes for this new digital journey on this new year as well. Many congratulations. Thank you very much. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, with that, we're moving forward to unveiling the next name on the list. Let's take a look. Next leader who has made it to the list is Kartikey Sharma, ITV Network. Moving further, next leader on the list is Amarjeet Singh Batra, Spotify. We're delighted to have Mr. Amarjeet Singh Batra of Spotify here with us. Firstly, many congratulations, Mr. Batra. And we'd love to hear a few words from you. Spotify has saved our lives during lockdown, got us out of boredom. And so our heartiest congratulations. And I'm sure all the Spotifyers out there would love to hear a few words from you. Thank you so much. In fact, it's been a fantastic last 21, 22 months since we've been here in India at Spotify. And I think the work that has been put in by the team and, you know, all the artists to build the music and the podcast space in India, we are glad to be part of it and we're glad to be part of it in India now. And I'm also thankful for all of you guys to nominate me and as well as have me in the group. This has been a journey of, you know, building digital in India also. I think, like they say, it takes a village to raise a baby. I think the digital journey in India for all of us has reached a stage where India is now one of the most strategic markets around the world and it's taken some time to be here. I'm glad to be part of this group of amazing leaders. And I thank all of you to join us together to make this country stronger. And I'm also glad to congratulate all of you here who have been, you know, nominated and have won and wish you the best in the coming year. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, Mr. Bhattra. Many congratulations once again to you. Thanks. All right, with that, ladies and gentlemen, moving forward to unveiling the next name of the business leader who's part of Impact Digital Power 100 Business 100 List. Let's take a look. Another pioneer to add to the glory, we have Puneet Singhvi, Network 18 Digital. We are really glad to have Mr. Puneet Singhvi as well here with us. So, Mr. Singhvi, can I request you to please join me on screen. Our big congratulations from the whole team of Exchange for Media. We'd love to hear a few words from you. Yeah, first of all, Nawal Anurag and the Exchange for Media group, thank you so much for the recognition. I humbly accept it on behalf of the team at Network 18. You know, 2020 has been pivotal year for digital in the way it changed things, the dynamics across the media space. And I'm glad to share that we've been able to ride that wave and pivot the company in a way that we are placed in a very, very strong position to sort of kick off on the momentum that we have. And to be a part of this August company of top 100 leaders, all of us have, as Amarjeet said, have been working in this industry for a while. So, it's great to be recognized as a part of this peer group. So, congratulations to everyone and we look forward to keeping up the momentum on digital. Thank you. Thank you so much and many congratulations to you, Mr. Singhvi. Thank you so much. Thank you. Moving forward, unveiling the next few names of the business leaders who are part of this list. Let's take a look. Now, next we have on the list Duvendra Darda, Rishi Darda, Lok Math Media. Next leader on the list is M.V. Sreyamskumar, Mark Raboomir. Moving further, next leader on the list is Dhanish Khan, Seth and Soni Lengh. Moving on to the next big name, Sandeep Bhushan, Facebook. Next leader, he has made it to the list is Gaurav Rakshit, Viacom 18 Digital. Moving further, next leader on the list is Mariam Mamman Mathieu, Manoma Online. Another pioneer to add to the glory, we have Sunil Ryan, Disney Plus Hotstar at the Walt Disney Company. Now, next we have on the list Anil Rai Gupta, Kavins. Moving on to the next big name, Praveen Someshwar, HT Media. Moving further, next leader on the list is Malini Parthasarthi, The Hindu. Another pioneer to add to the glory, we have Neera Troy, Angama. Now, next we have on the list Satya Raghavan, YouTube. Moving on to the next big name, Times Network. Moving further, next leader on the list is Vasukha Agarwal in Mobi. Another pioneer to add to the glory, we have Vikta Kapoor, Alt Balaji and Balaji Telefilms. Now, next we have on the list Arun Ghatibatacharya, Salesforce India. Big congratulations to all the listers that have been unveiled till now. We also have Mr. M.K. Anand from Times Networks of Video expressing his gratitude and happiness on being part of this list. So, can we have the A.V. please. Good evening, everyone. 2020, what a momentous year. A year that will redefine everything that we know, a year that will redefine the remaining part of our lives and our careers. A year, I think, which will become the reference point for all of us in which we will be quoting it as before and after. And the fundamental thing that has happened in this year, the most important thing that 2020 brought us was the accelerated adoption of digital. Digital technologies were always there and digital businesses were always there. But the way in which people have been forced to take up and the way in which people are so happily taken up, everything from ordering food to schools to working together to the various things that they have done in 2020, way more than what they have done till 2019, defines this year and the going forward period. Therefore, to begin 2021 with the impact digital power list is, I think, the most befitting way to start this year for us as an industry. Thank you, Anurag and the E4M team for this honor. And my sincere congratulations to all others who have been honored today on this occasion. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. And I concur with Mr. Anand that he says that all that we do post this pandemic and post 2020 is going to be redefined. So I hope all of you are ready to redefine your lives, redefine this year and redefine your businesses. These business leaders have done amazing, tremendous work in the last couple of years and actually redefine how businesses will move forward in the coming years. So let's take a look at the next few names on this list. Made it to the list is Now next we have on the list Next leader on the list is Moving on to the next big name I am delighted to have Mr. Shashank Srivastav here with us. Very warm welcome Mr. Srivastav. Firstly, our big congratulations to you and I'm sure all of you are waiting to hear from you. First of all, thank you E4M for nominating me to the list. I'm delighted and very humbled by this recognition. I also congratulate all the others who are part of the list. You know, in the auto industry, we are sort of a traditional industry so far. But I think very recently the digital landscape has transformed all that. It's been accelerated by the pandemic and we are just starting in some ways with this digital transformation and I hope to be part of this revolution and keep up the momentum. Thank you very much. Thank you so much Mr. Srivastav. Once again, many, many congratulations to you. Thank you. With that ladies and gentlemen, we are moving forward in unveiling the next few names on the Impact Digital Power 100 Business 100 list. Let's take a look. Next leader who has made it to the list is Amit Jain, Norel. Moving further, next leader on the list is Aditya Swami, Google Inhale. A very happy 2021 to everybody and a warm thank you to Dr. Bhatrao and the entire team at Exchange for Media for this wonderful honor and privilege. As I reflect back on 2020, my own life has been changed forever. The mobile phone has become an even more meaningful part of our home. My son spends endless hours in front of the screen for his school. My workout schedules have moved online and I have started dabbling in the kitchen with some cool YouTube recipes. My wife's business has pivoted to becoming a digital first business and is never going back. With all this happening in our own homes and a look around us, we are not alone. The number of people coming onto the internet and the time they are spending on the internet is growing substantially and this is placing India well on track to achieving the dream of a one trillion dollar digital economy. To do so, all of us in the industry play a very, very pivotal role. What we can do to make this internet useful and helpful to users, to businesses and society at large is key. And I'm excited about the prospect of working with all of you to do something that will shape the way India goes into this decade. So with that, I wish you all a wonderful evening. I'm sorry I couldn't be there with you, but my wishes and warmest regards to all the other folks on the list and look forward to a wonderful year together and shaping the future of India together. Thank you. Another pioneer to add to the glory we have, a local hurry, Dell Technologies in India. Now next we have on the list, Avinash Pandey, ADP News Network. Moving further, next leader on the list is Rajiv Chandrasekhar, Jupiter Capital. Another pioneer to add to the glory we have, an ongoing car, CNT. Now next we have on the list, Mark Puri, Midnight Industries, Rahul Joshi, TV18 and Network 18. Moving further, next leader on the list is Prashant Kripati, Max Life Controls. Another pioneer to add to the glory we have, Sandeep Sanghwan, Castrol India. Now next we have on the list, Ram Raghavan, Colgate Power. Next leader on the list is Virendra Gupta, Umang Badu, Daily Hunt. Moving on to the next big name, Sunil Alorek Tsuza, Tata Global Beverages. Once again, from exchange for media, a big congratulations to all the listers who are part of the Business Hundred list. Till now we've unveiled many names and I hope all of you have started sending out your best wishes, your congratulatory messages, show some love to all these business leaders who are transforming one business at a time, they'll outlook the ecosystem of digital India. So don't forget you can use our hashtag impact digital power hundred and join the online conversation. We would love to hear from all of you. Moving forward we'll be showcasing a few more names who are part of this list. Let's take a look through this audio visual. Moving on to the next big name, N.P. Singh, Sony Pictures Networks. Navinder Thakur, Vodafone Idea. Moving further, next leader on the list is Navneet Salooja, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare. Another pioneer to add to the glory, we have D. Krishnakumar, Coca-Cola India. Now next we have on the list, C.K. Venkatraman, the title company. Next leader on the list is Venu Srinivasan, TVS Motors. Moving on to the next big name, Howard Kumar Goenka, Mahendra and Mahendra Auto Division. Next leader who has made it to the list is Moving further, next leader on the list is Dinesh Kumar Khara, S.B.I. Another pioneer to add to the glory, we have Now next we have on the list Mahesh Kumar Sharma, S.B.I. Life Insurance. Moving on to the next big name. Once again our big congratulations to all the listeners and we are so delighted to have Mr. Avinash Pandey of ABP News Network here with us and we would love to hear a few words from you, Mr. Pandey. Our big congratulations firstly to you. May I request you to please switch on your camera and mic and join me on screen. Thank you so much for calling me here. It is indeed a great pleasure. I did not expect my name to be here first of all. We are doing from a traditional broadcaster, we are doing what it takes to reach out to the millennials and do our good in terms of news and and current affairs to be popular amongst this generation. So a big thank you to exchange for media Dr. Bhattra, Dr. Kiran Karnik and all the eminent jury members. Now I'm my friend and I see a lot of my colleagues and friends from the industry. Thank you so much for bringing me here. I hope ABP Live and through our digital properties we are going to make a difference in the society in all Indian languages. Very soon you will see us going in south in all different languages of southern India and thus we'll complete our mission of touching every Indian lives through digital media. Thank you so much. Thank you so much Mr. Pandey and once again our heartiest congratulations. Thank you. With that we're moving forward in unveiling the next few names on the impact business 120-20 list. Let's take a look. Now next we have on the list R.S. Sodhi Amul GCMMF. It's a pleasure to have Mr. R.S. Sodhi of Amul here with us. So may I request Mr. Sodhi please join me on screen by switching on your mic and camera. Sorry my camera is not getting on. Are you hearing me? Yes Mr. Sodhi I can hear you clearly. Okay so my picture is better than me so it is good you can see my picture only. Thank you. Yeah big congratulations Mr. Sodhi thank you so much. Yeah thank you exchange for media for this recognition and I know this recognition is not to R.S. Sodhi this is recognition to the digital team of Amul and the young team because they have been doing it and my contribution may have been minimum. During covid we have seen the importance of digital and I know day by day it is going to increase but what I want to say is all the creators and users of digital is their responsibilities are also increasing. They have to understand that they have to use digital media or digital operation in a very very responsible way. Other than the digital uses in the other sector let me tell you we have used in this covid the digital power in the rural India right from generating apps for milk collections of 3.6 million farmers and also providing now veterinary services through digital media and also payment also digital. I mean we have started using digital power to the rural India. Again thank you very much exchange for media for this recognition to the Amul team. Lovely thank you so much Mr. Sodhi our big congratulations to the entire digital team of Amul and to you for your leadership there. Thank you so much. With that ladies and gentlemen moving forward in unveiling the next few names under the business leader hundred let's take a look. Rekid Benkisar Helps. Moving further let's lead her on the list is Narasimhan Eswar Rekid Benkisar Hygiene. Delighted to have Mr. Nassim over with us. Many congratulations sir. We'd love to hear a few words from you. Thank you first of all Dr. Bhattra Naval and the E4M team. Thank you so much for this honor on behalf of both myself and Gaurav. I first of all accept this humility on behalf of my incredible RB Hygiene team that works on e-commerce on digitization and digital marketing. We've been on this journey for the last three years with all seriousness and intent but obviously like many of my colleagues from the industry said it's taken a complete step change in 2020 with the inflection point with Covid and all the opportunities that that opens up for the digital space and digital adoption in India. So I think from a company point of view for all of us in the industry it's a major opportunity for India and for Indian industries to really leverage this inflection point and take our businesses and our customers to the next level. Personally I would say it's also been a fantastic journey for me because I have gone back to being a student. I have actually taken classes in digital marketing. E-commerce I'd worked with before in my life as well but digital marketing is a completely new area. They didn't teach you this in your MBA classes or your engineering classes or your commerce classes. So we're all learning and it's so exciting to be a student again. Again thank you so much E4M for this honor. Thank you so much Ms. Anasimha and many congratulations from all of us to you and your team. Thank you. With that we're moving forward ladies and gentlemen in reeling the next few names on the list. Let's quickly take a look. Now next we have on the list Sashi Harjagdeeshan, HDFC back. Another pioneer to add to the glory we have Sogata Gupta, Marico Limited. Ladies and gentlemen I would like to inform you that we're delighted to have Mr. Ahmed Elsik's video here with us from PepsiCo who has expressed his gratitude and happiness on being part of this list. So let's take a look at the video. Happy New Year everyone. It's a privilege to be featured in the Digital Power 100 business leader list by Exchange for Media. Thank you Mr. Anurag Batra and the jury. I accept this award in behalf of PepsiCo India team in a year that has been the most challenging for one and all. Digitization has never been more relevant than today as it has redefined the way we do business. Communicating with our consumer and connecting with our customer, connecting end-to-end supply chain, crafting purpose-driven campaigns and lastly playing in allowing our employee to work safely from home. Thank Exchange for Media for this honor. Thank you. Happy New Year. Thank you so much and yes let's not forget to give out our best wishes, congratulatory messages to all the listeners, all the pioneers in the business world that you've seen the names till now. Go forward and give out your love to them by using our hashtag impact digital power 100. Moving forward in unveiling the next few names, the top ones coming forward in front of your screens. Let's take a look. Asian Paints also developed hand sanitizer solutions in-house when the entire nation was under lockdown. Let's move forward to the next name on the list. Next leader on the list is Suresh Narayanan, Nestle India, a veteran in the FMCG industry. Suresh Narayanan has led Nestle India for close to six years now. Last year Narayanan announced a digital first investment of Rs. 260 crores to improve the IT infrastructure of Nestle India. He wants to ensure the digital first strategy is applied across its business to distribution, supply chain, manufacturing and even to its supply partners. There are even plans to launch an app for retailers. Next leader who has made it to the list is Gopal Vittal, Bharti Airtel. Since taking over the leadership at Airtel, Vittal has been in store chair. Airtel was also recognized as the second most valuable brand in the country. He is quite vocal about ensuring 5G spectrum is affordable and India does not opt for its own 5G standards. Moving on to the next big name, Deepakayar Mondalese India. He comes with over 25 years of experience in Indian FMCG sector across disciplines such as sales, marketing, franchisee management and general management. Was lauded for Cadbury's Thank You campaign where sales proceeds from 10 million chocolate bars went to secure insurance for its domestic workers. Another pioneer to add to the glory we have Kalanithi Maran, Sun TV network. Started Sun TV network in 1993 which now boasts of 32 channels reaching more than 95 million households along with Indian diaspora in 27 countries. His company also owns Sunrise as Hyderabad, an IPO cricket team. Despite coming from political fam, Kalanithi has stayed away from politics. Our next we have on the list Rajiv Bajaj, Bajaj Otto. He has been a veteran at Bajaj Otto, heading various divisions such as manufacturing and supply chain, R&D and engineering and marketing and sales. He has led Bajaj Otto to cross the rupees 1 lakh crore market cap making it the first two wheeler company globally to do so. As far back as 1998 Rajiv had introduced the digital twin spark ignition technology which has now become a Bajaj trademark. Next leader who has made it to the list is MR Kumar, LIC. He owns in India giving him a pan India understanding of the LIC customer base. Under his leadership, LIC launched a digital first product, Atma Nilbar agent new business digital application or Ananda. He will be leading India's largest institutional investor to the country's biggest ever IPO in 2021. Moving on to the next big name, Sudeer Agrawal, Girish Agrawal and Pawan Agrawal, Denik Bhaskar Group. Sudeer is responsible for long term vision, business planning and performance monitoring and comes with 28 years of experience. Girish heads the marketing and related operations of the group. Pawan heads the production and IT department along with the radio and DB digital business within the group. Next leader who has made it to the list is Sanjay Gupta, Shailesh Gupta, Jagran precaution limited. Sanjay Gupta comes with over 30 years of experience in print media. As editor-in-chief of Denik Jagran, director of Midday Info Media Limited, MMI Online Limited, he is responsible for implementing the business plans. Shailesh Gupta is involved with strategy formulation as well as expansion plans including mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures at Jagran. Now next we have on the list, Kali Puri, India Today Group. Kali is the force behind India Today Group's transformation from a legacy publication to a contemporary new media powerhouse. She is a recipient of India's most powerful women in media award and the Confluence Excellence Award. Another pioneer to add to the glory, we have Pawan Munjal, Hero Motor Club Limited. Leads the world's largest two-wheeler manufacturing company. He has ensured Hero Motor Corp achieved world's number one two-wheeler company status in 2001 and has retained the position to date for 19 consecutive years. His company has a global footprint in 40 other countries. Moving further, next leader on the list is Oday Kotak, Kotak Mahindra Bank. Starting a finance firm in 1985, which would have become the Kotak Mahindra Bank in 2003, it is now in India's top four private banks. Despite the pandemic, Kotak Mahindra Bank's shares were up 17% last year. Kotak is a committee member of primary market advisory high-level committee of the SEBI. Next leader on the list is Dr. Pranoy Roy, NTTV Group. From hosting a 30-minute news magazine show on Doordarshan to leading India's most well-known media company, Roy is an icon in the Indian media landscape. NTTV's digital properties are among the most well-respected news media properties in India. He's also a well-known political analyst, sephologist and has also served as an economic advisor in the Ministry of Finance. Moving further, next leader on the list is Shobna Bhartia, HD Media. Was instrumental in transforming a legacy news publication into a continually digital media organization. A Pagmasheri award recipient and a former member of the Rajya Sabha, Bhartia also serves as the pro-chancellor at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, showing business excellence across verticals. Another pioneer to add to the glory, we have Amit Goenka, Zee, responsible for Zee Entertainment's international expansion with Germany and Latin America being the latest markets. Before his current role, Goenka managed the technology business of the SL Group. Now, next we have on the list, Puneet Goenka, Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Has been instrumental in expanding Zee's international presence across 171 countries and it's reached to over 1 billion viewers. Last year, he proposed a new strategic and Zee 4.0 to transform its businesses. Another pioneer to add to the glory, we have Madhusudan Gopalan, PNG. Named the CEO and MD of PNG's India Operations in 2018, Gopalan ensured PNG's Hygiene and Healthcare Division showed an 85% jump in profits in quarter one 2020. A year many businesses saw huge losses. Gopalan has been instrumental in launching a lot of India specific brands with a strong focus on packaging. Moving further, next leader on the list is Vinit Chen, Bennett Coleman and Company Limited. Along with brother Sameer Chen, Vinit runs India's largest media conglomerate, boasting of a numero uno position when it comes to English Daily Newspaper, English Language News Channel, largest commercial Time worked digital arm which is 170 billion euros who spend in this I'm pleased to be part of the Impact Digital Power List. It is a recognition of the Times Group evolution from being a purely print business to a platform agnostic media conglomerate. Google was founded towards the end of 1998, Facebook in 2004. The Times of India went digital as early as in 1997. Our belief then and now is to be as powerful as ours. It is this pioneering zeal that has always driven us and kept us in leadership position throughout our 182 years of existence. Most of the world rightly knows us as leaders in news but we are much more than that. Times Internet is India's largest digital consumer products company. Our mission is to inform, entertain and enable the consumer. It reaches 80% of India's digital audiences every month and is only behind Google and Facebook in terms of user reach. Over the past decade, we have built strong businesses and brands beyond news. Next leader who has made it to the list is Sanjeev Puri, ITC. Over a three decade career at ITC, Puri has held several business leadership positions and handled a range of responsibilities in areas such as manufacturing, operations, information technology and digital technology. Last year, while addressing shareholders, Puri unveiled a plan to incorporate industry 4.0, artificial intelligence, big data, internet of things and machine learning across all ITC businesses including supply chain and logistics to enhance operational effectiveness. To the next big name, Sanjeev Mehta, Hindustan Unilever Limited. Leading the largest FMCG company in India, Sanjeev has been responsible for taking HUL from $17 billion to $55 billion making it the fourth most valuable company in India. In 2019, Mehta spearheaded an end-to-end digital transformation program with over 80 experiments to propel HUL's digital journey. So delighted to unveil all the business 100 names on this list but right now I would like to welcome on screen Mr. Suresh Narayanan who is here with us from Nestle, India. It was part of the list and we're so delighted to have him here. Firstly, our many congratulations to you and would love to hear a few words from you. So I'd like you to please switch on your camera. Very warm welcome and many congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Cathy. Thank you very much and it's a privilege to be part of this unique recognition at a time when digital has now become front and center as far as the consumer is concerned. The consumer journey is very clearly digital, is very clearly in tune with what they can access, what they can understand, what they can get digitally because we are in a situation of the pandemic where consumers increasingly depend on the digital space in order to really satisfy all the need for knowledge and need for information and also the need for products. At Nestle, I think all of our brands, whether it is Maggie, whether it is Nestcafe, whether it is KitKat, whether it is Milkmaid, are all seemingly interconnected with the digital space and in fact during this pandemic we have made very, very strong sites in connecting ourselves with the consumers digitally and very efficiently. Our Ask Nestle site, which is a nutrition platform, gets more than 7 million views from humble origins of just about 100 to 200,000 last year. So digital has become an intrinsic part of our lives, of the corporate lives. I'm delighted that the business world and the jury have chosen leaders in the support of the digital revolution that is coming over this country and which is likely to be even more impactful in the coming years. So thank you very much for the honor. And I also am deeply impressed with all the other leaders who have been recognized. Each one of them is a giant in their own right. Men and women who have committed to the digital age, committed to their companies, committed to their brands and committed to the consumer in every sense of the town. So thank you very much for this honor and good luck and all the best in this year, in the new year to all of you and also to all the stakeholders of the business world group and also the exchange for media group. I think it's a unique opportunity that you have given to spotlight leaders. Thank you. Thank you so much, Mr. Narayan. In your words of wisdom, I'm sure is going to inspire a lot of business leaders out there who are watching us. So thank you so much for your time and many congratulations once again from the whole team of exchange for media. Thank you. With that, ladies and gentlemen, we also have a video message by Sanjeev Mehta from Hindustan Unilever Limited who was ranked first on this Impact Digital Power 100 Business 100 list. So I'd like to showcase the video here. Let's take a look. Hello, everyone. My greetings to all of you. I wish all of you safe, healthy and a very prosperous 2021. First and foremost, I would like to thank Exchange for Media Impact and Pitch for this recognition and I accept it and delighted I am to accept this. Now, talking about digital, I think what this epidemic has done is accelerated the digital journey and provided it the much needed acceleration. Many of the citizens have moved online for the first time, whether to get news or whether to source essentials. The city children have experienced the taste of online, many of them for the first time and offers go as they were adopted to working from home thanks to technology, the collaboration tools. So it has moved us from a state of theoretical debate on whether it will work or not to real hands-on experience. We as Indians need to leverage digital technology to make a fundamental shift in the quality of education, health care, in creating new business models, which in turn could create jobs, bring technology to agriculture, manufacturing, as well as management of environment and in governance of a country. I think this is an opportunity for us to leapfrog and become the world leaders in precision and advanced manufacturing, harnessing data, analytics, AI for advanced scientific research and deployment and scale in the country. So digital, not just from a lens of communication, but it has today the power to change the entire country. And I'm so pleased that at Hindustan Unilever, we started working on what I call as the re-imagined HUL agenda nearly about four, five years back with an entire idea that we will use data and technology to bring about a profound change in terms of how we interact with the consumers and customers and give them a better experience. And we have put data and technology at the heart of our business models. So just like the Y2K gave a flip to the Indian IT industry at the beginning of the millennium, the present crisis could be used to digitally connect the nation. And this is a massive opportunity for the Indian IT industry to move up the value chain for traditional media, to adopt digital technologies, reach out to more Indians with better information, with better avenues to have them educated. And we should use the low cost of data combined with the increased penetration of low cost smartphones and use this massive amount of data that is a country we generate for greater public good. So we should protect privacy, but treat data as a national asset. And I'm so glad that exchange for media, impact and pitch have been recognizing the impact digital power hundred. And this would be an impetus for many other people to adopt technology and change the way we do business and the way we communicate and the way we create value for the economies and for the individual businesses. So thank you, remain safe and God bless you all. Thank you so much, Ms. Mehta. And with that, ladies and gentlemen, we've come to the end of the impact digital power hundred business hundred list. So many leaders doing pathbreaking work in the digital arena. And I hope all of you have joined us and celebrating this achievement of the leaders on social media using the hashtag impact digital power hundred. Once again, I thank all of you for being part of this event and congratulations once again to all the leaders who have made it to the list. Once again, I'd like to inform all of you to not forget tomorrow, we will be unveiling the impact digital power hundred 2020 marketing hundred list. Same time, which is six p.m. onwards with love for all of you to join us again and have a nice evening. Stay safe. Stay healthy. We will see you again tomorrow. This is me, Kyaadi Kawair who is signing off. Thank you everybody. Have a good evening.