Paul Writer Recognizes the Best in Mumbai Brands at the Mumbai Brand Summit 2014

Paul Writer, India’s first community of marketers, recognized Mumbai Hot 50 at the Mumbai Brand Summit on September 19, 2014. The conference witnessed 150 + marketers from India’s leading brands come together to discuss trends, debate ideas, and share knowledge. The event concluded with a scintillating awards recognizing excellence in Mumbai’s Brand’s Marketing.

The Mumbai Brand Summit is the fifth edition of Paul Writer’s flagship event. It builds upon the success of events such as The Futurist CMO, Bangalore Brand Summit & Awards, Retail Marketing Summit and Awards, Realty Marketing Summit & Awards and more.

“The response we got from the marketing community has been overwhelming.” said Jessie Paul, CEO, Paul Writer. “As an organization, our vision is to raise the bar for marketing in India by providing recognition for excellence in marketing and building a community platform for sharing best practices and peer learning. We do this through our Marketing Booster monthly magazine, our weekly news letter, our conferences & workshops, and awards programs.”

Some of the speakers at the event include Jessie Paul, CEO, Paul Writer, Rama Bijapurkar, Thought leader, Author, Management & Marketing Consultant, Girish Shah, Executive Vice President – Sales and Marketing, Godrej Properties, Shantanu Bhanja, VP- Marketing, Hindustan Times, Mahesh Murthy, Founder, Pinstorm, Ronita Mitra, SVP and Head of Brand and Consumer Insights, Vodafone, Marzin R. Shroff, CEO – Direct Sales & SVP – Marketing, Eureka Forbes, Devendra Chawla, CEO- Food Bazaar, Future Group, Sagnik Ghosh, Vice President & Head Marketing, Axis Bank, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Category Director- Chocolate and Media, Mondelēz International, Deepali Naair, CMO, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts, Abraham Alapatt, Chief Innovation Officer, Head Marketing & Customer Service, Thomas Cook, Bharat Dhuppar, Chief Marketing Officer, Omkar Realtors & Developers Pvt. Ltd., Sheran Mehra, Head – Group Strategic Marketing and Communications, DBS Bank India, Anaggh Desai, Co Founder, 1+99 Experience Consulting, Sanjay Tripathy, Senior Executive Vice President – Head Marketing, Product, Digital & E-Commerce, HDFC Life, Mandar Patwardhan, Chief Operating Officer, Surewaves MediaTech, Darshana Shah, ‎Sr.Vice President -Marketing and Visual merchandising, Hypercity Retail, Uma Talreja, ‎CMO, Burger King India, Rajat Mehta, Group EVP & Country Head: Brand & Retail Marketing, Yes Bank, Saurabh Pandit, Director – Digital Marketing Solutions Specialist Team, Adobe, Girish Ahuja, VP Marketing, TVS Srichakra.

Recipients of Mumbai Hot 50 recognition include

AEGON RELIGARE

ARIHANT SUPERSTRUCTURES

ASIAN PAINTS

AUDI INDIA

AXIS BANK

BERGGRUEN HOTELS

BHARTI AXA LIFE INSURANCE

BIG BAZAAR

BOMBAY BLUE

BURGER KING INDIA

CADBURY KRAFT – MONDELEZ

COLGATE PALMOLIVE

CROMA RETAIL

GODREJ PROPERTIES

HDFC BANK

HDFC LIFE

HINDUSTAN UNILEVER

ICICI BANK

IDBI BANK

IDEA CELLULAR

ITZ CASH CARD – ESSEL GROUP ENTERPRISE

JOHNSON & JOHNSON

JUSTDIAL

KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK

LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA

MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA

MAHINDRA HOLIDAYS AND RESORTS

MUMBAI INDIANS

PEPPERFRY

PHOENIX MARKETCITY

PIDILITE INDUSTRIES

PROCTER & GAMBLE

QUIKR

RAYMOND GROUP

SKODA

TABcab

STATE BANK OF INDIA

TAJ GROUP OF HOTELS

TATA AIA LIFE INSURANCE

TATA AIG GENERAL INSURANCE

TATA CAPITAL

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES

TATA HOUSING

TATA MOTORS

TATA SKY

TATA TRENT

THOMAS COOK

UTI MUTUAL FUNDS

VODAFONE

YES BANK

Sponsors and partners for The Mumbai Brand Summit 2014 include:

Hindustan Times – Presenting Sponsor

Adobe – Marketing Innovation Sponsor

Surewaves – Growth Partner

PRHUB – Digital Partner

Strategic outsourcing services – Marketing Partner