ZeeMELT is a one-of-a-kind conference that brings together the best of disruptive marketing practices, from advertising, digital, media, or technology.
RELIVE #ZeeMELT 2022
5 Days. 15 Hours.
In 2022, ZeeMelt expanded to a 5-day, week-long format with only 3 hours of programming each day so that you don’t tire out your brain.
This year, we are coming back in-person with all the insights, networking, learnings, glitz, & glamour you should expect from us.
With 20 years of business leadership experience in SaaS and e-commerce businesses, Abhishek has led a number of organic and inorganic businesses to successes leading functions across go-to-market, product, customer success and operations. His expertise lies in digital transformation, strategic turnarounds and scaling high-growth businesses.
Ajit Varghese is the Chief Commercial Officer at Sharechat and Moj. He has over 25 years of experience in leading large-scale business transformations and building diverse and successful businesses around media, creative, digital, data, content, sports, and performance.
In 2015, he launched the Valuegraphics Project, years before the Values Economy emerged in response to the post-COVID world. Today, he helps brands like PayPal, the United Nations Foundation, lululemon, and Five Star School Supplies change how they look at people. He is an avid collector of contemporary art and plans to continue weightlifting until something forces him to stop.
Dennis Mink is the CMO at Liftoff. With more than 16 years of experience in both the agency world, as well as with numerous cloud, SaaS, mobile and marketing technology companies, his diverse background has included demand generation for SaaS platforms, mobile user acquisition and engagement, and executing cross-channel digital marketing campaigns.
A 30-year media, advertising and marketing professional, Gowthaman Ragothaman, mostly known as G’man to many in the marketing fraternity, is now leading a team of industry experts across marketing, data, insights, security and technology in setting up Aqilliz, the first of its kind blockchain solutions company for the marketing industry.
Hunter Bulkeley is a Game Manager at Tilting Point, one of the fastest growing free-to-play publishers in the world. He has been at the company for the past four years on a variety of projects. Aside from TerraGenesis, he led the first co-developed project at Tilting Point, Warhammer Chaos & Conquest, and managed the live operations of Spongebob: Krusty Cook-Off.
Kirti Varun Avasarala is the Chief Product Officer at Meesho. He’s a part of the executive leadership team and leads Product Management, Design, and User Research functions for the Company. Kirti has over 14 years of experience in strategy consulting, operations, and product leadership roles.
Pearl Servat is the Head of Marketing at Wedgewood Pharmacy, the largest custom compounding pet pharmacy in the US. Prior to joining Wedgewood Pharmacy, Pearl was the Head of Demand Generation and Brand Marketing at Visible, the first all-digital wireless carrier in the US.
Peggy Anne Salz is one of the most influential and compelling speakers in the mobile marketing space. As the chief analyst and founder of MobileGroove, Peggy is recognised as one of the leading experts shaping the mobile world. Peggy is also a nine-time author and a Forbes Senior Writer.
Alankrita Shrivastava is an international award winning film director and screenwriter from Mumbai with a penchant for telling women's stories. She has written and directed three feature films - Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare, Lipstick Under My Burkha and Turning 30.
Aneesh Bhasin is the co-founder of the Svami, spearheading the category of mixers and non-alcoholic drinks for adults. He is also one of GQ’s 30 most influential young Indians.
Binaifer Dulani is a founding member of Talented. In the past, she was part of the leadership team at Dentsu Webchutney, as a Creative Director, where she led India's most awarded piece in Cannes Lions History: the Unfiltered History Tour.
Deepti Gupta is a Filmmaker and Director of Photography. She is an alumna of FTII. As a cinematographer, she has worked on feature films, Independent films, world documentaries, music videos, and short films, and many commercials.
Frank de Ruwe’s street art bravado and cultural sensitivity informs his public and private commissions and is most appreciated by an audience fond of truly distinctive art with a healthy dose of lightheartedness.
Glenn Fisher is an author, copywriter, and speaker. He is the author of the best-selling book on copywriting, The Art of the Click. He also created the hit copywriting podcast All Good Copy and is the co-host of The Fix.
Superfly Films was founded and is headed by Director, Kopal Naithani, one of India’s few female ad-filmmakers. Kopal’s extensive portfolio includes brands like Axis Bank, Byju, HUL, Snacky (ITC), Tata Sky, Flipkart, ICICI, Bajaj Finserv, Nicotex, Cera Tiles, Zivame and Caratlane amongst others.
Kunal is the Chief Marketing Officer at Cleartrip where he is responsible for driving both the user growth & love for the brand. KD is leading the brand, consumer research, performance, social & content, creative, corporate communications and internal communications charter at Cleartrip.
Mithila Saraf joined Famous Innovations in 2012 before it had any employees, clients (or even laptops!) with the hope to make a real difference in the world of communications. Mithila has represented India globally at Cannes Young Lions (Print) for three years, winning against over 250 participants.
Nils has spent over 20 years in the advertising. In his previous role, as Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Grey LDN, Nils oversaw the most profitable and awarded years in the agency’s 52 years history.
Rahul Reddy is the founder of Subko Specialty Coffee Roasters. With Subko, Rahul intends to help reimagine the Indian Subcontinent as a legitimate contributor to the global specialty coffee movements.The conception of Subko began in December 2018, and cemented itself in February, 2019.
Samyu Murali is currently a Creative at Talented. She’s spearheaded cultural work in both, the U.S and Indian markets, including the viral #GoodLuckGirls campaign for Cadbury Dairy Milk. Samyu is an award-winning creative, who’s passionate about creating a positive change in the industry through design and inclusivity.
Shirsha’s work is known for its distinct, new-age identity that is stirring and memorable. Her showreel is a testament to her ability to capture the heart of the film, to achieve the right tonality, and to get nuanced performances out of her actors.
Sumanto is an international-award-winning creative director with three decades of experience in advertising in India and beyond. He runs The English Nut, an award-winning ‘grammar guru’ property on social media.
Arvind is a media business specialist with a passion for Youth Marketing and new age platforms that can connect brands to an audience with a young mindset. He has delivered projects across various disciplines from content to advertising for India’s most iconic brands, across a number of categories.
During her BS in Computer Science from the Loughborough University, Drishti already had her hands full with internships. She then went on to the corporate world at IBM as a software developer. Excited to build the next wave of social, Drishti is now the co-founder and CTO of a well-funded community building social platform, CrowdPad.
Fernando is a global marketer with a passion for growing brands and businesses. Fernando joined Activision Blizzard as CMO in April of 2021. He is now responsible for the marketing initiatives of some of the most exciting titles in the gaming industry. Fernando spent 7 years at Restaurant Brands International prior to Activision.
Gattu is a YouTube content creator and gaming personality who rose to fame by publishing competitive gameplay from the multiplayer game Fortnite. He has more than 3.8 million subscribers over all his channel. He began his career as a content creator in 2017. He has a combined viewership of over 700+ Million views over all his channels.
With a masters in Mathematics and Ph.D. in Image-based Rendering, Geetika Sharma has worked in industry research labs for more than 10 years in the areas of virtual reality, augmented reality, cloud computing and visual analytics. Currently, she heads metaverse experiences at Visceral.
Having left his accounting and finance days at the London School of Economics itself, Joel founded ventures across Sustainable Streetwear, EdTech & Gen-Z consulting whilst at university. Today, he's the co-founder and CEO of a well-funded community-building social platform, CrowdPad, dubbed one of Europe's Top Creator Economy Startups to watch by Sifted.
Mairu is a media executive with an entrepreneurial mindset specialising in growth strategy, partnerships, content distribution and licensing. He has 15+ years of experience in building businesses with a focus on customer acquisition, revenue and profit growth, digital strategy and direct-to-consume.
Manoj Paramahamsa is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries. Manoj started his career by assisting in films such as Pammal K. Sambandam, Arasatchi, Priyamana Thozhi, Madhurey, Thirupaachi and Thirupathi, as well as other films in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil, before becoming independent.
Roby is the CEO and co-founder of SuperGaming. SuperGaming has created popular mobile games MaskGun, Silly Royale, and Tower Conquest, while investing in building its own game engine for running hyper-scale, real-time multiplayer games, including the official PAC-MAN game, that have been played by over 400 million players worldwide.
Sameer Pitalwalla is a digital media and technology entrepreneur. Prior to Google, he led Epic Games for ASEAN and South Asia and was previously the co-founder and Ceo of Culture Machine,. He is a National Award-winning film producer, Forbes 30 under 30 in 2017, and holds 3 US technology patents to his name.
YouTuber who became known for his Experiments and Fortnite videos, with an emphasis on tutorials and Creative. He earned more than 1.6 Million subscribers on his channel. He uploaded his first video in May of 2016. Currently he does gaming videos and uploading daily since the last 5 years, and has around 200 Million total views.
Amit Goenka, is responsible for spearheading the digital businesses of the company. He has been extremely successful in pioneering ZEE5, the one-stop digital destination for ZEE Entertainment and catapulting the company into its next phase of growth and aggressively expanding it’s footprint in the international arena.
Curt Marvis is recognised globally for his vast and successful experience in both traditional and digital media and for his pioneering efforts in digital distribution. He is currently CEO & Co-Founder of QYOU Media Inc. a publicly held company which operates in India and the United States.
Ms. Jagi Mangat Panda is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Odisha Television Limited, a regional language television network that includes Odisha TV (News Channel), Tarang (General Entertainment Channel), Tarang Music (Music Channel), Prarthana (Lifestyle Channel) & Alankar (Movie Channel).
Jayant Mammen Mathew is the Executive Editor and Director of Malayala Manorama Company, one of India’s largest media companies with a significant presence in Print, Television, Radio and Online. He was also the President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS), for the year 2018-19.
Dr. Kulbir Chhikara is Chief Editor of Hari Bhoomi Communications Pvt Ltd, a media company having strong foothold in Print, Electronic and Digital media. He is a seasoned media professional having experience of two and a half decades and has a deep understanding of the content and audience measurement .
Soumya Mohanty is the Managing Director & Chief Client Officer - Insights Division at Kantar. She brings with her over two decades years of experience in market research and consumer behaviour across sectors. Soumya was named ET’s Most Promising Female Leader for 20-21.
Paritosh Joshi is Principal, Provocateur Advisory, an independent Media & Communications consultancy practice. He started Provocateur Advisory in 2012 after a long corporate career that culminated in his running STAR CJ Network India Pvt. Ltd. as its founder CEO.
Preeti Nihalani, is the Chief Operating Officer at ENIL and has played a significant role in establishing pricing benchmarks in the market and revolutionising advertising on FM Radio to the point where Mirchi enjoys a 20-25% pricing premium over its next competitor.
Rashi Goel has applied deep consumer empathy, commercial acumen and winning product innovation to grow businesses and brand equity while leading dominant brands for L’Oreal, Unilever, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, Nestlé, and now for Amazon India.
Roopak Saluja is the Founder of Mumbai-Los Angeles production company, BANG BANG. He is also the Host of Flux Navigators Podcast . Prior to becoming an entrepreneur in 2006, Roopak worked at agencies like Young & Rubicam Budapest and Ogilvy & Mather Paris.
Sameer Nair serves as the CEO of Applause Entertainment Limited. He helped revamp the Star India, Star One, Star Utsav, Star Gold, Star Vijay and Channel V television networks and participated in the launch of the Kaun Banega Crorepati, and Balaji Telefilms' soap operas on Star Plus.
Sanjeev Mehta is the IVM Podcasts’ Business Head. Since November 2020, he has been in charge of evangelising the podcasts ecosystem. He has a wealth of experience working in the country's leading radio stations, including Radio Mirchi and Red FM, and has played a key role in the radio revolution in India.
Shashi Sinha is an Indian executive who is the current CEO of the Indian arm of advertising company IPG. He is heading all the three media agencies of IPG in India namely, Lodestar, Initiative and BPN.
Devika Bulchandani is a world-class marketer who leads with passion, purpose, and an uncompromising focus on creating impact. As Global CEO of Ogilvy she is responsible for all aspects of creative network’s business which spans Advertising, PR, Consulting, and Health across 131 offices in 93 countries.
Ed opened the Asia Pacific office for WARC at the beginning of 2011 in Singapore, bringing the world’s most comprehensive marketing intelligence service to the region. Ed is an evangelist for smarter insights and strategic thinking, who regularly brings to life WARC content at marketing conferences across Asia Pacific.
For over 20 years, Laura has enhanced the advertising industry through her fresh, pioneering spirit. Combining technical skill, with her innate human understanding and passion for storytelling, Laura is recognised globally as an innovator and industry leader. She was also honoured in Campaign UK Female Frontier Award for Championing Change.
For over two decades, Liz Taylor has been recognized as one of the industry’s most progressive creative leaders. She is known for her collaborative and empowering leadership style, and her pivotal role in helping local and global brands find their voices in the modern world. Liz currently serves as Global Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy.
Sakshi has spent more than a decade in the industry creating work that attacks status quo, especially culture. Her campaigns have confronted sexist music, homophobia, sexual harassment, old ideals of beauty, and have won all major awards in the industry. She is also the founder of Indian Creative Women. She is currently the Group Creative Director at Ogilvy Chicago.
Shivakumar or Shiv as he is popularly known is currently Group Executive president at Aditya Birla group for Strategy and Business development. He joined the ABG group in January 2018. Prior to this, Shiv was Chairman and CEO for PepsiCo for four years and before that with Nokia as CEO for India and later Emerging markets for nearly a decade.
Sir Martin Sorrell is Founder and Executive Chairman of S4 Capital PLC, a new age / new era, purely digital advertising and marketing services business for global, multinational, and millennial-driven influencer brands. S4 Capital has over 9000 people in 32 countries and is listed on the London Stock Exchange under SFOR.L.
Suresh Venkat is a journalist, anchor, actor and content designer. After graduating from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Suresh has worked with Star TV, Radio City and CNBC TV18. With over 25 years of media experience, Suresh is known for his contrarian views, his breadth of abilities and his irreverent take on business.
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