GroupM's Prasanth bags 'Best media planner/buyer in Asia' award
Mumbai: Prasanth Kumar, Investments Director, GroupM, Bangalore, has bagged the "Best Media Planner/Buyer in Asia" award, given by the Hong Kong based Media Magazine. The award was presented at a ceremony held in Hong Kong on December 14.

The Media Magazine awards recognise outstanding work in media planning/ buying, creative, one-to-one, marketing, account/business developments etc across the Asia-Pacific region.
Prasanth Kumar has been with GroupM since 2004. He was earlier with TME, Mumbai. He is a key member of GroupM Investment team, headed by Lakshmi Narasimhan. Prasanth Kumar oversees buying for key GroupM clients in the South, including Britannia, Titan, Himalaya, Ford and IBM.

At GroupM, Prasanth Kumar's achievements include the Lenovo computer branding in KBC2, and the Titan-MTV partnership deal that helped launch the Titan-MTV Masala watch collection.
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Amit Upadhyay new head of distribution at BBC
New Delhi: BBC World has promoted Amit Upadhyay as head of distribution and business development for the South Asian region.

Based in Mumbai, Upadhyay will be responsible for maximising and building on BBC World's current distribution base and identifying business development opportunities in the region.
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Om Prakash, new head of BHPV, to take charge
Visakhapatnam: Om Prakash, recently appointed managing director of Bharat Heavy Plate and Vessels Ltd, will assume charge on Friday, according to a company press release.

He is now the unit general manager of Hindustan Machine Tools Ltd, tractor division, Pinjore (Haryana).

A mechanical engineer from the Delhi College of Engineering and an MBA from Punjab University, Om Prakash underwent training in erstwhile Czechoslovakia; he visited several countries on official assignments.
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