Akash Banerji, head, marketing and partnerships, Viacom 18 Digital Ventures, has an experience of fifteen years in multiple fields spanning marketing, partnerships, sales and distribution with leading MNCs. In his current role, Banerji is responsible for digital marketing initiatives, brand and communication aspects, consumer research and insights. The mandate is to drive topline growth through content syndication for Viacom 18 content to digital platforms.

Kranti Gada pioneered and setup Shemaroo Entertainment’s mobile business and played a key role in the company’s early adoption of digital platforms. Gada heads the revenue function of the company to drive extensive and sustainable growth, and is responsible for digital media, DTH and international business verticals. She was instrumental in incubating the company’s expansion into the DTH segment.

Manish is a digital evangelist who started his entrepreneurial journey by founding Digi Osmosis which includes successful business such as Sportswallah.com. Manish Kumar, a veteran in the entertainment, lifestyle and sports industry in the digital space has been heralding innovative digital marketing strategies backed with analytics. Manish began his digital journey a decade ago as a brand custodian in Hungama Digital Media Entertainment (South Asia’s Largest digital entertainment company). He soon took on the role of Chief Marketing and Digital Officer at Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. And Knight riders Sports Pvt. Ltd.

Uday Sodhi has been heading the digital and new media business at SPN for the SonyLIV platform since 2014. SonyLIV is SPN’s premium Video on demand (VOD) service providing multi-screen engagement to users on all devices. Launched in January 2013, it enables users to discover 22 years of rich content from the network channels of Sony Pictures Networks’ Pvt. Ltd.