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Board Of Directors


Mr. R.V.Rajan	Mr. Sam Balsara	R.Seshadri	M.P. Nandakumar

Established in 1986 as Anugrah Marketing & Advertising Services (P) Ltd., with headquarters in Chennai, we have been operating as a fully accredited Advertising Agency catering to the communication needs of a variety of clients ranging from Agri-inputs, Consumer Durables, FMCG to Services.

Our rich experience over the years in communicating with the semi-urban and rural consumer resulted in a tie-up with MADISON COMMUNICATIONS in 1998 as their Rural Division. ANUGRAH MADISON ADVERTISING PVT. LTD., is today a part of Madison World that also has specialist units in Creative, Media, Outdoor, PR, Retail and Entertainment, employing over 400 communication professionals across 7 cities in India.

Mr. R.V.Rajan
Chairman

Education
B.Com (Hons) - Bombay University
PG Diploma in Advertising & Public Relations - Rajendra Prasad College of Mass Communication, Bombay.

Experience
Over 42 years in advertising with Clarion, Grant Kenyon & Eckhardt and Anugrah handling a wide variety of consumer, industrial and agri input products.

Positions Held

	Founder and Managing Director of Anugrah Marketing & Advertising Services Pvt. Ltd.
	Past President of Public Relations Society of India, Tamil Nadu Chapter
	Past President - Advertising Club Madras
	Past Chairman - Madras West Round Table No. 10
	Past President - Rotary Club of Madras South
	Ex-member of Executive Committee of Advertising Agencies Association of India
	Secretary - Asian Media Information Centre of India, an NGO with headquarters in Singapore and Managing Director of Ifra India Pvt. Ltd., a Press Development Agency with headquarters in Germany
	Visiting Faculty on Rural Communication at MICA, Ahmedabad and other educational institutions in the South
	President - Rural Marketing Agencies Association of India

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Mr. Sam Balsara
Director - Anugrah Madison
Chairman and Managing Director-Madison Communications, Mumbai

Education
MMS from Bombay University

Experience
Over two decades in marketing and advertising with Sarabhai's, Cadbury's, Contract, Mudra and Madison

Positions Held

	Past President of the Ad Club - Bombay, Member of the Executive Committee, Advertising Agencies Association of India, on board of Governors of Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) and member, NRSC.
	Prominent member of the Indian advertising and marketing community

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R.Seshadri
Managing Director

Experience

	Started career as Trainee Account Executive in 1979 at Clarion Advertising, Bombay, handling multinational accounts like Geoffrey Manners, Richardson Hindustan (now Procter & Gamble) and major national accounts like Vazir Sultan Tobacco (ITC)
	Later moved on to Ulka Advertising, Bombay, and rose to become Group Manager in charge of prestigious clients like Voltas, Godrej, HDFC, Singapore Airlines and Agfa.
	Joined Anugrah in 1988 as Client Service Director
	Member - Executive Committee of Advertising Club - Madras
	Faculty in the diploma course in Advertising conducted by Ad Club - Madras
	Visiting faculty in Rural Marketing / Communication at several leading management institutes in the south.

M.P. Nandakumar
Director

Education
M.A., M.Phil. in Hindi Literature

Experience

	Started career as a journalist editing a Hindi magazine before switching to advertising
	Started advertising career with Grant Kenyon & Eckhardt - Bombay, as language Copy Coordinator handling Indian language copy for Colgate and other multinational clients
	Can conceive campaigns in Hindi and two South Indian languages apart from English
	Two decades in advertising in both Creative and Client Service
	Specialized in agri-input and unconventional rural communications
	With Anugrah since 1986

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