Spark

About the Book Twenty-four profiles and perspectives from the pioneers of the Indian PR industry. Sunil Agarwal. Atul Ahluwalia. Madan Bahal. Manisha Chaudhary. Kunal Kishore Sinha. Dilip Cherian. Rajiv Desai. Sunil Gautam. Aman Gupta. Shivani Gupta. Vineet Handa. Archana Jain. Ashish Jalan. Zacharia James. Samir Kale. Bobby Kewalramani. Nikhil Khanna. Nandita Lakshmanan. Gaurav Patra. Roger Pereira. Bela Rajan. N. Sundar Rajan. Prema Sagar. Rishi Seth. Everyone associated with the field of public relations is familiar with these names. They are the pioneers of the PR business, and they are the ones who have shaped it into what it is today. In Spark: Stories and Insights from India's Public Relations Pioneers, editors Amith Prabhu and Sarika Chavan have compiled the profiles of twenty-four PR senior professionals. Each essay describes their tryst with the profession, their take on the evolution of PR consultancy and what they see as the future of the business, as well as the skills and serendipity that led to their success. A must-read for every PR professional and enthusiast. About the Editors Amith Prabhu is a pioneering Public Relations and reputation management professional with over twenty years of experience. He has worked in India and in the USA at leading marketing communication companies. He is the co-founder of India's only weekend offsite summit for the profession, PRAXIS. He serves on the international board of the Global Alliance (GA). He is the founding dean at the School of Communications & Reputation (SCoRe) in Mumbai. He has a postgraduate degree in Public Relations and communication management from Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication. He lives in Gurgaon. Sarika Chavan is the founder of Sparkle Gift Cards and is the director of social impact at The PRomise Foundation. She is a Public Relations professional with over nineteen years of work experience. Her last stint was at Weber Shandwick Mumbai, where she was vice president - client experience. Previously she was employed at Adfactors PR, Text100 (now Archetype) and Perfect Relations. She writes the longest-running monthly book review column. She has a postgraduate diploma from the Xavier Institute of Communications. She lives in Mumbai.