Speaker(s)
Rajiv Dingra
Rajiv Dingra – Founder & CEO of WATMedia Pvt Ltd plays dual roles of a Social Media Consultant at WATConsult and a Chief Blogger at WATBlog.com. Rajiv has been a digital media analyst and evangelist for the last 5 years. In 2006 he launched WATBlog.com which today is a leading blog on digital media in India. WATBlog is proud to be awarded the Best Blog of 2009 by Exchange4Media group at the Indian Digital Media Awards. He has also setup a social media agency, WATConsult, in 2007. Over the last 3 years WATConsult has serviced over 30 large brands across India, US and UK and is a fast growing unit with 2 offices in Mumbai.
Rajiv is an extremely well known speaker and has been part of several panel discussions on digital media and telecom in India. He is on the jury of The Bees Awards (San Francisco) granting recognition to the best of the Social Media practices of the year. He has been a speaker at various events like the Digital Media Conclave, Yahoo Digital Media event, Eximus – IIM Bangalore event, Social media evolution event organized by the Social Media Club – Mumbai & has even shared the same space with speakers like Ashish Gupta – Helion Ventures, Mahesh Murthy – Pinstorm, Sarayu Srinivasan – Director Intel Capital etc. He has also moderated various WATBlog Panels and networking events for WATBlog Wednesdays. His expertise lies in topics relating to the Digital media space in India.
Rajiv is also an active promoter of the entrepreneurship culture in India and has been part of several entrepreneurship forums. He has been a speaker, mentor and advisor to ECell’s across premiere institutes like IIM’s, IIT’s and Jai Hind College.
Rajiv can be reached at:
Email – rajiv@watconsult.com
Twitter – rajivdingra
Facebook – rajivdingra
Ekalavya Bhattacharya
Ekalavya Bhattacharya - Sr. Manager (Zapak.com), Social Media, Social Gaming
“I’ve got digital media running in my blood,” says Ekalavya Bhattacharya.
Ekalavya started his career in a dotcom startup PaGaLGuY.com. A year later he joined Rajiv Dingra to set up WAT Consult, the consulting arm of WAT Media. He moved on to Contests2win.com as the Product Head there and in his latest avatar he can be seen executing Social Games and charting out social communication strategies for brands at Zapak.com
Schooled across India because of an Army background, exposed him to meeting a lot of people. After finishing off his graduation in Biotechnology from Pune University he literally ran away from home to join a web startup.
“I’ve been building and hacking websites since my school days.” A graduate in Biotechnology from Pune University he jokes, “Biotechnology is what helped me understand the basics of viral marketing.”
Zaeem Mirza – Digital Marketing Strategist
Having worked with top technology, advertising, and media companies including Communicate 2, AmoebaCom & Google, Zaeem gets excited about new briefs and deadlines.
In his previous employments, he’s had the fortune of working on key accounts like Mercedes, Ebay, Harley Davidson, Sony, and so on. At Google, he has had the fortune of working on Google AdWords, Google Local, Google Maps, and Google Business Solutions.
His passion to educate himself allows him to take sessions on brand management, direct marketing, advertising and account management at graduate and post-graduate colleges including Jai Hind, SIES, KC, St. Xavier’s, and so on. He says that I learn more when I teach.
Zaeem graduated in mass media management from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai with a university rank. That plus a post graduation in advertising management from MICA notwithstanding, he harbours a secret desire to create digital entrepreneurs out of every individual.
