Agenda · 28 July 2026 · CMOs' Charcha Kolkata 2026
Agenda

The Day at CMOs' Charcha – Kolkata 2026

East Code: Marketing to 400M, at AI Speed — a full day of keynotes, panels and fireside chats with the East's marketing leaders.

28 July 2026 The LaLiT Great Eastern, Kolkata 9:00 AM onwards
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9:00 AM
Registration
10:00 AM
Opening Address
Bijoya Ghosh
Founder & CEO · Adgully
10:30 – 10:45 AM
Keynote
Anirban Banerjee
Chief Executive Officer · Eveready Industries India Ltd.
10:45 – 11:00 AM
Keynote
Udit Verma
Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer · Trackier
11:00 – 11:30 AM
Keynote
To be Announced
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Panel Discussion

Brands Moving Towards Attention As A Metric To Measure Campaign Success

Chair / Moderator Lawrence Suchitha — Vice President – Growth & Strategy · Teamology Softech and Media Services Pvt. Ltd.
  • Durga Bhattacharya
    Senior Business Director · Mindshare
  • Harshit Agrawal
    Head of Marketing · Aviva India
  • Hiren Shah
    Founder & Managing Director · Vertoz
  • Kumar Satyaki
    Joint Managing Director · Eden Realty
  • Sanjeev Dassani
    Founder & Partner · YUWEUS
  • Shantanu Banerjee
    Head of Marketing · Dollar Industries Ltd.
  • Sushant Chopra
    Director – India Sales · Hybrid
12:00 – 12:30 PM
Panel Discussion

AI In Advertising: Why The East Is Emerging As An Innovation Hub

Chair / Moderator Ritusmita Biswas — Founder & Director · SDB Digital Brandz Pvt. Ltd.; Founder & Chief Communications Strategist · Tericom PR
  • Gourav Sinha
    Senior Retail Marketing Manager · Xiaomi India
  • Kunal Bose
    Managing Director · Intellectua Marketing Services Pvt. Ltd.
  • Manish Sharma
    President · Arena India
  • Mouli Neogi
    COO & Co-founder · Socio Street Advertising
  • Pranay Punjabi
    Founder & CEO · XECH Technologies
  • Shekhar Bhattacharjee
    Founder · Edstead
  • Subhro Sarkar
    AVP & Head – Group Brand & Communications · Ambuja Neotia
  • Suvam Dhar
    AVP Marketing – East · HDFC Bank
12:30 – 12:45 PM
Keynote
Mohit Joshi
CEO · Havas Media Network India
12:45 – 1:00 PM
Report Launch
1:00 – 1:30 PM
Fireside Chat

Building To Scale: Taking The East To The Rest

Chair / Moderator Uday Mohan — Chief Operating Officer · Havas Media & Arena India
  • Himanshu Saxena
    Managing Director · BBH India; President (North & East) · Saatchi & Saatchi and Propagate
  • Maneesh Mishra
    Chief Product and Marketing Officer · Bandhan Life
1:30 – 2:30 PM
Lunch
2:30 – 3:10 PM
Panel Discussion

Culture, Commerce And The Kolkata Consumer

Chair / Moderator Jalaluddin Mondal — Chief Executive Officer · Limina Consumer Lab
  • Archana Aggarwal
    Chief Growth Officer · Havas Media Network India
  • Gulrez Alam
    Founder & CEO · Teamology Softech And Media Services Pvt. Ltd.
  • Mimi Deb
    COO · Madison Media
  • Promita Saha
    Vice President · Karukrit
  • Shivam Agarwal
    Head of Marketing & Strategy · Doctors' Choice (A BBRL Brand)
3:15 – 4:00 PM
Panel Discussion

Creator Economy 2.0: From Influencers To Business Builders

Chair / Moderator Shubho Sengupta — Marketing & Communications Advisor to Government, Brands & Non-Profits
  • Aishwarya Biswas
    Founder · Auli Active Ayurveda
  • Debarshi Chakravorti
    Vice President, Business Planning · Omnicom Media's Interactive Avenues
  • Indrajit Lahiri
    Founder, Foodka; Co-founder, Eastern Staple; Author, Entrepreneur & Cultural Storyteller · Hungrybaaj Media
  • Prof. Dr. Sujoy Kumar Biswas
    Director & CEO · Techno India University
  • RJ Praveen
    Content Creator · Digital N Beyond Pvt. Ltd.
  • Roopali Sharma
    President – North & East · Havas Media India
  • Siddhantt Khemani
    Head of E-Commerce · Bazaar Style Retail Ltd.
4:00 – 4:30 PM
Keynote

Eastern Adscape: Cross-Media & Festive Advertising Trends

Nitin Kamat
Chief Growth & Partnerships Officer · TAM Media Research; President · Market Research Society of India
4:30 – 5:00 PM
Fireside Chat

Behind The Scenes: 7 Years Of Ultratech 7 Wonders

  • Aanton Mookherjee
    Founder & Partner · YUWEUS
  • Samrat Sengupta
    Vice President – Brand Building · UltraTech Cement
5:00 – 5:30 PM
Fireside Chat
Chair / Moderator Shubho Sengupta — Marketing & Communications Advisor · Government, Brands & Non-Profits
  • Meghdut Roy Choudhury
    Techno India
  • Saira Shah Halim
    Author & Activist
  • Soumik Sen
    Film Director
5:30 – 6:00 PM
Fireside Chat

Creative Precision – The Missing Link Of Performance

Chair / Moderator Samrat Mukherjee — VP · Madison Media; Founder · Crow's Nest; Hon. Secretary · Advertising Club Calcutta
  • Anirban Banerjee
    Interim CEO · flutrr
  • L. Muralikrishnan
    CMO & Co-founder · Wow! Momo
  • Nipun Kochar
    Founder & CEO · Jewellbox
  • Yash Sarawagi
    Founder · Kisah Apparel
6:00 – 6:30 PM
Fireside Chat

Brand Building Has Moved To Social - Has Your Strategy?

Chair / Moderator L. Muralikrishnan — CMO & Co-founder · Wow! Momo
  • Anisha Motwani
    Founder · QED
  • Ankit Saraf
    Founder · Meraqi Digital
  • Paromita Ghosh
    Director · Candid by Paromita (CBP)
  • Shweta Kaushal
    Founder · Creator Cult

Agenda is subject to change. Timings are indicative.