Advisory Category: Advisory Board 2026

Puneet is the Chief Operating Officer of Times Internet, India’s largest digital consumer products organization.

In his career with Times Internet, Puneet has played key roles across multiple initiatives giving him a unique appreciation of both brands’ and publishers’ expectations from the advertising ecosystem.

His team also drives Times Internet’s ad tech platform Colombia, which has its own ad server & DMP, with first party data for more than 525m profiles

Ajit Varghese has joined Madison as Partner and Group CEO, bringing over two decades of experience in building scale and driving transformation across global media, digital, and broadcasting networks.

Most recently, as Head of Revenue – Entertainment & International at JioStar (Reliance Disney JV), Ajit shaped the venture’s $2 billion monetisation strategy across TV, digital, and international markets. He strengthened advertiser confidence in a new ecosystem, unified the commercial narrative under the RACE initiative, and launched innovations such as Connected TV measurement, the JioStarverse influencer platform, and premium sponsorship models. He also spearheaded the monetisation of two ICC World Cups, two IPL seasons, and several marquee sports properties at Disney Star.

Earlier, at WPP’s GroupM, Ajit spent over 15 years in senior leadership roles across India, Asia-Pacific, and the UK—including as Global President, Wavemaker (London) and CEO, Maxus South Asia. He built Maxus into one of India’s largest and most digitally advanced media agencies, driving content-data-solutions integration and scaling operations across markets.

At Madison, Ajit brings this global, cross-sector experience to lead its next phase of growth—anchored in AI-led transformation, platform partnerships, and performance-driven creativity—positioning Madison as a strategic growth partner for modern brands.

Tej Kapoor has 17 years of investing experience in the Private Equity / Venture Capital space. Prior to joining ICICI Venture in May 2024 he was Managing Partner at IvyCap Ventures, where he worked on investments across e-commerce, logistics, content, media, internet, and B2B information sectors. His work experience spans various geographies including the United States of America, India, China, and the United Kingdom.

Tej was the Global Partner at Fosun and Head of Fosun RZ Capital India and South-East Asia and was responsible for investments in India and South-East Asia across Travel, Fin-Tech, Logistics, E- commerce and mobility Sectors. Prior to Fosun, Tej was the Country Head for Daily Mail Group (DMG) of London where he was responsible for overall growth of its India portfolio via investments, acquisitions and organic growth strategy and had also established the Daily Mail India office. Tej has worked with Naspers India as their Strategy head. He held several key positions at AOL in the US and was Sr Manager for AOL’s e-commerce division.

Tej holds a Master’s degree in Business Management from Johnson & Wales University and Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Bangalore University. He also did Executive Education at Wharton Business School.

Bhaskar Ramesh is a growth leader and digital pioneer recognized for building the platforms that define how India consumes media. He has a track record spanning two decades of scaling multi-billion-dollar ecosystems at the intersection of technology, content, and commerce. As the Business Head of Entertainment [Digital] Revenue at JioStar, he is currently redefining the commercial engine for India’s largest OTT platform, JioHotstar. In an era defined by AI and data-led precision, Bhaskar is responsible for building a modern advertising framework that translates massive scale into measurable business outcomes for brands.

A 13-year Google veteran and a core member of their India leadership team, Bhaskar was a primary architect of YouTube’s revenue growth in the region and was a key bridge between traditional businesses & digital transformation journeys in India. He led the monetization and product strategies that transformed YouTube into a dominant media force. His career is marked by many “firsts” — from building Google’s CPG practice from the ground up to pioneering omnichannel digitization strategies for the CPG, Retail, Auto, M&E and Finance sectors.

Recognized as one of IMPACT Magazine’s “Top 40 Under 40,” Bhaskar is a trusted advisor to CXOs navigating AI transformation and also an active angel investor with early stage startups. A frequent keynote speaker at global & India forums, he remains a passionate advocate for how data-driven creativity can revolutionize the future of streaming and commerce.

He is an alumnus of SP Jain Institute of Management & Research & also recipient of Highly commendable award for Post Graduate Leadership at AMBA & BGA 2026 global awards.

Medhavi Singh is the Country Head for Criteo India. She is responsible for driving growth and strategic partnerships while strengthening Criteo’s new and existing partnership with advertisers and agencies in India.

Prior to Criteo, Medhavi started her journey with Google where she worked across three different markets – US, UK and India, and across 3 different verticals – Travel, E-commerce and FMCG. She then joined Criteo where she has worked for over 6 years starting off as an Account strategist, quickly rising to Head of Large Customers Business and now leading the India business.

Taranjeet Kaur is the Head of Media, Digital & PR at Tata Global beverages. She is responsible for media planning and buying, digital & content, brand PR, media agency management and capability building. With more than 14 years of rich media experience across different agencies and corporates like Nielsen, RKS BBDO, OMD, GSK, RB, Piramal Healthcare.

A post graduate from SIMC, Pune ,she was the winner of Cannes Media Lions 2008 and was recognized with Business excellence award for Sensodyne, Crocin and Iodex in GSK. She led the most awarded media innovations for GSK ,VISA & RB and set the bar high for the industry.

She has consulted few start-ups and corporates and help set up media ground for them.

An avid traveller, photographer, Taranjeet spends most of her time reading and watching videos about diverse topics and cultures where she can gather some new consumer insights and behavior.