Nationality India Name Ajay Vidyasagar | Employer Google | |
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Born 1969 India Occupation Regional Director, APAC Known for Management of Media and Entertainment | ||
Interview with ajay vidyasagar
Ajay Vidyasagar (born 1969 in India) is an experienced executive in the TV and online video industry. He studied Economics in the University of Madras and obtained two post-graduate certificates from the Indian School of Business. He is linguistic in English and several Indian languages, namely Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi.
Contents
- Interview with ajay vidyasagar
- Ajay Vidyasagar The Happiness Project Kappa TV
- Career
- Awards
- Presentations
- References
Ajay Vidyasagar - The Happiness Project - Kappa TV
Career
Ajay started as an account manager at Oglivy & Advertising. He progressed quickly to become the President of Star India Pte Ltd and was awarded STAR Employee of the year in 1997, and STAR Achiever of the year in 2002. He then became the Chief Operating Officer of Sun Network in 2009, one of the most profitable broadcaster in Asia. Under his leadership, Sun TV launched successful shows such as Robot, starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan opposite Rajinikanth. Sun Network also joined Network18 Group to form a new distribution company Sun 18 Media Services which today distributes 32 channels in India.
After quitting Sun TV he joined Google as regional head and based out of Singapore since 2011. He is leading its New Product & Solutions function for YouTube and the Google Video Network in the Asia Pacific.
Awards
Presentations
2007, Seven things that shaped the Indian Television Industry, at event by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
2013, Move People to Choose your Brand with Youtube, keynote address at Think with Google in Seoul
2008, India Conference at Harvard Business School