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Principal, Shripad Kulkarni and Associates

SIGNAL-LED MEDIA PLANNING?blur=25

Vinod Thadani, CGO, Dentsu Media Group & CEO, iProspect, speaks with Shripad Kulkarni on the death of demographic planning, the rise of behavioural signals — and why the brief must now decide the mix

Shripad Kulkarni May 29, 2026 8:52 AM

UNIFIED MEDIA MEASUREMENT?blur=25

Puneet Avasthi, Director, Kantar, speaks with Shripad Kulkarni on Media Compass — India’s first unified currency across traditional and digital media — and what it reveals about Indian media landscape

Shripad Kulkarni May 26, 2026 7:57 AM

Media Effectiveness & Brand Growth?blur=25

Rajiv Dubey, Vice President, Head of Media & Experiential, Dabur India, speaks with Shripad Kulkarni on Four media universes, a broken measurement system, and managing complexity to drive brand growth

Shripad Kulkarni May 19, 2026 8:31 AM

Raghavendra Katte | Shripad Kulkarni?blur=25

Raghavendra Katte, AVP Media, Jyothy Labs, speaks with Shripad Kulkarni on the 80/20 digital-physical paradox — and why 40% digital sales in premium metro FMCG signals a key transition

Shripad Kulkarni May 16, 2026 9:34 AM

Priya Choudhary x Shripad Kulkarni?blur=25

Priya Choudhary, Director, Business Solutions & Insights, Google India, speaks with Shripad Kulkarni on the non-linear consumer reshaping rules, why every comm. must earn its place with a clear job

Shripad Kulkarni May 14, 2026 9:07 AM

Pawan Sarda x Shripad Kulkarni?blur=25

Pawan Sarda, Marketing & Sales Leader, in conversation with Shripad Kulkarni on why the performance obsession is scary — and why the 1-to-100 journey is not the same as 100-to-1000

Shripad Kulkarni May 12, 2026 8:33 AM

Nikesh Ghosh, Offbeat Origins, Shripad Kulkarni?blur=25

Nikesh Ghosh, Co-founder, Offbeat Origins, in conversation with Shripad Kulkarni on why Gen AI has changed economics of creative production & why the sequence in which you use it determines everything

Shripad Kulkarni May 9, 2026 2:22 PM

L.V. Krishnan | Shripad Kulkarni?blur=25

L.V. Krishnan, CEO, TAM Media Research, in conversation with Shripad Kulkarni on the ecosystem architecture needed to manage the funnel that collapsed into one device—and the 650,000+ brand explosion

Shripad Kulkarni May 7, 2026 8:42 AM

Laxmi Shetty | Shripad Kulkarni?blur=25

Laxmi Shetty, ex Head of Sales, Broadcast & Digital, ZEEL, speaks with Shripad Kulkarni on how insights, cultural depth, technology are architecture of linear TV’s lead, & foundation of its second act

Shripad Kulkarni May 5, 2026 8:34 AM

Kartik Sharma-Shripad Kulkarni?blur=25

Kartik Sharma, Group CEO, Omnicom Media India, speaks to Shripad Kulkarni on why attribution is not a science problem — it is a courage problem

Shripad Kulkarni May 2, 2026 8:56 AM

K. Ramakrishnan | Shripad Kulkarni?blur=25

K. Ramakrishnan, MD, Worldpanel by Numerator, speaks with Shripad Kulkarni on how individual baskets and quick commerce have rewritten the rules of FMCG buying — and what it means for every media plan

Shripad Kulkarni Apr 30, 2026 4:46 PM

Deepali Naair | Shripad Kulkarni?blur=25

Deepali Naair, Global Head of Brand, Mktg & Corp Comms, Biocon, speaks with Shripad Kulkarni on GenAI, collapse of the strategy-execution divide — & why the principles of mktg have never mattered more

Shripad Kulkarni Apr 28, 2026 7:58 AM

Akshay Gurnani | Shripad Kulkarni?blur=25

Akshay Gurnani, Founder, The Cofoundry and Co-founder, Schbang, tells Shripad Kulkarni how AI is collapsing the cost of creativity, & why the most powerful unit in mktg today is a nimble team of four

Shripad Kulkarni Apr 25, 2026 8:02 AM

Ajay Gupte | Shripad Kulkarni?blur=25

Ajay Gupte, senior media industry leader, in conversation with Shripad Kulkarni on the performance trap, the ad stock that quietly disappeared —and why what is coming next is, in his own words, sci-fi

Shripad Kulkarni Apr 23, 2026 8:22 AM

MatheMedia Podcast?blur=25

Starting today, we will be running a series curated by Shripad Kulkarni, based on his conversations with industry leaders - 100 min of conversation per leader, recorded for the MatheMedia Podcast

Shripad Kulkarni Apr 21, 2026 8:31 AM

Dr Annurag Batra, A&M, MatheMedia Podcast, Shripad Kulkarni?blur=25

Dr Annurag Batra speaks on the structural reset reshaping Indian A&M on the MatheMedia Podcast, curated and structured by Shripad Kulkarni

Shripad Kulkarni Feb 20, 2026 8:44 AM

India A&M Report 2026?blur=25

Drawing on a 25-year vantage point at the centre of India’s Advertising and Marketing ecosystem, the report reframes industry churn as a leadership question

Shripad Kulkarni Feb 12, 2026 6:00 PM