Ruchira Kanwal and Madhurita Sengupta join BCCL (The Times of India)

Ruchira Kanwal has joined Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd (The Times of India) as Business Head – 1838.

Ruchira has over 20 years of experience building and scaling premium brands across fashion, weddings, travel, and hospitality. Most recently, she served as Business Head at RPSG Media. Prior to that, Ruchira held leadership roles at Condé Nast India. She began her career with The Oberoi Group, building a strong foundation in luxury hospitality, premium customer engagement, and relationship management.

In her new role, she will be responsible for shaping and growing the 1838 business from the ground up — working closely with internal stakeholders to build an integrated ecosystem spanning community, events, media, magazines, partnerships, and experiences, while establishing 1838 as a distinctive cultural platform and a scalable premium business for BCCL.

Madhurita Sengupta has joined as Head - ET Product, Marketing & Events, in The Economic Times Brand at Bennette Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times of India).

Madhurita is a marketing and business leader with over two decades of experience across financial services, technology and telecommunications. Prior to joining BCCL, Madhurita was the Chief Marketing Officer at JioBlackRock Investment Advisers.

Earlier, she headed Digital Sales for the SMB Business at Amazon Web Services (India & SAARC). She has also held leadership positions at DBS Bank, Vodafone India and HSBC.

As Head - ET Product, Marketing & Events in The Economic Times Brand, Madhurita will lead the conceptualisation, development, marketing & execution of high impact Products & Events, including creation & scaling of new, differentiated monetisation of products. she will continue to drive brand growth, enhance reader engagement and strengthen advertiser relationships through innovative marketing strategies.