Chintamani Rao
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Location | New Delhi, India |
| Introduction | Chintamani Rao is a Strategic Marketing and Media Consultant with top leadership experience at Ogilvy and Mather, McCann Worldgroup, and The Times of India Group. With nearly 30 years of profit centre leadership across diverse corporate cultures, he has built and led large, multidisciplinary teams. A specialist in brand and market strategy, he has advised clients across sectors including automotive, finance, food, healthcare, personal care, apparel, travel, and corporate brands. He led three of India’s major TV news channels. As CEO, he steered India TV to strong market presence; at Times Global Broadcasting, he grew Times NOW to leadership and launched ET NOW. He played a key role in media policy and regulation, serving on the boards of IBF, NBA, BARC, MRUC and AAAI, and on the TAM Transparency Panel. He retired as Vice Chairman of Times Global Broadcasting and Advisor to Times Private Treaties. Now an independent consultant, he is a noted commentator and speaker. He has published two books: Making Marketing Music, and Take It from Me…. |

