Education
He studied Economics in the University of Madras and obtained two post-graduate certificates from the Indian School of Business.
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Ajay Vidyasagar
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He is linguistic in English and several Indian languages, namely Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi. Ajay started as an account manager at Oglivy & Advertising. He progressed quickly to become the President of Star India Pte Limited 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 television 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 television 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.
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.
Achievements
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Employee of the year at STAR India-1997 STAR Achiever of the year- 2002 Winner of the “ Entrepreneur of the year” for corporate innovation and creativity in the India brand summit in 2006 Media Marketer of the year in 2006 for the record breaking launch of India’s most successful television show ‘Kaun Banaega Crorepati’ 2, Indian version of” Who wants to be a Millionaire”.
Awards
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Employee of the year at STAR India-1997 STAR Achiever of the year- 2002 Winner of the “ Entrepreneur of the year” for corporate innovation and creativity in the India brand summit in 2006 Media Marketer of the year in 2006 for the record breaking launch of India’s most successful TV show ‘Kaun Banaega Crorepati’ 2, Indian version of” Who wants to be a Millionaire”Employee of the year at STAR India-1997 STAR Achiever of the year- 2002 Winner of the “ Entrepreneur of the year” for corporate innovation and creativity in the India brand summit in 2006 Media Marketer of the year in 2006 for the record breaking launch of India’s most successful TV show ‘Kaun Banaega Crorepati’ 2, Indian version of” Who wants to be a Millionaire”