Google India’s corporate division is presently seeing a lot of changes. A few days ago, Google India’s Managing Director Rajan Anadan stepped out of his role after serving for eight years. Now, the company’s industry-agency relationship will be headed by another new entity, Mayuri Kango. Kango has been previously working with Publicis Groupe as the Managing Director in Performics. She is also a former Bollywood actress.
Mayuri Kango is most famously known for her roles in popular Bollywood films from the late 1990s. Her most memorable role is credited to Papa Kehte Hain (1996), in which she was popularly known as the girl from the song Ghar se nikalti hi. The actress also worked in the popular Nation Award-winning film Naseem in 1995. Kango is also known to be part of several other Bollywood films such as Betaabi (1997), Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet(1999), Papa the Great (2000) and Badal (2000).
Kango has also worked in a lot of daily soaps. She eventually quit her acting career in 2003 after getting married to NRI Aditya Dhillon. She move dto the US and completed her MBA degree from City University of New York-Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business. She is known to start her work in the field of marketing with 360i as an Associate Media Manager.
Kango later moved to India and settled in Gurgaon with her child and started working with Publicis Groupe. And now, she’s just joined Google India as the Industry Head. She will be looking at all the partnerships with DAN and Publicis Groupe.
In an interview to IANS, Mayuri Kango was quoted saying, "I am super excited to be part of Google and lead partnerships with DAN and Publicis. I am looking forward to applying my experience of over a decade in the industry in the agency realm to grow these partnerships further. It is a wonderful opportunity to be part of this incredible team and I am looking forward to the next phase of my professional life."
Google is looking to strengthen its brand presence in India lately with elaborate marketing campaigns. The Google Assistant is frequently advertised on TV and other media. Google is also expected to announce its new affordable Pixel 3a devices in India soon and kango’s involvement in the marketing team of Google India could certainly be of major help.
