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ABP’s Dinesh Jain decides to move on
Dinesh Jain has been working as vice-president, marketing, since 203. He has put in his papers to pursue a career in the service industry
Dinesh Jain, who joined the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group (ABP Group) as vice-president, marketing, in 2003 has decided to move on. He has already put in his papers at the media company and will complete his tenure by the end of next week.
Jain joined the Kolkata-based media group as vice-president, marketing. His role was to understand the nature of the business and meet the needs of advertisers. The focus was to help the company achieve significant growth.
Dinesh Jain |
Jain acquired a postgraduate in international business from IIFT in 1986. In the same year, he joined HUL (then HLL), and spent 13 years at the company in various capacities, and in sectors such as exports, beverages, food and detergents. During this period, he also worked on a global assignment in Arabia for Unilever. Prior to joining ABP, Jain had a fast-track career and rose to become managing director of Highland Distillers for India and area countries.
Jain is all set to join a service industry in the lifestyle and entertainment sector. He will join the company as executive vice-president.
“I have decided to pursue other interests and a fresh challenge in life. I leave it to my future company to make an announcement,” is all that Jain is willing to reveal right now.