Mr Balu Nayar

KANDO id: 41377

Bio

He brings over 20 years of experience spanning media, marketing and business development. Prior to co-founding the Morpheus Media Fund, he was Managing Director of IMG India and played a key role in the conceptualization, business modeling and monetization of the IPL. He was earlier associated with Yahoo as Regional Director for Yahoo’s Connected Life businesses across India, South-East Asia & Australia, prior to which he was the APAC Marketing and Business Development Director for the business. Prior to Yahoo, he headed Hutchison Telecom’s VAS division and was instrumental in building the sector in India. In addition to incubating numerous start-ups, he led the acquisition of mobile gaming firm by a Hutchison group company. Prior to joining Hutchison Telecom, he set up the marketing division at STAR TV, in addition to business development operations related to STAR TV's Internet initiatives in India and in the launch of DTH television services in India. IIT Kharagpur and IIM Bangalore.

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