Branquila Brand Ventures, an integrated brand management firm, founded by Sandeep Dahiya, yesterday announced the launch of BrandWIDTH, an advisory board comprising distinguished experts from diverse business verticals.

The panel will play a pivotal role in shaping Branquila’s growth vision, while also offering strategic insights to the company’s partners across industries.

With expertise spanning media, marketing, retail, digital commerce, entertainment and business strategy, according to a company statement, BrandWIDTH brings together some of the most respected names in the Indian industry and include the following:

# Raj Nayak: Founder of House of Cheer and former COO of Viacom18, ex-CEO NDTV Media and ex-EVP Star TV, and one of the most influential figures in the Indian media & entertainment industry.

# Rajesh Kamat : Managing Partner, Emerald Media – KKR’s Asian Media investment platform; former CEO, Colors and ex-COO of Viacom18. He is known for scaling media and entertainment businesses.

# Dr. Anurag Batra : Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of Businessworld Group and exchange4media, who’s also a leading media entrepreneur and business thought leader.

# Vishal Chaddha : Chief Venture Partner, Xelp and former CEO of Internet Business at HT Media. He is an expert in digital transformation, media and tech-driven business growth.

# Sudha Sarin: Former SVP of Power2SME and ex-MD of IPAN Hill & Knowlton, she is a seasoned communications leader with expertise in public relations, corporate strategy and SME growth.

# Jaydeep Shetty: Leadership position in the founding team at Shoppers Stop, held CXO positions in BBC World India, INOX and Central (Future Group) and Founder of  Mineral.

# Anand Kumar: Founder & CEO of Annand Kumaar Films. Well-known director & producer having helmed films such as ‘Delhi Heights’ and ‘Zilla Ghaziabad’.

Talking about the new venture, Dahiya commented, “With BrandWIDTH, we’re adding another layer of expertise, insight, and impact to everything we do. It’s our way of stacking the deck — with extraordinary people who’ve played (and won) the long game, redefined it, and continue to reshape many verticals with their knack of ‘thinking different’.”

BrandWIDTH will serve as a think-tank for Branquila, guiding its expansion, and service innovation, while also offering on-demand strategic support to Branquila’s partners-on-board. The initiative is in line with Branquila’s vision of creating an eco-system of expertise across verticals – to challenge the norms, break the templates and create work that’s driven as much by insight, as by instinct, the statement added.