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Riddhi Vyas

Riddhi Vyas

Mumbai

Summary

With over 15 years of experience in public relations, corporate and policy communications, public policy advocacy, integrated and strategic communications, senior leadership communication, corporate PR, digital engagement, social media, brand management, employer branding, CSR, events, IP creation, and sustainability campaigns—spanning diverse sectors including multinational corporations, Indian conglomerates, and unicorn.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Director - Policy Communications

Dream Sports / Dream11
Mumbai
09.2024 - Current

Policy Agenda: Drive the policy agenda to target stakeholders mainly Government (Central & State) & Govt bodies.

Strategic Media Partnerships: Handle large format media partnerships (Network18, Times Group, Indian Express) - Curating IPs, Events, Narrative Building Initiatives

Advocacy-led Comms: Addressing Perception Challenges:

  • Reinforcing that Fantasy Sports is a Game of Skill
  • Positioning Dream Sports as a leading sports-tech firm
  • Promoting Responsible Gaming
  • Leveraging Dream Sports Foundation to showcase Social Good

Industry Bodies: Collaborating with industry bodies like IAMAI (Event: IGC), Think tanks (IndiaTech), Academia institutes (IIM B, RRU) to launch Whitepaper, Research Reports, etc. and drive their amplification

Federation: Strengthen policy comm agenda via the federation entity - FIFS - driving their PR, social media, and curating events & IPs (like FIFS Sports Data Gameathon)

Media Relations & Intelligence: Build robust media network to enable intelligence gathering, advocacy, and wider access.

General Manager - Corporate Communications

Vodafone Idea Limited
Mumbai
02.2021 - 09.2024
  • Managing corporate reputation of the Company and driving our narrative across media and social.
  • Supporting all business verticals and functions to communicate our key messaging and build visibility for the brand.
  • Handling crises communication and ensuring our perspective is communicated to stakeholders at large.
  • Mapping competition and taking immediate action to counter relevant initiatives
  • Building relationships with key media, influencers etc.
  • To align with business objectives and ensuring targeted outcomes.
  • Large Projects: India Mobile Congress 2021, 2022 & 2023; Launch of 5G in India; Largest FPO in the Indian Market; Crises Communication

Assistant Vice President

Piramal Capital & Housing Finance
04.2019 - 02.2021
  • Handling end-to-end communication strategy for the company including PR, Social etc.
  • In addition, communication strategy for Pharma and Piramal Glass business
  • Other Group Projects: Internal Events, Crises Management etc

Sr. Manager - Corporate Communication

Piramal Group
02.2018 - 03.2019
  • Communication Strategy for the financial service business mainly Piramal Capital & Housing Finance
  • Integrated Approach: PR, Social Media, Design & Branding, Content
  • Strategy & Planning for Piramal Group & sub-entities

Sr Manager

Piramal Group
03.2012 - 08.2017
  • Communication Strategy: Responsible for formulating and executing communication strategy (external & internal) for all the entities within Piramal Group
  • Messaging: Developing key messages at Group level & for all the business units and ensuring its delivery across all communication dissemination
  • Influencer Engagement: Building strong relationships with media and other influencers across sectors such as financial services, real estate, healthcare/OTC etc.
  • Social Media & Digital: Content strategy & execution for various social media platforms and launching digital platforms such as websites etc.
  • Stakeholder Management: Multi-modal outreach across all stakeholder levels via events, newsletters, magazine, corporate videos, brand collaterals etc.

Senior Account Executive

Odyssey Corporation Ltd
03.2011 - 03.2012
  • Event Management & Promotion: Organizing and promoting events across various cities such as film launches, artist shows etc.
  • Building Intellectual Properties: Working with various artists to explore avenues such as shows, concerts etc. Eg: Jagjit Singh Ghazal Symphony
  • Real Estate Consultancy: Handling various developer's portfolio for marketing and PR advisory

Account Executive

MSL India
03.2009 - 02.2011

- Real Estate Vertical: Core member for building the real estate PR vertical across cities

- Consultancy: Marquee clients such as Knight Frank, Sunteck Realty among others

- Process System: Building the SOPs for the team and initiating new systems & process

Education

Master - Commerce

University Of Mumbai
Mumbai, India
04.2010

PGD - Public Relation & Corporate Communication

Xavier Institute of Communication
Mumbai
04.2009

Bachelors - Mass Media

Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management
Mumbai
04.2008

Skills

Strategic Communications

B2G, B2B, B2C

IP Conceptualisation

Crisis Management

Stakeholder Management

Reputation Building

Accomplishments

PR and Corp Comm 40 under 40 2022 Club - Exchange for Media (e4m)

40 Young Turks | Class of 2020 - Reputation Today

Timeline

Director - Policy Communications

Dream Sports / Dream11
09.2024 - Current

General Manager - Corporate Communications

Vodafone Idea Limited
02.2021 - 09.2024

Assistant Vice President

Piramal Capital & Housing Finance
04.2019 - 02.2021

Sr. Manager - Corporate Communication

Piramal Group
02.2018 - 03.2019

Sr Manager

Piramal Group
03.2012 - 08.2017

Senior Account Executive

Odyssey Corporation Ltd
03.2011 - 03.2012

Account Executive

MSL India
03.2009 - 02.2011

Master - Commerce

University Of Mumbai

PGD - Public Relation & Corporate Communication

Xavier Institute of Communication

Bachelors - Mass Media

Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management
Riddhi Vyas