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TK HARSHAN
harshan@stark.in |
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Current Role
Chairman, Stark Communications Pvt Ltd, with offices in Bangalore, Chennai, Trivandrum and Kochi;
India’s leading tourism marketing and
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Chairman of The Stark Group since inception. The Stark Group comprises Stark Communications,
Stark World Publishing, Stark Expo, Stark Tourism Forum and starkwebworks |
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Harshan, is the founder-Chairman, and was till recently Managing Director of Stark Communications, the nucleus around which The Stark Group has developed.
A tourism marketing specialist, Harshan has been deeply involved in the marketing of tourist destinations such as Kerala, Karnataka, Bahrain and Sharjah. |
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Experience |
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Over 30 years in advertising, public relations and publishing in diverse markets like Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Trivandrum, Kochi, Bahrain
and Dubai in advertising agencies such as Lintas (now Lowe), Contract (JWT), Mudra (DDB), Stark and Pinnacle. Closely involved in servicing leading brands of Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, Chartered Bank, Grindlays, Federal Bank, Technopark, Kerala Tourism,Karnataka Tourism, Bahrain Tourism, Sharjah Commerce & Tourism Development Authority etc… |
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Founded and established successful advertising agencies in India, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates |
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Was involved in the marketing of major tourist destinations such as Kerala, Karnataka, Bahrain and Sharjah. Represented Bahrain Tourism, Sharjah Tourism, Kerala Tourism and Karnataka Tourism at international tourism trade fairs such as ITB-Berlin, Bit-Milan, WTM-London, ATM-Dubai, CITM-Shanghai, Matka Resa-Helsinki… |
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Has been on the Board of Directors of Pinnacle Advertising, Bahrain and Sharjah, EMO Paris and Gem & Jewellery magazine, Bangkok amongst others. |
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Written for publications such as Economic Times, Business India etc. |
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Has been Visiting Faculty and University Examiner for the MBA and MCJ Programmes of the University of Kerala as well as for Communications programmes of the Institute of Journalism, Trivandrum and the Public Relations Society of India. |
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Recognitions |
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Credited with leading the advertising agency team that re-positioned Kerala as God’s Own Country; spearheaded the initial brand-building of Kerala when it was still a little-known destination and has been closely involved with the brand across the past two decades. |
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Winner of the Pothen Joseph National Medal For Writing and the KM Cherian Memorial Gold Medal For Editing.
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Education |
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MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur, 1978; Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism from the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai, 1976 |
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BA (Economics, with Econometrics and Mathematical Economics as subsidiaries), University of Kerala, Trivandrum |
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