DAC meets Dikshit, discusses opportunities to increase Delhi’s presence in advertising world

Excelsior Correspondent

HS Paul and Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit during a meeting at New Delhi on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI, Sept 4: Delhi Advertising Club (DAC) led by its President, HS Paul today met Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi and discussed opportunities to partner together to increase Delhi’s presence in the advertising world.
HS Paul (Daily Excelsior), President, Delhi Advertising Club (DAC) while speaking said that according to industry estimates, India is the 12th largest advertising market in the world and the fourth fastest growing market on advertising grounds.
If advertisers spend around Rs 35,000 crore in India, Delhi contributes to roughly 30 per cent with release orders to the tune of around Rs 10,000 crore being signed out of Delhi. As such, we seek the Government’s support to take decisive steps towards making Delhi the Mecca of Indian advertising”, Paul added.
Paul also placed a formal request for Government support for premises of the Club.
HS Paul was accompanied by Vice President, Vijay Chopra (Interads), secretary Kailash Arora (Tarun Bharat), senior joint secretary Jatinder Pal Singh (Chardikala), joint secretary Annoop Joshii (Sail), treasurer KK Malhotra (K’s Advtg) and other senior members like Dr Ajit Pathak (Indian Oil Corporation), Sushil Pandit (The Hive), Chander Mohan (Jupiter), Surinder Rana (Shakti Bhoog), Naresh Sachdeva (Niyati Comm.), SK Babbar (LNJ Bhilwara), T Sriram Gopal (Alaknanda), Chabi Roy Gupta                   (BEI Confluence), Ruby Sinha (Kommune), Rinu Jha (Kommune) and Sharan Paul (Mediamind Associates).