Real estate platform Housing.com has appointed Nikhil Rungta as its Chief Marketing Officer. A marketing veteran with over 20 years of experience, Rungta had earlier worked with companies such as Reliance Jio, Google and McCann Erickson.

Prior to Housing.com, Nikhil was the Senior Vice-President, Marketing, at Reliance Jio, and he was the first CMO for Google in India, where he held that position for four years. He had also played key roles at start-ups like Yebhi and Yatra.com.

“Rungta is one of India’s leading marketers who has achieved remarkable success during his career. For the last two decades, he has worked in leadership roles across sales, marketing and e-commerce with both multinationals and start-ups. He has a deep understanding of the Indian consumer market and has used a mix of traditional marketing and digital media to grow world-class businesses and brands from the ground up,” said Jason Kothari, Chief Business Officer at Housing.com.

Rungta was named as one of the ‘50 Most Talented CMOs in India’ at the World Brand Congress in 2013. He had also received multiple awards at Google, including the prestigious Google Founders Award and Platinum Award for Marketing.

rajesh.kurup@thehindu.co.in

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