{"id":1634,"date":"2018-03-11T17:50:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T17:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icf.org.in\/?page_id=1634"},"modified":"2018-03-11T17:50:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T17:50:45","slug":"sidharth-rao-ceo-and-co-founder-webchutney","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.binastre.in\/theindianetwork\/sidharth-rao-ceo-and-co-founder-webchutney\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidharth Rao &#8211; CEO and Co-Founder, Webchutney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1634\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1634-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1634-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1634-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"251\" src=\"http:\/\/www.binastre.in\/theindianetwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sidharth-rao.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-1063  attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"sidharth-rao\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.binastre.in\/theindianetwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sidharth-rao.jpg 251w, http:\/\/www.binastre.in\/theindianetwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sidharth-rao-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"panel-1634-0-0-1\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><div class=\"mentor-name\">SIDHARTH RAO<\/div>\n<div class=\"mentor-designation\">CEO and Co-Founder, Webchutney<\/div>\n<p class=\"mentor-popup-description\">Sidharth opted out of regular academia at age 19 to start Webchutney, India's leading digital agency as its cofounder and CEO, Ranked as the number one digital agency for three years in a row by Economic Times Brand Equity, Webchutney works with companies including Coca-Cola, Google, FlipKart, MasterCard, Unilever, Airtel amongst others. In 2013, Webchutney was acquired by Dentsu Aegis Network, one of the largest agency networks globally. Sidharth is a distinguished member of the global digital advisory board at Unilever and has served in the jury of some of the most celebrated advertising festivals in India and around the globe. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mentor-popup-description\">In 2008, he incubated NetworkPlay, which in less than 3 years became the largest brand ad-network. Networkplay was acquired by the publishing division of European media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG in 2012. Sidharth is also an active angel investor in the Indian startup ecosystem.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1634-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1634-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SIDHARTH RAO CEO and Co-Founder, Webchutney Sidharth opted out of regular academia at age 19 to start Webchutney, India&#8217;s leading digital agency as its cofounder and CEO, Ranked as the number one digital agency for three years in a row by Economic Times Brand Equity, Webchutney works with companies including&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1634","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.binastre.in\/theindianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.binastre.in\/theindianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.binastre.in\/theindianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.binastre.in\/theindianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.binastre.in\/theindianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1634"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.binastre.in\/theindianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1636,"href":"http:\/\/www.binastre.in\/theindianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1634\/revisions\/1636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.binastre.in\/theindianetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}