Synovate is re-locating UK Head of Business Services Mick Gordon to India to take on overall management responsibility for its offices and operations in the country from September. More

Synovate India has promoted Paru Minocha to Executive Director with responsibility for overall management of its India business. Former MD Alok Shanker will be on leave until next April, and then hopes to take up a new role within the group. More

Synovate Healthcare has launched The Synovate Healthcare India Oncology Monitor, which it says is the first of its kind in the country. More

Synovate has made senior hires for its Delhi and Mumbai offices. Jaisy Desai will head up qualitative research for the Western Indian market, and Meeta Luthra, Deepak Dasila and Sumit Arora join at AD and Senior Project Director levels. More

In Mumbai, Synovate has appointed Mulraj Gala as Finance Head, Sanskrati Sail as Head of HR and re-hired Pranay Dankedar as Senior Project Director in its quant research division. More

Synovate has appointed Uday Kagal as head of operations in Mumbai, its largest branch office in India, with responsibility for new sector forays and revenue generation. His previous employers include (ORG) MARG, TNS Dubai and HSBC. More

Synovate India has recruited Sarabjit Singh, previously of DHL Worldwide Australia, as an Associate Director. At DHL, Singh was responsible for research and planning for the Oceania region. More

The latest results from Synovate’s PAX survey reveal that Asia's wealthiest consumers are spending more on high-end products than last year, funded by a big increase in income and an even bigger rise in borrowing on cards. More

Synovate has bought Asian youth trend research agency The Filter Group, of which it previously owned 25%. Filter will form part of the company’s new global youth specialist unit, Synovate YC, and its CEO will become head of Synovate YC Asia. More

Synovate is rolling out a full media research offering in the Indian sub-continent, and has appointed Sushma Jhaveri to the newly-created role of Associate Director – Media Research India. Services will include media positioning, advertising effectiveness, target group understanding and segmentation and media impact studies. More

On Tuesday DRNO looked at the Indian obsession with cricket and with batting genius Sachin Tendulkar in particular. Today we look at the Synovate / Blackstone Market Facts survey’s other findings, which concern Indians’ views of other sports, their membership of fitness clubs and use of exercise regimes, and the effect of brand endorsement by cricketers and film stars. More

Bigger than Becks, bigger than Jonny... In a nation of a billion people, Sachin Tendulkar is the most admired celebrity, beating even the Bollywood stars - and cricket is of course the national sporting obsession. In the first of two articles based on a survey by Synovate and Blackstone Market Facts, DRNO looks at sport and celebrity in India. More

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