18 Brand Astras: Using Brand Abilities as Weapons for CRISP Brand Building

Jagdeep Kapoor is the Chairman and Managing Director of Samsika Marketing Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, a leading strategic marketing consultancy, celebrating its 13th anniversary year, with an impressive list of clients drawn from both multinational and Indian firms. He has worked on a large number of brands including Carrier, OTIS, Navneet, Halls, Mother Dairy, Seven Seas Seacod, Monginis, Frooti, Cinthol, Nirma, M-Seal, Fevicryl, Aptech, Arena, Fevicol, Bailey, Anchor, Panacea Biotec, Safal, Listerine, D’damas, Nakshatra, Asmi, Sangini, Hiranandani, Motilal Oswal, Wizcraft, Balrampur Chini, Garware, Tetra Pak, FedEx, Blue Dart, Himalayan Natural Mineral Water, Eraser, Kisna, Agni, Cinemax, Nirmal Lifestyles and Oberoi Constructions. Widely considered to be a Brand Guru, Jagdeep Kapoor is a prolific writer and has authored several best-sellers including 18 Brand Astras and 9 Brand Shaastras. He is credited with the publication of over 1,602 articles in newspapers and magazines such as the Economic Times, The Afternoon, Business Today, Business Line (from The Hindu), Business Standard and Deccan Herald. He has regularly conducted programmes on television and has anchored the popular marketing show ‘Dream Merchants’. He is a visiting faculty member at the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, of which he is also an alumnus.