Prasanth Kumar, Investments Director, GroupM, Bangalore, has bagged the "Best Media Planner/Buyer in Asia" award, given by Media Magazine, Hong Kong, at a ceremony held in Hong Kong on December 14.>

Among the various categories at these awards, the media planner/buyer of the year was the most hotly contested category with nearly hundred entries. The Media Magazine awards recognise outstanding work in media planning/ buying, creative, one-to-one, marketing, account/business developments etc across the Asia-Pacific region.

Prasanth Kumar has been with GroupM since 2004. He was earlier with TME, Mumbai. He is a key member of GroupM Investment team, headed by Lakshmi Narasimhan. Prasanth Kumar oversees buying for key GroupM clients in the South, including Britannia, Titan, Himalaya, Ford and IBM.

At GroupM, Prasanth Kumar's achievements include the Lenovo computer branding in KBC2, and the Titan-MTV partnership deal that helped launch the Titan-MTV Masala watch collection.

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