MUMBAI: Public relations firm Good Relations (India) Pvt. Ltd. (GRI) has appointed Meenakshi Sachdev Varma as its chief operating officer, with immediate effect.
Good Relations also announced several new business acquisitions in each of its offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata.

 
 
The Mumbai office has bagged the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Filmfare Awards and the forthcoming Pond’s Femina Miss India (PFMI). The agency will also handle UTV's television content production division.

GRI’s Bangalore operations recently bagged the WorldSpace account, Jockey and global technology companies Mysys and OPI (Outsource Partners International).

 
 
While GRI, Delhi, recently added leading brands including Cartier, E-charge, Max Healthcare, Manna Studio Line and Deakin University and APSEMA to its portfolio. GRI Chennai has strengthened its position with the addition of global NGO World Vision and BPO player Prodapt Solutions.
 
 
Varma, who has been a part of the industry for 15 years, has worked with some of the finest brands in the world, adding to her vast experience of servicing clients across sectors. Having worked earlier at Good Relations, she went on to head several prestigious organisations. She will be reporting to Good Relations chairman Anthony BM Good and will be responsible for the company's all India operations as well as developing new areas of business, at the domestic as well as international level.

"I am delighted to have Meenakshi on board once again and am confident that she will prove to be an able leader, guiding the company in fulfilling its mission – of excellence in service in all areas of Public Relations and corporate communications – with innovative PR programmes strategically tailored to meet the specific needs of individual clients as well as providing rewarding career paths to our employees so that working with us is both challenging and satisfying," said Good.