Pocket FM has appointed Adityan Kayalakal as Vice President- Brand, where he has been responsible for leading brand strategy, strengthening the platform’s market presence, and driving growth initiatives across audience segments.
He has updated his LinkedIn profile to reflect his new position at Pocket FM, marking his transition into the role in December 2025.
Prior to this, he has served as Vice President – Marketing at Jupiter from May 2025 to November 2025. Before that, he has worked at Veera in multiple leadership positions, first as SVP – Brand and GTM from May 2023 to September 2023, and then as Head – Marketing and GTM and a founding team member from September 2023 to May 2025. He was an Advisor from November 2022 to May 2023.
Earlier, he has served as Head – Global Digital Strategy, Platforms and Social Media at BYJU’S from January 2022 to May 2023. Prior to that, he has spent over two years at the NBA (National Basketball Association) as Head – Content and Lead – Digital and Distribution for South Asia from September 2019 to January 2022.
His earlier experience has also included a leadership tenure at Publicis Emil as Country Head – India and Sub-Continent from February 2018 to September 2019, following his role as Senior Vice President at Publicis Groupe from March 2015 to September 2019, where he has handled key accounts, collaborations and brand-building mandates across the group’s agencies.














