Girish Balachandran

Girish Balachandran, Founder & Managing Director of ON PURPOSE, leverages 25+ years of global communications expertise across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India. After leading roles at Omnicom agencies and Waggener Edstrom, he returned to India in 2017 to establish ON PURPOSE, driving social change through initiatives in climate action, public health, education, and gender equality. His agency partners with organizations like the Rockefeller Foundation, UNICEF, Gates Foundation, and Cisco. Recognized among APAC’s Top 25 Communications Innovators (Provoke Media), he authored works on tech globalization and chairs marketing/communications for India’s PRCAI (2023).