Morning bloomed on 27th November, 2025. With young, bright minds ambulating through Fairfield, lit up with colours sprouting from above, a big screen, and titillating visuals of the ocean and lives beneath, the day promised to entertain not just to educate, but also to echo the outcomes and aftermath that lie in the years ahead.
IWMBuzz, for the second time, unveiled the media summit in Kolkata, with a fierce ambition to ideate and leverage the future of the media landscape in the country. With stalwarts from the media industry embracing the stage, followed by panel discussions and grounding introspections, the summit empowered the minds of all generations.
Swastik Stories—The Pillar That Made It Happen
Time and again, we have witnessed some of the most monumental moving stories on television, unaware of the threads that held them together and gave the nation its cherished timelines. Odysseys like RadhaKrishn, Chandragupt Maurya, and the epic Mahabharat all came to the silver screen, hand in hand with Swastik Stories. Swastik Stories doesn’t stand on being termed as a ‘company,’ it calls itself the Universe Of Stories. Vowing to bring India’s Stories, while the world remains the eternal stage. Swastik Stories merges the cosmos with the terrestrial spheres—educating, nurturing and empowering minds.
Luminaries That Illuminated The Day
Marking the second edition of the media summit here in Calcutta (Kolkata), IWMBuzz brought together the city’s eminent lights. Aakash Mishra of Donear Group, Abhishek Pratap Singh from Digital Abhiyan Pvt Ltd, and Aditya Sharma of Piramal Consumer Healthcare joined Adolina Ganguly of the Institute of Personality and Image Management (IPIM), alongside AI/ML entrepreneur Angshuman Bhattacharya and Dr. Annurag Batra of BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd & Exchange4Media Group. The gathering further welcomed Arunava Mukherjee from Workmates Core2Cloud Solution Pvt Ltd, Ashish Thapar of HiTech Animation Studio, filmmaker Avijit Sen of Zee Bangla, and Ayan Bhattacharya representing MYK LATICRETE India Pvt Ltd. Adding to this distinguished presence were Debarshi Chakravorti of Interactive Avenues (IPG Mediabrands India), Debojit Saha of Ice Media Lab, and Indranil Mitra from MullenLowe Lintas Group, along with Janardan Pandey of Nett Value Media Pvt Ltd & Metier Media Pvt Ltd and L. Murlikrishnan from Wow! Momo. Esteemed contributors such as Dr. Madhupa Bakshi of The Heritage Academy, Kolkata; actor, dancer, fashion icon and producer Monami Ghosh; Prachi Narayan of Havas Play India; creator, actor and designer Preeti Sarkar; and Prof. Ujjwal K. Chowdhury of Techno India University and the Global Media Education Council further elevated the event. The lineup continued with Promita Saha of Karukrit Advertising Pvt. Ltd, R. Ramakrishnan of Zee Media, filmmaker Raja Chanda, and Dr Rajeev Rastogi of White Apple Studios, joined by Rana Basu Thakur of Just Lateral ThinkInk Solutions and the multitalented Riingo Banerjee—director, cinematographer, editor, writer, music and composer. Also gracing the summit were Samrat Sengupta of Ultratech Cement, Sanchita Roy from Havas Media India, and Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay, entrepreneur and public policy strategist. Rounding off the distinguished ensemble were Sanjay Sen of Sen & Associates, PLLC; Sarfraz Akhter of ITC Ltd; Shantanu Banerjee from Dollar Industries Ltd; Siddharth K. Tewary of Swastik Stories; celebrated filmmaker and lyricist Srijit Mukherji; Subhro Sarkar of Ambuja Neotia Group; Sudeeip Sharma of Dough As You Like; Suparna Mucadum from Keventer Agro Limited; Swati Chakrabarty of StoryNest Communications; and Uday Mohan of Havas Media India & Havas Play—collectively illuminating the summit with their insights.
The second edition of IWMBuzz Media Summit in Kolkata was presented by Swastik Stories, powered by Dangal TV, Workmates and OTT Play and followed the association with Havas Play, Nett Value Media and Tribes. With Partners—White Apple, Just Lateral Think Ink, Decalogue and The Heritage Academy.
