Havas Media

What Havas Media does

Havas Media India (legal entity: Havas Worldwide India Pvt. Ltd.) is the Indian arm of Vivendi-owned Havas, operating an integrated communications and marketing services network across 21+ specialized agencies grouped under the Havas Village India structure. Its portfolio spans creative (Havas Creative India), media planning and buying (Havas Media, Arena Media, Havas Programmatic Hub, Havas Media Tribes), customer experience (Havas CX, Think Design), digital performance and marketing technology (PivotRoots, acquired 2023), healthcare communications (Havas Life Mumbai), experiential and events (Shobiz), brand and design strategy (Conran Design Group), public relations (PR Pundit Havas Red), employer branding (Havas People), e-commerce and marketplaces (Havas Market), analytics (Havas Analytics), influencer marketing (KlugKlug), sports and entertainment (Gameplan, Havas Play, Havas Play SGSE), AI-driven content production (Prose on Pixels), and consulting (Gate One).

The network is unified by two proprietary technology assets: Converged.AI, described as the operating system that connects creativity, media, production, and technology into end-to-end customer journeys and feeds the Havas Delta growth metric; and the Mx (Media Experience) system, which maps meaningful media for client audiences. Research IP is anchored by the annual Meaningful Brands study (91,000 respondents across 10 markets, 1,300 brands, 42 categories) and the X Index customer-experience barometer (59,000 customers across 8 markets, 580 brands in 2025).

Havas Media India is a B2B professional services firm selling integrated creative, media, CX, digital, experiential, PR, design, analytics, and consulting work to enterprise clients across automotive, FMCG, healthcare/pharma, BFSI, retail, technology, entertainment, e-commerce, QSR, and hospitality. Pricing is custom and quote-based. Geographically, it operates from offices in Mumbai, Gurugram, Bengaluru, New Delhi, and Chennai in India, with India leadership formally covering Southeast Asia and North Asia (Japan, South Korea), and additional reach into the UAE via PivotRoots. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vivendi and was established in India in 2011.

Name

Havas Media

Legal name

Havas Worldwide India Pvt. Ltd.

Website

https://in.havas.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Havas Media India is a wholly-owned Vivendi subsidiary operating 21+ integrated communications agencies under the Havas Village model, serving large enterprise clients across automotive, FMCG, healthcare, BFSI, retail, and technology with creative, media, CX, digital, experiential, PR, design, analytics, and consulting services unified by its Converged.AI platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Advertising and Marketing Services

NAICS

Media Buying Agencies (541830), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418), Media Representatives (541840)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital PR & Social Media Communications (MPAAADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Platform & Audience Insights (CDP, Data Warehouse, Attribution) (MPAHAJAN), Broadcast/Recording for Live Events (OB, Multicam, Livestream Capture) (MPAGAKAI)

Keywords

• Media planning buying
• Creative advertising services
• Digital marketing agency
• Brand strategy communications
• Public relations services

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices20 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Media Planning and Buying Services: Full-service media agency offering media strategy, investment planning, buying across multiple channels including TV, digital, OOH, print, and programmatic.
2. Creative and Advertising Services: Integrated creative services including brand design, advertising, content creation, and social media management for enterprise clients.
3. Experiential and Event Management: Shobiz provides experiential marketing, event activation, exhibitions, MICE solutions for major corporate events and brand activations.
4. UX/UI Design and Digital Transformation: Think Design delivers human-centered experiences through UX & UI design, service design, user research, and digital platform transformation.
5. Healthcare Communications: Havas Life Mumbai provides multichannel marketing, healthcare communications, medical communication, and digital strategy for pharmaceutical and healthcare companies.
6. Employer Branding and Internal Communications: Havas People specializes in employer branding, internal engagement, and culture transformation for large enterprises and government organizations.
7. Brand Strategy and Identity Design: Conran Design Group offers brand strategy, visual identity systems, packaging design, and physical environment design for global brands.
8. E-commerce and Marketplace Services: Havas Market provides full-service e-commerce solutions combining media metrics and e-retail data to drive marketplace conversion and revenue.
9. Data Analytics and Marketing Analytics: Havas Analytics offers econometric modeling, attribution suites, predictive analytics, and media mix modeling to drive business metrics.
10. Public Relations and Communications: PR Pundit Havas Red delivers public relations, events, experiential marketing, and crisis communication services.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Havas Media India is an integrated communications and media agency network offering creative advertising, media strategy and buying, programmatic and performance marketing, customer experience, healthcare communications, PR, experiential events, UX/UI design, e-commerce, and analytics services to enterprise clients. Its offerings are unified by the proprietary Converged.AI operating system and the Mx media experience system, and supported by large-scale proprietary consumer research (Meaningful Brands and X Index).

Product overview

Havas Media India operates as an integrated network of specialized agencies unified under the Converged.AI operating system. The portfolio includes core creative agency Havas Creative India; Havas Media offering media strategy, planning, buying, programmatic, and analytics; acquired digital specialist PivotRoots; CX-focused Havas CX; experiential agency Shobiz; design studios Conran Design Group and Think Design; healthcare marketing through Havas Life Mumbai; PR and communications via PR Pundit Havas Red; employer branding through Havas People; specialist units Arena Media, Havas Market, Havas Analytics, Havas Programmatic Hub, Havas Media Tribes, Gameplan, KlugKlug, and Gate One; plus research products X Index and Meaningful Brands. The network leverages proprietary Mx system and Converged.AI platform to deliver end-to-end customer journeys combining creativity, media, data, and technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Havas Media Media agency focused on media strategy, media experience (Mx), investment planning and buying, programmatic, performance marketing, mobile marketing, and entertainment/sports partnerships for enterprise clients.
• Havas Creative India Full-service integrated creative agency offering brand strategy, advertising, content creation, social media marketing, and engagement strategy for diverse client portfolios including FMCG, automotive, and lifestyle brands.
• PivotRoots Digital marketing agency offering data-driven, technology-led 360-degree digital solutions including programmatic media, performance marketing, creative technology, customer data platforms, and marketing automation for clients across India and MENA.
• Havas CX Customer experience agency combining data, technology, strategy, and creativity to optimize CX differentiation across the customer journey, offering omnichannel marketing, content studio, e-commerce, and digital PR services.
• Shobiz Experiential events agency delivering MICE solutions, event activations, exhibitions, influencer marketing, and audience acquisition for brands across India.
• Conran Design Group (Mumbai) Design studio specializing in brand strategy, visual identity systems, verbal identity, packaging, and physical environments with a global studio network.
• Think Design UX/UI design studio and Global Centre of Excellence for Design within Havas CX, offering user research, service design, data visualization, and human-centered digital experiences across industries.
• PR Pundit Havas Red Integrated communications consultancy offering public relations, events and activations, content studio, corporate communications, crisis communication, community management, and CRM services.
• Havas People Employer branding agency helping brands build meaningful connections with talent through innovation strategy, emerging tech, AI and voice, direct marketing, and experiential media activations.
• Havas Life Mumbai Healthcare and wellness marketing agency offering multichannel marketing, healthcare communications, medical communication, digital strategy, and brand consultancy for pharmaceutical and healthcare clients.
• Havas Market Full-service e-commerce offering combining media metrics and e-retail data to help marketers drive marketplace conversion and revenue growth on e-commerce platforms.
• Havas Analytics Data and analytics arm of Havas Media Network India offering econometric models, attribution suites, predictive analytics, media mix modeling, and decision science solutions.
• Havas Programmatic Hub Programmatic solution provider with cross-channel operations across connected TV, display, video, DOOH, native, and audio, enabling transparency and efficiency in programmatic media buying.
• Havas Media Tribes Outdoor, experiential, retail, and brand activations agency focused on out-of-home advertising optimization as part of cross-platform strategy and meaningful media experiences.
• KlugKlug Science-driven influencer marketing platform offering influencer discovery, insights, audience overlap analysis, paid collaborations, and CRM integration for brands worldwide.
• Gate One Global business and digital transformation consultancy helping clients with AI/Gen AI transformation, customer and employee experiences, data mastery, digital delivery, and culture change management.
• Arena Media Integrated media solutions brand operating within Havas Media Network's Mx framework, providing data-driven, insight-based, and content-led media services.
• Prose on Pixels AI-powered audience-first production agency delivering audio, video, print, dynamic creative, and language services including translation, transcreation, and subtitling for global brands.
• Gameplan Sports and entertainment agency managing sponsorship, in-stadium advertising for IPL and ISL, literary festivals, and short film commissions for brands such as Royal Stag Barrel Select.
• Havas Play SGSE Sports, media, and entertainment ecosystem focused on sports franchises, leagues, fantasy properties, live entertainment, content curation, and sports academies.
• Havas CSA Specialized communications agency within Havas Media Network offering targeted media and communication solutions.
• Havas Play Entertainment and sports marketing agency within Havas Media Network focusing on content partnerships and play-based brand engagement.
• Meaningful Brands Annual landmark study of brand value surveying 91,000 people across 10 global markets and 1,300 brands across 42 categories to understand brand meaning and consumer trust.
• X Index Proprietary customer experience index report by Havas CX, deploying global research across multiple markets to measure the gap between brand promises and customer experience delivery.

Quantifiable outcome

• 26% increase in online pickup and delivery growth for Swiggy Instamart
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers76 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Google IndiacoreTechnology or Integration · 21 May 2026Havas Media received early access three to four weeks prior to Goafest 2026 to Google's new suite of free AI agents for media and creative agencies. Havas had already improved the base agents and was building new ones on top of Google's Agent Development Kit in the Gemini environment. Google India demonstrated their three-part framework for agent relationships including brand to consumer, customer to platform, and agency to platform.
• GoafestminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 May 2026Havas India participated in Goafest 2026, an advertising and marketing industry festival in India featuring panel discussions and keynote sessions on AI, in-house creativity, consumer trust, media measurement, and agency consolidation.
• DIGIXX Summit & AwardsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 22 April 2026DIGIXX Summit & Awards 2026 hosted by Adgully featured Havas Media winning The Big Brief live challenge. The summit brings together marketing, advertising, and digital transformation leaders for discussions and recognition.
• Banijay AsiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 September 2025Havas India partnered with Banijay Asia to develop entertainment-led brand campaigns using Banijay's scripted and unscripted content formats. The collaboration serves Havas' clients across Southeast Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, South Korea, and Japan. Banijay's portfolio includes shows like The Kapil Sharma Show, Bigg Boss, and The Night Manager.
• PivotRootscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 July 2023Havas Media India acquired Mumbai-based digital marketing agency PivotRoots, launched in 2016, to expand capabilities in digital advertising and tap into the Indian market. The acquisition aims to leverage PivotRoots' expertise in data-driven digital solutions, client base in India and UAE, and digital capabilities including programmatic, performance marketing, social media, and marketing technology services.
• Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHavas India is associated with IFCCI, a leading bilateral chamber that strengthens business engagement between India and France through knowledge exchange, industry forums, and strategic collaboration.
• Chinese WokcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChinese Wok, India's Desi Chinese QSR brand from Lenexis Foodworks, appointed Havas Creative India and Arena Media as integrated creative, social and digital media partners. The partnership supports national expansion from 260 to 500 outlets across Tier 1, 2, and 3 markets, focusing on youth-first positioning and cultural initiatives including Wok FM and Crush Hour.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Madison World: Indian advertising and media services network with strong media buying and outdoor presence. Notable as Havas India's reported acquisition target and one of India's largest independent agency groups.
• Ogilvy India: WPP-owned creative and integrated communications agency with strong India presence. Competes with Havas Creative India and Havas Media for enterprise creative and media mandates.
• GroupM (India): WPP's media investment arm operating in India (Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, EssenceMediacom). Head-to-head competitor with Havas Media in media planning, buying, and programmatic.
• DDB Mudra Group: Indian creative and media agency network with full-service integrated offerings similar to Havas India. Competes across creative, media, digital, and experiential disciplines.

Broad incumbents

• Interpublic Group (IPG Mediabrands India): Global ad holding company with India operations including Mediabrands (media) and McCann (creative). Direct competitor to Havas Media India's integrated offerings.
• Omnicom Group (India): Global advertising holding company operating DDB Mudra, BBDO, and Omnicom Media Group in India. Direct competitor across integrated agency services and media buying.
• WPP (India): World's largest advertising holding company with major India operations including GroupM, Ogilvy, VMLY&R, and Wavemaker. Direct competitor to Havas Media India across media planning, buying, creative, and digital services.
• Publicis Groupe (India): Global advertising holding company with significant India presence (Publicis Communications, Publicis Media, Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi). Competes with Havas Media across creative, media, and digital.
• Dentsu (India): Japanese advertising holding company with India operations spanning creative, media (Dentsu Media), and customer experience management. Competes with Havas Media India for large enterprise clients.

Regional players

• Lowe Lintas (India): Indian creative agency network (part of MullenLowe/Interpublic). Competes with Havas Creative India for advertising mandates across major Indian advertisers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Havas.IND
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/about
• Instagraminstagram.com/havasindia
• Xx.com/havasmediain

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Subsidiaries20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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