Kulkarni, who will take on oversight duties of the agency’s art department, will report to Bimal Nair, executive vice-president, Rediffusion DYR. Kulkarni worked across a wide range of clients with Clarion, including Titan, Lotus Philippe, Cadbury Bytes and ICIC Bank among others. He has been recognised at several leading international awards shows, namely Cannes, Clio, New York Festival and the London International.
He began his career with Ambience Publicis in Mumbai and also spent stints at Saatchi & Saatchi, Contract and Ogilvy & Mather.