Meet the Team
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Aditi Nayar
Founder & CEO. Plant Geek. Travel Nerd.
Aditi’s fabulous intuition plays a key role in her gravitating towards the finer details. She believes in working and achieving anything she sets her mind on and it’s the same mentality that she brings to the table as the founder. Having marketed and built 30+ iconic global and local brands including Swiggy, Indeed, HealthifyMe, TI Cycles, Flipkart and Creoate, Aditi is a firm believer in the importance of a work-life balance to help drive change and transformation within individuals.
Superpowers: Scouting niche resorts and interpreting personality traits & dreams
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Arjun Mulky
Founder & CCO. Death Metal Guitarist.
Arjun has spent the last decade building and working with brands such as Puma, Infosys, Hero MotoSports, Swiggy, Levi’s and Oppo. His ability to seamlessly apply himself across various industries over the years has resulted in an extremely diverse skillset. Constantly pushing boundaries and always expanding his skillset, Arjun’s vision is to build The Leaf into one of the most sought after creative agencies in the subcontinent.
Superpowers: Photographic memory and automobile guru
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Suvarchana Shetty
Client Servicing Director. Epoxy Artist. Proud Dog Mom.
Suvarchana has close to a decade’s experience working with some of the biggest agencies like Publicis, Wunderman Thompson and People Design & Communication. She’s worked on building brands like The Hindu, UB Group, Myntra, ID Fresh Food etc.
She’s a firm believer in punctuality and timelines and maintaining fabulous client relationships.
Superpowers: Creating and selling items on her very own online store - The Resin Tribe
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Manas Pratim Sarma
Associate Creative Director. Professional Downstairs Neighbor.
With almost a decade of experience, Manas is an idea-led creative with a sharp eye for visuals and a deep love for craft. At the heart of his work lies an obsession with getting the visual just right—regardless of medium. From building brand worlds to directing production with intent, he believes great storytelling lies in the details. He draws inspiration from cinema, culture, and the quiet poetry of everyday moments.
Superpowers: Find a playlist for just about anything. Turn a reference folder into a religion.
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Utkarsha Mitra
Content & Strategy Lead. Father of Cats. Gatekeeper of Bands. Admirer of Tennis.
Utkarsha started working at an early age of 17 to achieve the ultimate goal of being a fresher with about 300 years of experience. He tripped a lot and then gradually steadied himself along the way to work with brands like Airtel, ExxonMobil, TTK Prestige, Hero MotoSports, Flipkart, Peter England, Duolingo, BharatBenz and more. As a firm believer in all-or-something, he never turns his back on a brief, and believes his calling in the industry is to stop any writer that dares to write without an insight.
Superpowers: Starting conversations, because that's what gives ideas
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Pulkesh Fouzdar
Art Director. Animator. Travel Geek.
Pulkesh is a maverick. Equipped with virtually zero knowledge and skills about the space, he embarked on a journey of motion design. But it turned out to be a pretty neat move, because it made him a jack of all trades.
Today he is a master of them all. Pulkesh's passion for animation and storytelling is apparent right from the word go. This passion has led him to work with incredible brands including Hero MotoSports, Fastrack, Titan, and Licious, to name a few.
Superpowers: Compassion, Animation Ninja
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Soumya Mahato
Senior Graphic Designer. Foodie. Shutterbug.
It is rumoured that Soumya was born with a paintbrush in his hands. Ever since childhood, our Senior Graphic Designer has dabbled in art, craft, colours and on-stage events that revolved around artistic prowess. Now, Soumya's traded in the paintbrush for a stylus. And in his hand, it's basically a magic wand.
The passion that Soumya has for art, he also brings to other aspects of his life, like food blogging and photography. He also earns brownie points with everyone with his reputation as a dog lover.
Superpowers: Expert observer, superhuman thirst for travel
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Niket Gopikrishnan
Senior Account Manager. Campaign Specialist. People Person.
For Niket, great campaigns aren’t built in silos — they’re crafted through conversations. With 5 years of experience managing brands across TV, print, digital, and social, he thrives on bringing big ideas to life. Known for translating client goals into strong, clear narratives, he’s led integrated campaigns to shape brand voices and scale digital presence. Outside work, you’ll find him reading, behind a camera, or debating football scores.
Superpowers: Can turn the messiest brief into a winning campaign.
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Mishika Mathur
Senior Account Manager. Team Player.
Mishika is our go-to client whisperer, having managed brands like Intermiles, Taj, and Mia. When she’s not on a client call (which is almost never), she’s busy organising chaotic projects like magic—no wand needed! A proud Potterhead and team player with a big heart, she’s the emotional glue that holds us together, bringing calm and keeping the creative team stress-free. She’s great at turning messy projects into smooth, streamlined success stories.
Superpowers: Calming presence, building personal connections
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Harishankar S.
Senior Copywriter. Movie Buff. Narrative Addict.
Sometimes the director, sometimes the actor - but always the guy behind the words. Hari has written, directed, acted, and still somehow thinks cricket is more dramatic than cinema. He’s the kind of writer who’s figured out that words carry an uncanny amount of power. And with great power comes great...copywriting.Loves digging into psychological rabbit holes, cracking what makes people tick, and occasionally pretending he understands agency chaos better than anyone else.
Superpowers: Can sit through a 5-day Test match without sleeping. So yeah, long briefs don’t scare him.
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Dennes KD
Designer. Illustrator. Football Enthusiast.
Dennes is a graphic designer whose journey began with doodles in childhood sketchbooks. Now, with over 3 years of experience in advertising, he’s still passionate about creating designs that don’t just look good, but resonate. His skills span graphic design, illustration and packaging, with a talent for building brand identities that last.
Off the clock, you’ll find him on the football field, at a ping-pong table, inside the swimming pool or deep in a rabbit hole of space documentaries. Tell him there’s a UFO sighting, and he’ll have his bag packed before you finish the sentence.Superpowers: Can watch Interstellar back-to-back and feel the same thrill every single time.
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Kartik Sarwe
Account Manager. Meditator.
Kartik comes with extensive experience managing global brands and accounts. He is a great team player and a natural leader. His organizational skills are impeccable! His happy-go-lucky nature makes everyone enjoy answering his calls. When he is not settling the creative team's tantrums, you can catch him writing shayris or working out.
Superpowers: Always smiling (even when people call him Karthik)
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Daphi Wahlang
Copywriter. Cat Mom. Crocheter.
Daphi has a bunch of experiences under her belt, none of which is in advertising, which is why she brings fresh perspectives and ideas that are only conjured up in dreams. Despite being relatively new to the industry, she comes prepped with experience across Hospitality and various FMCG brands. She is living the cross-functional, multidisciplinary lifestyle she has always yearned for.
She's a weaver through and through, because when she isn't writing scroll-stopping copy, she's crocheting up summer tops; for winter, she has knitting, so you know she’s always well-prepared.
Superpowers: Doomsday prepper, surface-level swimmer, and holder of sporadic knowledge.
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Devika Prasad
Writer. Singer. Eternal Sunshine of an Awkward Mind.
Devika is a copywriter who enjoys finding charm in everyday things. She started freelancing in college to earn some pocket money, fell for the craft, and later trained at Miami Ad School, Bengaluru. Now she works across brands, ideas and moods, writing everything from campaign films to tiny lines.She finds joy in old music, long walks, hardbound books and any excuse to rewatch Harry Potter. Also firmly believes that life is better when you romanticise the small stuff.
Superpowers: Ability to go for a long walk even after a long, tiring day!
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Gopika Kannan
Junior Designer. Gaming Enthusiast. Non-Boomer.
Gopika believes great design goes beyond aesthetics—it’s about making a lasting impact and crafting visuals that truly resonate. A natural at decoding a brand’s design language, she brings fresh perspectives and a sharp eye for detail. When she’s not bringing beautiful visuals to life, she’s levelling up in the gaming world, sharpening her creativity and precision skills. What she lacks in experience, she makes up for with curiosity, adaptability, and an eagerness to learn.
Superpowers: A built-in GPS—no maps needed! If she’s been somewhere once, she can always find her way back.