Webchutney’s Co-founder Sidharth Rao Passes Away

Sidharth Rao who co-founded one of India’s first and top digital agencies Webchutney  is no more.

Rao passed away on Friday evening, he is survived by his parents and wife.

Rao founded Webchutney in 1999 which was later acquired by Japanese multinational media network Dentsu in 2013.

While he continued to head Webchutney, it was in 2021 when he was appointed as head of the India unit of dentsuMB, the restructured global creative network of the company.

In 2022 Rao stepped down as group CEO of dentsuMB India and  joined hands with his close confidant and serial entrepreneur Madhu Sudan, to launch a new venture in the marketing technology (MarTech) space, called Punt Partners.