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THE INDIAN GEEK / EST 2024
The people and decisions behind aviation and advertising
Aviation connects the world. Advertising shapes how we see it.
Vishal Mehra speaks with the people building both - about the choices, economics and ideas behind their work. The Indian AvGeek is India’s #1 aviation podcast, ranked #14 in Indian News Podcasts. (Feedspot, 2026).
Latest conversations across aviation and advertising
The decisions under discussion.
AvGeek
Leon Verhallen, Director Aviation Development, Brussels Airport Company
21 September 2026 · 58 min
AdGeek
Prasad Sangameshwaran, Editor, ET Brand Equity
14 September 2026 · 42 min
AvGeek
Somit Goyal, CEO, IBS Software
7 September 2026 · 46 min
AdGeek
Mike Follett, CEO, Lumen Research
31 August 2026 · 41 min
AvGeek
Sunil Ankalgi, Business Head, WAISL
24 August 2026 · 38 min
AdGeek
Gautham Narayanan, Managing Director, Europe, Virtue
17 August 2026 · 44 min
From the conversation.
Longer landscape excerpts from The Indian AvGeek and The Indian AdGeek. Each clip keeps the full 16:9 frame.
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▶ 3:47How Jet Airways Built Its Brussels Airport Scissor Hub | The Story Behind the 2007 Coup
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▶ 2:46How Brussels Airport Competes With Schiphol, Paris CDG & Frankfurt
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▶ 3:10Print vs TV vs Digital: Where Does Great Storytelling Live Today?
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▶ 5:30Why Independent Ad Agencies Are Winning in India | Prasad Sangameshwaran
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▶ 2:48Why Indian Advertising Produces So Few Global Leaders | Prasad Sangameshwaran | ET Brand Equity
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Short takes.
Vertical highlights made for YouTube Shorts, kept in their native 9:16 format.
▶ 1:21Brussels Airport’s Big High-Speed Rail Mistake | Leon Verhalle
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▶ 1:09Why Airlines Still Struggle With Seamless Customer Experience | Somit Goyal
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▶ 1:11Tewolde Gebremariam's Leadership in Crisis: A Look at Air India's New CEO
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▶ 1:17Does Tata Group Need a Brand Makeover? Prasad, ET Brand Equity
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▶ 0:51Is Attention Measurement Cheat-Proof? | Lumen Research
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▶ 1:24"Dude, Just Move Me": The Neuroscience of Brand Growth
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People in the conversation.
Airline executives, agency founders, airport leaders, strategists and observers. Explore the people who have joined Vishal Mehra, and the conversations they brought to the shows.
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A working life in advertising. A lifelong interest in aviation.
Vishal Mehra produces and hosts The Indian AvGeek and The Indian AdGeek. He brings more than two decades in advertising, a long history of writing about aviation and a traveller’s curiosity to conversations about how both industries work.