Raman Choudhary

IIM Alumnus

Ex Marketing Director: Cars24, Whitehat Jr, HT Media (Shine.com, Shine Learning), Sulekha.com, Infoedge (Naukri.com, Jeevansathi.com, 99Acres.com, Shiksha.com)

#. Ex Marketing Director:

#. Quick Introduction:

In June 2023, I walked away from my AVP – Marketing job to chase something far more uncertain — and far more exciting and to build two ventures from the ground up:

TTD Lights & Wires with in-house manufacturing and supply chain, and later co-founded Malaamal.com, a gaming platform that went live in January 2025.

Everything I thought I knew was tested — handling everything from product planning, product placement, and supply chain management, to user acquisition & retention, retail, modern trade, online sales, GTM strategy, and deep market penetration in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.

No playbook. Just passion, pressure, and persistence. Filled with struggles, disappointments, and failures, but also moments of small wins, progress, and daily learning. Every hour has been a lesson, and every step has shaped what I’ve built today.

What followed?

Struggles. Wins. Setbacks. Wins again.

It wasn’t easy. Lots of failures, daily roadblocks, and tiny wins that kept me going. But every hour taught me something new — and that’s what I thrive on.

A founder’s life — every hour counts, and every mistake teaches.

#. Work & Projects:

Malaamal.com
Malaamal.com (Current)
Co-Founder (Marketing & Product Head)

Domain: Fantasy Gaming

Location: Gurgaon/Noida

Jan’2025 – Till Date

Malaamal.com
TTD Lights & Wires (Current)
Co-Founder (Marketing & Product Head)

Domain: Retail/FMCG

Location: Gurgaon/Noida

Jun’2023 – Till Date

Malaamal.com
Pathfinder Agribusiness Management Institute (ABMS)
Marketing Advisor

Domain: Education

Location: Gurgaon/Noida

Jan’2025 – Till Date

Malaamal.com
Bajaj Capital (Wealth Management & Retirement)
Fractional CMO

Domain: BFSI

Location: Gurgaon/Noida

Sep’2023 – Feb’2025

Malaamal.com
Vereda Interiors
Marketing Advisor

Domain: Real Estate

Location: Noida

Dec’2023 – Nov’2024

Malaamal.com
Daffodil Software/Unthinkable
AVP Marketing

Domain: SAAS, Digital Agency

Location: Gurgaon/Noida

Sep’2022 – Jun’2023

Malaamal.com
Cars24
Marketing Director

Domain: Automobile

Location: Gurgaon

May’2022 – Sep’2022

Malaamal.com
Whitehat Jr.
Marketing Director

Domain: Edtech

Location: Gurgaon

Feb’2022 – May’2022

Malaamal.com
HT Media (Shine.com, Shine Learning, Shine Recruiter)
General Manager Marketing

Domain: Classifieds, Edtech, SAAS

Location: Gurgaon

Jun’2017 – Feb’2022

Malaamal.com
Sulekha Media Pvt Ltd (Sulekha.com, Sulekha Property)
Associate Marketing Director

Domain: Classifieds, Edtech, SAAS

Location: Gurgaon

Oct’2015 – Jun’2017

Malaamal.com
Infoedge India Ltd (Naukri.com, Jeevansathi.com, 99 Acres, Shiksha)
Marketing Manager

Domain: Classifieds, Edtech

Location: Gurgaon

Aug’2011 – Sep’2015

Other Independent Advisor Roles:

Malaamal.com
Zesty Bakers (Startup)

Domain: Food Tech

Location: Seattle, USA

Malaamal.com
CPCS (Startup)

Domain: Classifieds

Location: London, U.K

Malaamal.com
Gaon Connection

Domain: News/Blog

Location: Mumbai

#. What Sets Me Apart:

Gone are those times when marketing was treated independently, solely dependent, and worked in silos.

In the current skyrocketing data boom, marketing starts from business requirements, product and market fit, to analytics and sales doability.

My approach is to bind all the dependent functional teams together so that the marketing output can be maximized.

I use tools like MS Clarity, Comscore, Solar, and internal analytics, in collaboration with GA360, SimilarWeb, and a few others — to ensure every movement of the user is being watched closely, and every marketing decision is in line with product changes, sales requirements, and overall business alignment.

A typical example:

I personally stopped donating all the budget only to Meta and Google.

Reason?

We need these platforms only to onboard users for the first time — or at least to fetch the basic data needed to remarket them at a cheaper cost.

So instead, I reduce the acquisition cost by acquiring only users with the basic necessary information for re-marketing — and reduce the load on Meta and Google to complete the entire user journey.

Now let’s take a pause and think —

Is remarketing done only by Meta and Google?

Or can we learn from the gaming segment, where remarketing tools beyond these platforms are at least 5X cheaper?

Wondering how?

Think of RCS, WhatsApp, Email, and Text (SMS) at last.
It works — and it works beautifully — if a proper journey is created using user persona and data.

Now let me give you another shocker:
  • LinkedIn leads under ₹50 -- yes, if you use Lead Ads wisely.
  • Meta targeting for Tier 3 cities (especially for Retail / FMCG / EdTech) gives up to 60% lower verified CPL -- just use vernacular wisely.

Let’s take this conversation further. I’d love to discuss how we can apply this thinking to your business goals and the entire user journey can be re-iterated.
Email at:- epgpx01ramank@iimrohtak.ac.in