Nikhil Rungta is the new Noogler at Google India…if you’re wondering what it means, let us tell you…Noogler is the term used by Google employees for its new employees. Nikhil Rungta has joined Google India as head of marketing. Rungta has about 13 years of work experience across sales, marketing and advertising domains.

Since 1998, he has worked with companies like Shaw Wallace & Company, Contract Advertising, Dhar & Hoon Communications, McCann Erickson India and Yatra.com. While working with these companies he has been part of several brands like Royal Challenge Premium Lager, Haywards 5000, NIIT, Revlon, Real Juices, Aiwa, MasterCard and Microsoft XBOX to name a few.

Rungta has done his BSc from Hindu College, Delhi University and is an MBA in marketing and international business from the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

An official statement by Google mentions, “Rungta will be based out of our Bangalore office and will be responsible for driving the strategy and execution of all marketing efforts to support Google’s sales verticals, products and partnerships in India.”