Candour Communications Pvt Ltd

04/08/2026

The first conversation your buyers have about your business may happen without you. And that’s scary.

Instead of scrolling through search results, they’re increasingly asking AI questions like:
“Who are the leading firms in this ?”
“Which companies should we consider?”
“Who has the strongest expertise?”
By the time your website or sales team finds them, they may already have an opinion shaped by AI. That’s why thought leadership has become more than a brand-building exercise. It’s how businesses are discovered, evaluated and shortlisted in an AI-first buying journey.

As per published reports, about 20% organizations today have adopted formal AEO practices. Most organizations are still behind the curve, but early adopters are already seeing significant traffic and conversion lifts from AI citations. Brands cited in AI answers see 5× higher conversion rates compared to non‑cited peers.

At Candour Communications, when we audit or create content for brands, we focus on how AI is reshaping buying, and what that means for your visibility.

11/06/2026

Goa. The whole Candour crew - old hands, new faces, all in one place.
What followed was part strategy sprint, part honest conversation, part something that doesn't have a name but you know it when you feel it.
We talked about AI like it's already inside the building , because it is. We brainstormed the path to Candour 2.0. Together.
We laughed loudly, we called out what needs to change, stayed up too late, sang and danced and somewhere between the boardroom and the beach, we bonded as one team. That's the Candour spirit!
We're back. Recharged, realigned, and a little bit dangerous. That's a bit of newness we added, but at the core we are still the same - grounded, same grit, same hunger, same fun but with an edge.

10/06/2026

We are thrilled to welcome Jayshri Goswami to Candour Communications Pvt Ltd as our new Chief Growth Officer. With nearly two decades of experience in hashtag , she brings a wealth of expertise in shaping brand narratives, driving market expansion, and building meaningful client partnerships. Her appointment reflects our commitment to strengthening leadership and investing in transformative talent.
In her new role, Jayshri will lead Candour’s growth strategy and help sharpen our positioning in the Tech B2B PR and integrated communications space. We look forward to the impact she will create as we continue to build the next chapter of success together.

Read the full article:
https://www.exchange4media.com/pr-and-corporate-communication-news/jayshri-goswami-joins-candour-communications-as-chief-growth-officer-155312.html

Candour Communications strengthens its leadership with Jayshri Goswami as Chief Growth Officer, bringing 17 years of expertise in corporate communications and growth strategies.

28/01/2026

Position: PR Consultants
Location: Mumbai & Bangalore
Experience: 5 - 10 years (Multiple positions for Managers, Senior Managers & Account Directors)
PR agency experience handling B2B clients (preferably in the tech segment) is mandatory along with good content writing and media relations.

RESPONSIBILITIES
> Build strong relationships with clients and proactively manage deliverables
> Develop and manage media relations spanning business, trade, and thought leadership
> Invest in industry and client research to be able to guide content writers to produce quality content.
> Understand client business, industry issues, products, and services offered, key customers and competitors in the marketplace.
> Ideate on new strategies and ideas with your reporting officer
> Manage reporting formats as implemented for each client account
> Excellent media relations with senior tech and business journalists’ essential. Proven success in building relationships with business/tech/ to pitch stories from multiple angles across traditional and new age media
> Be results driven and self-motivated so that the client relies on you
> Must have experience working directly with clients and participating in client meetings
> Team management skills to ensure learning and growth of all team members

About Candour Communications:
We are a B2B public relations and marketing agency with a focus on enterprise tech. We are currently growing rapidly, hence urgently need senior resources to handle our clients. Please write into us with your current resume at [email protected]

For more information visit: www.candour.co.in

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07/01/2026

IIIT Hyderabad is shaping the future of engineering education in the AI era.

AI is forcing engineering colleges to move beyond rote learning toward deeper conceptual understanding, says Professor Sandeep Shukla, Director of International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH), in an interview with Archit Gupta of CNN-News18. As Generative AI and Agentic AI tools are changing how students learn and produce work, the focus must shift from rote memorization to conceptual understanding, hands-on application, and real-world problem solving.

Institutions like International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) are reforming curriculum, evaluation and teaching based on research in such a way that students acquire not only knowledge of technical competence but also critical human skills. Starting with AI-enabled learning, transdisciplinary and industry collaborations, the objective is to create graduates who are not only job ready but also resilient and creative in the future.

Prof. Sandeep also emphazies how IIIT -H has increasingly become involved in national cybersecurity particularly through such projects as the Vyuha Labs. He highlights the institute’s research-focused academic structure and the significance of industry partnerships in curriculum development, innovation, and creating opportunities for students.

At Candour Communications, we’re proud to spotlight thought leadership and insights shaping India’s higher education and technology ecosystem.

Read the full article here:
https://www.news18.com/education-career/engineering-education-and-assessment-under-pressure-in-ai-era-iiit-h-director-9805373.html

Sunory Dutt

AI is forcing engineering colleges to move beyond rote learning towards deeper conceptual understanding, says IIIT-H Director.

31/12/2025

Yes! That's the sentence that kept running through our heads in 2025. Hype did get real.

People weren't just searching the same way. They weren't scrolling like before. Patience wore thin. They wanted answers. Instantly. Conversationally. Somewhere between January and December, finding those answers wasn't just Google's job. AI got actively involved.

For us at Candour, and for our clients in tech and engineering, this shift was massive.

Here’s the thing - AI doesn't rank you. It interprets you.

And if you haven't told your story comprehensively? It fills in the blanks. With whatever it finds. Or with what it assumes. Or however it hallucinates.

We felt this shift in every client conversation. The questions weren't just about "How do we get found?" It was also "What’s AI telling about us?"

So we moved beyond optimizing for visibility and started building for validity.
Not just keywords. Knowledge.
Not just rankings. Representation.
Not just traffic. Truth.

Because when AI speaks for your brand, you're not in the room.

2025 taught us that influence isn't just about mastering search engine algorithms anymore. It's about being so clear, so comprehensive, so genuinely substantive that there's no room left for misinterpretation.

The irony? To influence artificial intelligence, you have to be authentically intelligent.

That's what shaped us this year. Not wins. Not metrics. But a fundamental rethinking of what it means to tell a story worth repeating - especially when the one doing the repeating never met you.

Here's to more in 2026!

30/12/2025

Tech in 2025 redefined what’s possible and set the stage for even bigger shifts in 2026. From Agentic AI moving into real enterprise use and autonomy becoming a business reality, to AI being embedded deeply into everyday systems. It also signalled how automation is beginning to free teams from routine tasks, enabling greater focus on higher-value, strategic work.

As we look to 2026, the conversation for technology leaders is shifting from “How fast can we adopt AI?” to “How do we embed it into core business operations with governance, security, and compliance?” The narrative is now about ex*****on, impact, and meaningful value delivery, not just innovation.

In this year-end industry conversation covered by Gadgets Now from The Times of India, experts reflect on how organisations can balance innovation with resilience, ethics, and business outcomes.

Our client Vivek Ganesh, Regional Vice President – India at OutSystems, shares his perspective on how Agentic AI went beyond experimentation to become a productivity multiplier, automating business tasks like data processing, customer query responses, and real-time issue resolution so teams can focus on higher-value, strategic work.

Read the full story here: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/tech-in-2025-rise-of-agentic-ai-hardware-shifts-and-breakthroughs-that-redefined-the-year/articleshow/126184606.cms

Tech News News: 2025 was a year when technology didn't just move forward. It accelerated in ways how people learn, work, and build. If the past few years were about t.