Mumbai, Oct. 24 -- Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra paid a heartwarming tribute to advertising icon Piyush Pandey, who passed away on Friday.

In a post on X, Anand Mahindra mentioned how Piyush Pandey always captivated him with his "hearty laugh" and "irrepressible zest for life".

"Yes, he was a man who left gigantic footprints on the ad industry... But what I will remember most is not the campaigns he crafted or the brands he built, but his hearty laugh and his irrepressible zest for life. He reminded us that even in the serious business of persuasion, joy and humanity must never be forgotten," he wrote.

"'In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.' --Camus Piyush always carried that summer withi...