D&AD Awards 2024 names 10 Indians on Jury

The APAC jury for D&AD 2024 has been announced.

Ten people from India will be part of the jury that will be judging the global creativity awards.

Deepshikha Dharmaraj, Chief Executive Officer, BCW India Group and Genesis BCW, is the PR jury president for the 2024 D&AD Awards and Sonal Chhajerh, Group Executive Creative Director at Leo Burnett, is the president of the Direct Jury.

The other Indian representatives are:

Ashok Karkala, group creative director, Ogilvy

Kainaz Karmakar, chief creative officer, Ogilvy India

Shailesh Vasudeo Khandeparkar, executive creative director, FCB Ulka

Sulekha Rajkumar, type designer and lettering Artist

Koushik Sarkar, founder director, Kitchen.Video

Nilima Eriyat, executive producer, Studio Eeksaurus Productions

Raj Kamble, founder and chief creative officer, Famous Innovations

Roshnee Desai, founder and creative director, Local

The 62nd annual awards programme will take place at the new location of County Hall and Southbank Centre on the London Southbank from 18-22 May, 2024. Panels for over 40 categories will be made up of 350+ leading creative experts from over 50 countries across the globe. 67 experts are from the Asia Pacific.

Following four days of live judging, the D&AD Awards Ceremony will be held as the culminating event of the D&AD Festival at the Southbank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall Building. The Festival will gather these 350+ global creative leaders and feature 80+ speakers, two main stages, the Masterclass stage, activations, Jury insights, networking, parties and a first view of some of the shortlisted work on display.

Winners are awarded with an iconic Pencil.

Donal Keenan, Awards Director ,D&AD, said, “Judging the D&AD Awards is not only a massive honour but a huge responsibility to uphold the integrity, rigour and standards that D&AD is renowned for. Entries to these awards actively support D&AD's mission as an educational charity by funding learning programmes that bridge the gap between education and industry. This is made possible by these top calibre professionals from around the world offering their time, wisdom and expertise.”

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