IAA also announces special awards for Editor, News Anchor, Media Person, Brand Endorser of the Year (Male and Female) and IAA Hall of Fame
BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | January 31, 2013
The International Advertising Association (IAA)Indiachapter today announced the nominees for another five categories for the first edition of the IAA Leadership Awards. The nominees have been shortlisted on account of their outstanding contribution to the fields of Marketing, Advertising and Media.
IAA has also constituted six special categories: Editor of the Year, News Anchor of the Year, Media Person of the Year, Brand Endorser of the Year (Male and Female) and the IAA Hall of Fame.
Following is the list of nominees announced today:
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Creative Agency Head of the Year |
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Name |
Organization |
Designation |
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Arvind Sharma |
Leo Burnett |
Chairman -IndiaSubcontinent |
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Colvyn Harris |
JWT |
CEO,South Asia |
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Piyush Pandey |
Ogilvy & MatherIndia |
Exec Chairman & NCD |
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Madhukar Kamath |
DDB Mudra |
Group CEO & MD |
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Prasoon Joshi |
McCann WorldgroupIndia |
Chairman |
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Agnello Dias |
TaprootIndia |
Chairman and Co-Founder |
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R Balakrishnan |
Lowe Lintas |
Chairman & Chief Creative Officer |
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Best CEO |
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Name |
Organization |
Designation |
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Nitin Paranjanpe |
HUL |
CEO |
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Anand Kripalu |
Cadbury KraftIndia |
Managing Director |
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Anand Mahindra |
Mahindra & Mahindra |
Chairman & MD |
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YC Deveshwar |
ITC |
Chairman |
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Vinita Bali |
Britannia |
Managing Director |
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BD Park |
Samsung |
President and CEO of Samsung SouthWest AsiaOperations and Managing Director, Samsung India Electronics Ltd. |
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Chanda Kochar |
ICICI Bank |
CEO |
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Marketer of the Year: Media & Entertainment |
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Name |
Organization |
Designation |
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Rahul Kansal |
Bennett, Coleman & Co |
Chief Marketing Officer |
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Gayatri Yadav |
StarIndia |
Executive VP - Marketing & Communications |
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Rajesh Iyer |
Colors |
VP - Marketing |
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Sailesh Gupta |
Jagran |
Director |
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Shantanu Bhanja |
HindustanTimes |
VP - Marketing |
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Anjali Nanda |
Dish TV |
Executive VP - Marketing |
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Marketer of the Year: Auto Passenger Vehicles |
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Name |
Organization |
Designation |
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Vivek Nayer |
Mahindra & Mahindra |
Chief Marketing Officer - Auto Division |
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Neeraj Garg |
Tata Motors |
VP - Mktg [Passenger Cars] |
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Sudeep Narayan |
Volvo |
Marketing & PR Director |
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Mayank Pareek |
Maruti Suzuki |
COO |
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Nalin kapoor |
Hyundai |
Senior General Manager & Group Head, Marketing |
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Marketer of the Year: Auto Commercial vehicles |
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Name |
Organization |
Designation |
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Alok Saraogi |
Ashok Leyland |
Head - Brand and Marketing Communications |
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Cyriac Jacob |
Force Motors |
General Manager |
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UT Ramprasad |
Tata Motors |
Head Marketing Communication |
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Vineeth Vishwanathan |
Mercedes |
Head – Marketing |
Srinivasan Swamy, President of International Advertising Association, said, “The IAA Leadership Awards are an attempt to honour the contributions of individuals in the field of Marketing, Advertising and Media. Each of the nominees from the CEO to marketers, across categories, have burned the midnight oil to make a positive difference to the brands they work for. We wish that may the best professionals win and bring about a positive change in the industry.”
To ensure that the recipients’ of the many awards are determined in a fair and just manner and to ensure the process is seen as transparent, IAA has appointed AC Nielsen to execute the nomination and voting process. Further, Ernst & Young has been appointed to conduct audit and validate the entire process.
The winners will be decided in a two-stage selection process; the first stage will include nominations and shortlisting by seasoned marketing, media and advertising professionals. The second stage will be the final selection of winners by a voting process among the shortlisted nominees by respective senior industry peers.
The first edition of the annual awards is scheduled on February 2, 2013 at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Manish Tewari, will grace the occasion as the Chief Guest. Leading Hindi GEC channel, Colors, is the presenting sponsor for the awards. More than 350 professionals comprising the who's who of advertising, marketing and media are expected to attend the event.
