Nominees in 10 categories for IAA Leadership Awards announced
The awards will recognise outstanding professionals across Marketing, Advertising and Media
BestMediaInfo Bureau | Mumbai | January 29, 2013
The International Advertising Association (IAA) India chapter today released the nominees in the first 10 categories for the first edition of the IAA Leadership Awards. The nominees have been shortlisted on the basis of their outstanding contribution to the fields of Marketing, Advertising and Media. The IAA Awards will honour individuals across Marketing, Advertising and Media under the same roof.
Srinivasan Swamy, President of International Advertising Association said, “The IAA Leadership awards are an attempt to honour the contributions of individuals in the fields of Marketing, Advertising and Media. Each of the nominees from across categories has burned the midnight oil to make a positive difference for the brands they work for. May the best professionals win.”
The following are the list of nominees disclosed today from an initial list across 10 categories:
Media Agency Head of the Year: |
|
Name |
Organization |
Shashi Sinha |
Lodestar India |
Sam Balsara |
Madison World |
Rajesh Jain |
Prachar Advertising |
Vikram Sakhuja |
GroupM |
Jasmin Sohrabji |
OMD |
Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Food & Beverages |
|
Name |
Organization |
Deepika Warrier |
Pepsico |
Chandramouli Venkatesan |
Cadbury Kraft India |
Krishan Kumar Chutani |
Dabur |
Anuradha Narasimhan |
Britannia |
Geetu Varma |
HUL |
Marketer of the Year: FMCG - Personal Care |
|
Name |
Organization |
Satyaki Ghosh |
Loreal |
Arun Srinivas |
HUL |
Kainaz Gazdar |
P&G |
Arvind Chintamani |
Colgate Palmolive |
Devender Garg |
Dabur |
Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Consumer Durables |
|
Name |
Organization |
Divya Rao |
Sony |
Rahul Saighal |
Samsung appliances |
Nivedita Mandal |
Whirlpool |
Sunil Tandon |
Videocon |
Sarthak Seth |
Panasonic |
Marketer of the Year: Household Products |
|
Name |
Organization |
Sukhpreet Singh |
Kansai Nerolac |
Ajay Arora |
D Decor |
Amit Syngle |
Asian Paints |
Kumar Pillay |
Ultratech Cement |
Marketer of the Year : Telecom Products |
|
Name |
Organization |
Anuradha Aggarwal |
Vodafone |
Bharat Bhambawle |
Airtel |
Gurinder Singh Sandu |
Tata Docomo |
Rahul Saighal |
Samsung Mobiles |
Rahul Sharma |
Micromax Mobiles |
Marketer of the Year: Auto 2-wheeler |
|
Name |
Organization |
Anil Dua |
Hero Motor Corp |
Vijay Kaul |
Yamaha |
Sanjay Saraswat |
Bajaj Auto |
Yadvinder Singh Guleria |
Honda |
Atul Gupta |
Suzuki Motorcycle Co. |
Marketer of the Year: Travel & Hospitality |
|
Name |
Organization |
Deepa Harris |
Taj |
Manish Kalra |
Make My trip |
Gajendra Kumar |
Incredible India |
Manish Dureja |
Jet Airways |
Marketer of the Year : Banking |
|
Name |
Organization |
Manisha Lathgupta |
Axis Bank |
Sujit Ganguli |
ICICI Bank |
Karthi Marshan |
Kotak Mahindra Bank |
Mahendra Kumar Rekhi |
SBI |
Kalyanaraman S |
Bank of Baroda |
Marketer of the Year: Insurance |
|
Name |
Organization |
Chandramohan Mehra |
SBI Life Insurance |
Yateesh srivastava |
Aegon Religare |
Rita Bhattacharya |
LIC |
Ajay Kakar |
Birla Sunlife |
Manish Dubey |
ICICI Prudential Life |
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 appointed marketing research company 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; and 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 & Broadcasting, Manish Tewari, will grace the occasion as Chief Guest. More than three hundred and fifty professionals comprising the who's who of advertising, marketing and media are expected to attend the exclusive awards function.