The jury heads have been named across 18 categories including special Abby category for gender sensitivity
BestMediaInfo Bureau | Mumbai | March 27, 2017
Goafest Abby 2017 has announced the Creative Abby and Media Abby jury chairpersons for the advertising festival that will take place at The Grand Hyatt, Bambolim, North Goa from April 6 to 8, 2017.
The Integrated Advertising and Young Abby category will be chaired by Senthil Kumar, CCO of JWT. Film Singles will be chaired by Agnello Dias, Chairman and Co-Founder, Taproot Dentsu. Direct jury head is Rakhshin Patel, MD of Pi Communications.
Media Abby Awards jury chairperson for this year is Anupriya Acharya, CEO, Publicis Media India. Design category will be chaired by Alok Nanda, Founder and CEO, Alok Nanda and Co.
Film Craft jury chairperson is Vinil Mathew, Director, Breathless Films. Carlton D'Silva, CEO and CCO, Hungama Digital Services, is the jury chairperson for Digital. Tarun Katial, CEO, Reliance Broadcast Network, will chair the Broadcaster category. Mobile will be headed by Nishad Ramachandran, Senior Vice-President, Digital Experience, Hansa Cequity.
Special Abby (Gender Sensitivity) category will be chaired by KV Sridhar, Founder and Chief Creative Director, Hyper Collective. Branded Content and Eentertainment will be chaired by Raj Kamble, Founder and CCO, Famous innovations.
Out-of-home/Ambient Media jury will be chaired by Viral Pandya, Co-Founder and CCO, Out of the Box. The Print category jury chairperson is Prashant Godbole, Founder, Ideas@work. Print Craft jury chairperson is Raj Nair, CEO and CCO, Madison BMB. Brand Activation and Promotion jury chair is Pratap Bose, Managing Director and Chairman, The Social Street. Radio and Radio Craft will be chaired by Manish Bhatt, Founder Director, Scarecrow Communications.
Publisher and Public Relations categories will be chaired by I Venkat, Director, Eenadu, and Paresh Chaudhry, CEO, Madison PR, respectively.
Table of the Abby jury Chairpersons:
| List of Jury Chairperson | ||
| Category | Name | Agency |
| Integrated Advertising & Young Abby | Senthil Kumar, Chief Creative Officer, J Walter Thompson | |
| Film Singles | Agnello Dias, Chairman and Co-Founder, Taproot Taproot | |
| Direct | Rakhshin Patel, MD, Pi communications | |
| Media Abby Awards | Anupriya Acharya, ?CEO, Publicis Media India | |
| Design | Alok Nanda, Founder & CEO, Alok Nanda & Co. (Comms.) | |
| Out-Of-Home / Ambient Media | Viral Pandya -Co-Founder & CCO, Out of the Box | |
| Prashant Godbole, Founder, Ideas@work | ||
| Print Craft | Raj Nair, ?CEO & CCO, Madison BMB | |
| Brand Activation & Promotion | Pratap Bose, MD & Chairman, The Social Street | |
| Radio & Radio Craft | Manish Bhatt, Founder Director, Scarecrow Communications | |
| Film Craft | Vinil Mathew, Director, Breathless Films | |
| Digital | Carlton D'Silva, CEO & CCO, Hungama Digital Services | |
| Publisher | I Venkat, Director, Eenadu | |
| Public Relations | Paresh Chaudhry, CEO, Madison PR | |
| Broadcaster | Tarun Katial, CEO, Reliance Broadcast Network | |
| Special Abby (Gender Sensitive) | KV Sridhar, ?Founder & CCO, Hyper Collective Creative Technologies | |
| Mobile | Nishad Ramachandran, Senior VP - Digital Experience, Hansa Cequity | |
| Branded Content & Entertainment | Raj Kamble, Founder CCO, Famous innovations | |
