Ad Club Bangalore successfully concluded the 22nd edition of its annual awards – Big Bang Awards for excellence in communication and media – on September 15 at The Ritz Carlton, Bangalore.
The programme hosted some of the leading names of the communication and media industry and was a showcase of the outstanding work of organisations in this sector.
With more than 600 influential figures in attendance, the night, besides being interactive and engaging, recognised the achievements of the recipients under the most coveted titles of the industry.
Social Street was named Creative Agency of the Year. Mindshare and Maxus were the big winners of the night bagging awards for Media and Digital Agencies of the year, respectively. Artilligence Mumbai won the Healthcare Agency of the Year.
Bangalore Client Gokaldas Images won the Client of the Year Award winning across several categories.
Sanchayeeta Verma, President Ad Club Bangalore and Managing Partner, Maxus, South India & South Asia, said, “We had unprecedented interest and participation in Big Bang Awards this year and the effort was to have a meaningful and enriching event for our media, creative and marketing fraternity. I am happy that we were able to do so, our heartiest congratulations to all the winners!”
This year the Big Bang awards were presented under four major categories – Creative, Media (Including Data & Tech), Digital, and Health. The assessment involved an online jury selection process. On the panel, 49 senior advertising, marketing, media, PR and digital industry experts and thought leaders were deployed by Ad Club.
“We are the only Indian Ad Club using a sophisticated online jury process. Every jury member scores independently based on the facts presented in the entry form. No jury member knows who else is in his group and the identity of the entrant,” explained, Arvind Kumar, Executive Director of The Ad Club Bangalore.
The Advertising Club Bangalore has been successfully conducting workshops, seminars, professional talks, sports events and the Big Bang awards for excellence in communication and media. The club uses a state-of-the-art online platform in association with Global Best Awards of USA to receive, collate and judge entries online, on a par with other International awards.