Zoya Kazi of Omnicom Media Group picked up the much-coveted Rising Star of the Year title at BestMediaInfo Rising Star Awards 2022 held at The Oberoi, Gurugram on Wednesday.
Kazi received the shining High Chair trophy for the launch of the Skoda Kushaq campaign “Choose what really matters" from the industry stalwarts WPP Country Manager CVL Srinivas, Dabur’s Head of Media Rajiv Dubey, Starcom COO Niti Kumar, India Today Group’s Vivek Malhotra and Tarun Nigam, in the presence of an electrifying audience.
Kazi also picked up three High Chair trophies in Automobile, Rising Star for Best Strategy - TV and Rising Star for Best Strategy - Integrated categories.
The other big winners at the second edition of the Rising Star Awards were Yadhu J Menon and Aniket Saha of Initiative Media who picked up two High Chair trophies each.
The 2022 edition of BestMediaInfo Rising Star Awards was supported by Viacom18 as Title Sponsor, powered by India Today and Good News Today, Associate Sponsor Manorama Online and Radio Partner 93.5 Red FM.
Hosted by Red FM’s drama queen RJ Swati, the awards gala saw the who’s who of the industry coming together and cheering for the leaders of tomorrow.
With every award announcement, a housefull audience cheered, accompanied by the sounds of trumpet, creating an Emvies-like atmosphere in Delhi.
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The jury who made the BestMediaInfo Rising Star Awards the most trusted awards in the industry are:
1. Amaresh Jena, Executive Vice-President and Head - Marketing & Digital, Exide Life Insurance
2. Anita Nayyar, Chief Operating Officer, Media and Communications, Patanjali Ayurved
3. Ankit Desai, Head, Media and Digital Marketing, Marico
4. Archana Aggarwal, Vice-President, Media, Airtel
5. Atit Mehta, Head of Marketing, BYJU’s
6. Deepak Gulati, Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, Bridgestone
7. Jaikishin Chhaproo, Head Media and PR, ITC
8. Joy Chatterjee, Associate Vice-President, Sales & Marketing, Mankind Pharma
9. Krishnarao S Buddha, Senior Category Head, Parle Products
10. Maithreyi Jagannathan, Vice-President, Healthcare, P&G Indonesia
11. Priyanka Khaneja Gandhi, Associate Director - Integrated Marketing Communication & E-commerce Marketing, Colgate Palmolive
12. Raj Joshi, Head - Brand and Integrated solutions, Onsurity
13. Rajiv Dubey, Head of Media, Dabur
14. Shashank Srivastava, Executive Director, Maruti Suzuki
15. Smita Murarka, Chief Marketing Officer, Duroflex
16. Varun Ganjoo, Co-Founder and Marketing Director, Baazi Games
17. Vinay Joshi, Marketing Manager - Indian Sub-Continent & Maldives, Brown-Forman
Here’s a complete list of the winners:
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Automobile
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Zoya Kazi
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High Chair
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Omnicom Media Group
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Skoda Kushaq
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The launch of Škoda Kushaq campaign “Choose what really matters”
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Alankrit Sharma
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Finalist 1
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Omnicom Media Group
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Royal Enfield
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RE Hunter 350 launch campaign
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Shiv Acharjee
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Finalist 2
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Interactive Avenues
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Honda Amaze
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Honda new Amaze launch campaign
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Utsav Juneja
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Finalist 3
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Zenith
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Hero MotoCorp Pleasure XTEC
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Pleasure XTEC - Ladki chala rahi hai
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Banking, Finance, Insurance, Fintech
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Salman Jaferi
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Finalist 1
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DDB MudraMax
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Infosys
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ORM on filing of form GSTR-9/9C
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Consumer Durables (White Goods, appliances, mobiles)
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Faraz Sayed
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High Chair
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Carat
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Intel
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Launching the Intel 12th gen gaming laptop
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Trishala Gupta
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Finalist 1
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Carat
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Intel
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Intel TV campaign with Whisper Media
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E-Commerce
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Dhaya Menon
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High Chair
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Interactive Avenues
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Amazon
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Enabling Amazon to break e-commerce barriers in small town India
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Anjali Rakheja
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Finalist 1
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Interactive Avenues
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Urban Company
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Urban Company AC servicing
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Arvind Kumar
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Finalist 2
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Interactive Avenues
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Royal Enfield
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Royal Enfield Apparel Always-on campaign
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Fashion & Lifestyle
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Neha Kumari
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High Chair
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Interactive Avenues
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Tanishq
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Tanishq festive activation 2021
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Christy Kuruvilla
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Finalist 1
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Interactive Avenues
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Tanishq
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Enabling ‘Mia by Tanishq’ to own the moment of cultural gifting
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FMCG and Retail
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Mayank Khaneja
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High Chair
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Zenith
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Nestle
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AskNestle - Building relevance with personalised communication
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Hemang Palicha
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Finalist 1
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Interactive Avenues
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Johnson’s Baby
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Powering precision targeting of moms at scale for Johnson’s Baby
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Neel Desai
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Finalist 2
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SRV Media
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Baazar Kolkata
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Brand awareness and engagement campaign for Baazar Kolkata
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Yoshita Panwar
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Finalist 3
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DDB MudraMax
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TTK Prestige
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Festive campaign for TTK Prestige
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Healthcare & Pharma
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency/Company
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Brand
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Campaign
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Surbhi Johri
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High Chair
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Starcom Worldwide
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Pharmeasy
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Driving growth for Pharmeasy and build imagery of thought leader in the category
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Media & Entertainment
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency/Company
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Brand
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Campaign
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Yadhu J Menon
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Rising Star
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Initiative Media
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Amazon Prime Video
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Chhorri radio campaign
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Asmita
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Finalist 1
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Rusk Media
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Playground on Amazon Mini TV
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Playground social media campaign
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Aniket Saha
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Finalist 2
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Initiative Media
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Amazon India
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To welcome the next wave of online shoppers to the Amazon platform
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Himanshu Chaudhary
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Finalist 3
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Initiative Media
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Amazon Prime Video
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The Boys S3
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Raveesh Mehndiratta
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Finalist 4
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Times Network
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Times Now Navbharat
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Times Now Navbharat brand campaign and Watch & Win campaign
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Travel & Hospitality
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Urvashi Chaudhari
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Rising Star
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Zenith
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Singapore Tourism Board
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Chhota Bheem - Adventures in Singapore
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Neha Nohria
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Finalist 1
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Zenith
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Singapore Tourism Board
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Singapore Edit Festival X LBB
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Education
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Dhaval Rabadiya
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Finalist 1
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SRV Media
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Parul University
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Integrated marketing campaign for Parul University
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Shubham Sharma
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Finalist 2
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Efficacy Worldwide
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Kidzee
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Re-branding and building consideration for Kidzee
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Telecommunication & IT
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Ronak Jain
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High Chair
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Performics India
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Airtel
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Launch of Airtel Prepaid on digital
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Ajay Kapoor
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Finalist 1
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Zenith
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Lenovo
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Lenovo pursue the new campaign
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Aditya Pandit
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Finalist 2
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Carat
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Intel
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One Intel campaign
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Special categories
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Rising Star for Best Strategy - Print
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Aniket Saha
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High Chair
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Initiative Media
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Amazon India
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To welcome the next wave of online shoppers to the Amazon platform
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Rising Star for Best Strategy - TV
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Zoya Kazi
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High Chair
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Omnicom Media Group
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Skoda India
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The launch of Škoda Kushaq campaign “Choose what really matters”
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Rising Star for Best Strategy - Digital (Programmatic)
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Ankit Kishore
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High Chair
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Carat
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H&M
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H&M IPL hack
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Ankush Arvind Bhandarkar
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Finalist 2
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Zoo Media
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Manyavar
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Leveraging AI-Based video recognition technology to enhance video view rate on YouTube
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Rising Star for Best Strategy - Digital (Social Media)
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Asmita
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High Chair
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Rusk Media
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Playground on Amazon MiniTV
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Playground social media campaign
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Neha Nohria
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Finalist 1
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Zenith
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Singapore Tourism board
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Singapore Edit Festival X LBB
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Rakesh Kumar Gupta
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Finalist 2
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Performics.Resultrix
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Harley-Davidson
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Generate sales for Harley-Davidson
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Rising Star for Best Strategy - Integrated
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Zoya Kazi
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High Chair
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Omnicom Media Group
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Skoda India
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The massive launch of Šokda Kushaq campaign “Choose what really matters”
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Himanshu Chaudhary
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Finalist 1
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Initiative Media
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Amazon Prime Video
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The Boys S3
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Urvashi Chaudhari
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Finalist 2
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Zenith
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Singapore Tourism Board
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Chhota Bheem - Adventures in Singapore
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Alankrit Sharma
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Finalist 3
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Omnicom Media Group
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Royal Enfield
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RE Hunter 350 launch Campaign
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Rising Star for Best Strategy - Audio
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Entrant
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Award
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Yadhu J Menon
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High Chair
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Initiative Media
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Amazon Prime Video
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Chhorri radio campaign
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Rising Star Of The Year
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Entrant
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Agency
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Brand
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Campaign
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Zoya Kazi
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Omnicom Media Group
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Skoda Kushaq
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The launch of Škoda Kushaq campaign “Choose what really matters”
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