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IAA Leadership Awards: Nominees for 5 more categories announced

IAA also announces special awards for Editor, News Anchor, Media Person, Brand Endorser of the Year (Male and Female) and IAA Hall of Fame

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IAA Leadership Awards: Nominees for 5 more categories announced

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

publive-imageThe 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:

Creative Agency Head of the Year

Name

Organization

Designation

Arvind Sharma

Leo Burnett

Chairman -IndiaSubcontinent

Colvyn Harris

JWT

CEO,South Asia

Piyush Pandey

Ogilvy & MatherIndia

Exec Chairman & NCD

Madhukar Kamath

DDB Mudra

Group CEO & MD

Prasoon Joshi

McCann WorldgroupIndia

Chairman

Agnello Dias

TaprootIndia

Chairman and Co-Founder

R Balakrishnan

Lowe Lintas

Chairman & Chief Creative Officer

Best CEO

Name

Organization

Designation

Nitin Paranjanpe

HUL

CEO

Anand Kripalu

Cadbury KraftIndia

Managing Director

Anand Mahindra

Mahindra & Mahindra

Chairman & MD

YC Deveshwar

ITC

Chairman

Vinita Bali

Britannia

Managing Director

BD Park

Samsung

President and CEO of Samsung SouthWest AsiaOperations and Managing Director, Samsung India Electronics Ltd.

Chanda Kochar

ICICI Bank

CEO

Marketer of the Year: Media & Entertainment

Name

Organization

Designation

Rahul Kansal

Bennett, Coleman & Co

Chief Marketing Officer

Gayatri Yadav

StarIndia

Executive VP - Marketing & Communications

Rajesh Iyer

Colors

VP - Marketing

Sailesh Gupta

Jagran

Director

Shantanu Bhanja

HindustanTimes

VP - Marketing

Anjali Nanda

Dish TV

Executive VP - Marketing

Marketer of the Year: Auto Passenger Vehicles

Name

Organization

Designation

Vivek Nayer

Mahindra & Mahindra

Chief Marketing Officer - Auto Division

Neeraj Garg

Tata Motors

VP - Mktg

Sudeep Narayan

Volvo

Marketing & PR Director

Mayank Pareek

Maruti Suzuki

COO

Nalin kapoor

Hyundai

Senior General Manager & Group Head, Marketing

Marketer of the Year: Auto Commercial vehicles

Name

Organization

Designation

Alok Saraogi

Ashok Leyland

Head - Brand and Marketing Communications

Cyriac Jacob

Force Motors

General Manager

UT Ramprasad

Tata Motors

Head Marketing Communication

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.

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