Creative Abby jury chairmen for Print, Out of Home and Radio announced

The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) and The Advertising Club Bombay have announced the names of the jury chairmen for the categories - Print, Out of Home and Radio for the Creative Abby Awards at Goafest 2009.

Ravi Deshpande, chairman and chief creative officer, Contract Advertising will be the jury chairman in the Print category.  KV Sridhar, national creative director, Leo Burnett will be the jury chairman in the Out of Home category. KS Chakravarthy, national creative director, Draft FCB Ulka will be the jury chairman in the Radio Category.

Commenting on the judging process, Ajay Chandwani, co- chairman, Creative Abby - Goafest 2009 and director, Percept, said, “We are fortunate to have Ravi Deshpande, KV Sridhar and KS Chakravarthy for the Goafest judging once again. They bring with them enormous experience and talent and the desire to look for freshness in creative. Some of the winners at Goafest 2008 also won at Cannes and several international festivals where India did very well. This speaks well of the standards of Indian creativity as well as the quality of our judging. We hope to raise the bar on judging at Goafest 2009 once again”.