The IAA India chapter has announced nominees in 12 of 21 categories for the second edition of its IAA Leadership Awards property. The nominees announced are from the marketing fraternity, and will be in consideration for the 'Marketer of the Year' title in their respective industries.
The awards honour excellence in advertising, marketing and media. Winners are to be announced at an awards ceremony in Mumbai on 1 March 2014.
Srinivasan Swamy, president IAA India chapter; VP-development, IAA Asia Pacific, and chairman, RK Swamy Hansa Group, said, “Following the success of the first edition of the IAA Leadership Awards, we continue to honour and recognize the contributions of individuals across various verticals who have made a positive difference for the brands they represent. The nominees can be happy with the fact that they are the chosen few from the field of marketing, shortlisted via a scientific thought process and detailed research. By celebrating their achievements, we hope to motivate them to raise the bar year-on-year.”
The categories and nominees announced as of 25 February are:
Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Food and Beverages |
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Name |
Company Name |
Designation |
Siddhartha Mukherjee |
Cadbury India |
Category Director, Chocolate and Media |
Rajesh V. L. |
ITC Limited – Foods Division |
EVP – Marketing, Exports, Inst. Sales and Packaging |
Wasim Basir |
Coca Cola India |
Director – IMC |
Chandrasekar Radhakrishnan |
Nestle India |
Communications Director, South Asia Region |
Deepika Warrier |
PepsiCo India |
VP Marketing – Beverages |
Marketer of the Year: Banking |
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Name |
Company Name |
Designation |
Kartik Jain |
HDFC Bank |
EVP and Head – Marketing |
Sujit Ganguli |
ICICI Bank |
Head – Brand and Corporate Communications |
Mahendra Kumar Rekhi |
SBI Bank |
Deputy General Manager ( Public Relations) |
Manisha Gupta |
Axis Bank |
Chief Marketing Officer |
Karthi Marshan |
Kotak Mahindra Bank |
EVP & Head - Group Marketing |
Marketer of the Year: Insurance |
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Name |
Company Name |
Designation |
Tamanna Khanna |
Indiafirst Life Insurance |
Head – Marketing |
Sanjay Tripathy |
HDFC Standard Life Insurance |
Senior EVP and Head - Marketing, Product and Direct Channels |
Rituraj Bhattacharjee |
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance |
Head – Market Management and Product Development |
Elizabeth Venkataraman |
Kotak Life Insurance |
Sr. VP and Head – Marketing |
Manish Dubey |
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance |
Sr. VP and Head – Marketing |
S. N. Bhattacharya |
LIC of India |
Executive Director, Marketing |
Marketer of the Year: Auto – 2 Wheeler |
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Name |
Company Name |
Designation |
Anil Dua |
Hero Moto Corp |
Sr. Vice President |
Sanjay Saraswat |
Bajaj Auto |
VP Marketing |
Y. S. Guleria |
Honda Motorcycles and Scooters |
VP – Sales and Marketing |
Aniruddha Haldar |
TVS Motor Company |
GM – Marketing (Scooters) and Head – Media |
Atul Gupta |
Suzuki Motor Cycles India |
VP – Sales and Marketing |
Vijay Kaul |
India Yamaha Motors |
AGM – Marketing Communications |
Marketer of the Year: Auto – Passenger Vehicles |
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Name |
Company Name |
Designation |
Rakesh Srivastava |
Hyundai Motor India |
Sr. Vice President – Sales and Marketing |
Mayank Pareek |
Maruti Suzuki India |
Chief Operating Officer |
Avik Chattopadhyay |
Volkswagen India |
GM – Marketing |
Jnaneswar Sen |
Honda Siel Cars India |
Marketing Director |
Sumit Sawhney |
Renault India |
Country CEO & Managing Director – Marketing and Sales |
Ankush Arora |
Tata Motors |
Senior VP – Marketing, Passenger Cars |
Marketer of the Year: Mobile Services |
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Name |
Company Name |
Designation |
Mohit Beotra |
Airtel |
Chief Brand Officer |
Vivek Mathur |
Vodafone India |
Chief Commercial Officer |
Gurinder Singh Sandhu |
Tata Teleservices |
Marketing Head |
Sashi Shankar |
Idea |
CMO |
Prasun Kumar |
Reliance Infocomm |
Senior VP – Marketing |
Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Personal Care, Laundry and Toiletries |
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Name |
Company Name |
Designation |
Arun Srinivas |
Hindustan Unilever |
Vice President – Skin Care |
Sonali Dhawan |
Procter & Gamble |
Marketing Director |
Satyaki Ghosh |
L’Oreal |
Director of Consumer Product Division |
Ajeet Babu |
Colgate-Palmolive |
Marketing Head |
Tushar Murdeshwar |
Johnson & Johnson |
VP – Marketing |
Sunil Kataria |
Godrej Consumer Products |
COO – Sales and Marketing |
Archna Vyas |
Reckitt Benckiser |
Head – Media and Corporate Communications |
Marketer of the Year: Household Products |
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Name |
Company Name |
Designation |
Archna Vyas |
Reckitt Benckiser |
Head – Media and Corporate Communications |
Sunil Kataria |
Godrej Consumer Products |
COO – Sales and Marketing |
S. C. Chand |
S. C. Johnson Products |
Director – Marketing |
Sonali Dhawan |
Procter & Gamble |
Marketing Director |
Marketer of the Year: Home Improvement |
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Name |
Company Name |
Designation |
Amit Syngle |
Asian Paints |
VP – Sales and Marketing |
Anuj Jain |
Kansai Nerolac Paints |
VP – Sales and Marketing |
K. K. Sai |
Berger Paints |
Head – Marketing |
Anil Jayaraj |
Pidilite Industries |
Chief Marketing Officer |
Vivek Deshpande |
Ambuja Cements |
Joint President – Brands and Marketing Strategy |
Kumar Pillay |
Ultratech Cements |
Vice President Head , Marketing Services |
Marketer of the Year: E-Commerce |
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Name |
Company Name |
Designation |
Aparna Mahesh |
Quikr.com |
Brand Head |
Manu Jain |
Jabong.com |
Co-Founder and Managing Director |
Ravi Vora |
Flipkart.com |
Vice President – Marketing |
Sharat Dhall |
Yatra.com |
President |
Keyur Joshi |
Makemytrip.com |
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer |
Marketer of the Year: Mobile Devices |
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Name |
Company Name |
Designation |
Shashin Devsare |
Karbonn |
Executive Director |
Shubhodip Pal |
Micromax |
Chief Marketing Officer |
Viral Oza |
Nokia India |
Marketing Director |
Vineet Taneja |
Samsung India |
Business Head – Mobiles |
Sapna Sharma |
Spice Mobile |
Marketing Head |
Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Consumer Durables |
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Name |
Company Name |
Designation |
Sanjay Chitkara |
LG Electronics India |
Chief Marketing Officer |
Sandeep Tiwari |
Samsung India Electronics |
Marketing Head – Consumer Electricals |
Divya Rao |
Sony India |
Senior Manager |
Sunil Tandon |
Videocon Industries |
Chief Marketing Officer |
Vipul Sabharwal |
Whirlpool of India |
VP – Marketing |