IAA Leadership Awards 2015: Prasoon Joshi named Creative Agency Head of the Year; CVL Srinivas takes top media agency honour

Winners of the third edition of the IAA Leadership Awards were announced on 18 April 2015 in Mumbai.

 

The event was presided over by union minister of state for finance Jayant Sinha.

 

Among winners, Prasoon Joshi, chairman, McCann Worldgroup Asia Pacific, McCann Worldgroup, was adjudged Creative Agency Head of the Year, while  CVL Srinivas, CEO, GroupM South Asia, took home the trophy for the Media Agency Head of the Year.

 

I Venkat, director, Eenadu Group, was inducted into the IAA Hall of Fame.

 

Here is the full list of winners for 2015:

 

Category	Winner
CEO of The Year	Arundhati Bhattacharya (SBI)
Media Person of The Year	Vineet Jain (BCCL)
News Anchor of the Year	Punya Prasun Bajpai (Aaj Tak)
Editor of the Year	Aroon Purie (India Today Group)
Media Game Changer of the Year	Uday Shankar (Star India)
Brand Visionary Of The Year	Hrithik Roshan
Brand Ambassador Of The Year: Female	Shraddha Kapoor
Media Agency Head of the Year	CVL Srinivas (GroupM)
Creative Agency Head of the Year	Prasoon Joshi (McCann)
Marketer of the Year: Auto – Two Wheelers	Yadvinder Singh Guleria (Honda Motorcycle & Scooter)
Marketer of the Year: Auto – Passenger Vehicles	Manohar Bhat (Maruti Suzuki)
Marketer of the Year: Banking	B Sriram (SBI)
Marketer of the Year: Cellular Phone Services	Sashi Shankar (Idea Cellular)
Marketer of the Year: Consumer Durables	Sanjay Chitkara (LG Electronics)
Marketer of the Year: E-Commerce	Amarjit Singh Batra (OLX)
Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Food	Siddhartha Mukherjee (Cadbury India)
Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Beverage	Debarata Mukherjee (Coca Cola)
Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Household Products	Rohit Gyanchandani (Rohit Surfactants Pvt Ltd)
Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Personal Care	Darshan Patel (Vini Products)
Marketer of the Year: Insurance	Sanjay Tripathi (HDFC Life)
Marketer of the Year: Mobile Devices	Pradeep Jain (Karbonn Mobile)

 

Srinivasan K Swamy, president, IAA India chapter, said, “It is wonderful to be in the amidst of a collection of individuals who are seekers of excellence. I am humbled and proud at the same time. Humbled, because I am in the midst of a distinguished audience and proud, because this is only the third year of IAA Leadership Awards and it has already established itself as an industry standard. I would like to thank for the support I received from Raj Nayak (CEO, Colors) for putting steam behind an award that the industry looks forward to.”

 

 

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