The International Advertising Association (IAA) India Chapter has announced nominees for the first 10 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’.
Commenting on the nominees for the first edition of the awards, Srinivasan Swamy, president, IAA India Chapter, 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 across categories have burned the midnight oil to make a positive difference for the brands they work for. May the best professionals win.”
Media Agency Head of the Year
Name | Organization |
Shashi Sinha | Lodestar India |
Sam Balsara | Madison World |
Rajesh Jain | Prachar Advertising |
Vikram Sakhuja | Group M |
Jasmin Sohrabji | OMD |
Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Food & Beverages
Name | Organization |
Deepika Warrier | Pepsico |
Chandramouli Venkatesan | Cadbury Kraft India |
Krishan Kumar Chutani | Dabur |
Anuradha Narasimhan | Britannia |
Geetu Varma | HUL |
Marketer of the Year: FMCG - Personal Care
Name | Organization |
Satyaki Ghosh | Loreal |
Arun Srinivas | HUL |
Kainaz Gazdar | P & G |
Arvind Chintamani | Colgate Palmolive |
Devender Garg | Dabur |
Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Consumer Durables
Name | Organization |
Divya Rao | Sony |
Rahul Saighal | Samsung appliances |
Nivedita Mandal | Whirlpool |
Sunil Tandon | Videocon |
Sarthak Seth | Panasonic |
Marketer of the Year: Household Products
Name | Organization |
Sukhpreet Singh | Kansai Nerolac |
Ajay Arora | D Decor |
Amit Syngle | Asian Paints |
Kumar Pillay | Ultratech Cement |
Marketer of the Year : Telecom Products
Name | Organization |
Anuradha Aggarwal | Vodafone |
Bharat Bhambawle | Airtel |
Gurinder Singh Sandu | Tata Docomo |
Rahul Saighal | Samsung Mobiles |
Rahul Sharma | Micromax Mobiles |
Marketer of the Year: Auto 2 wheeler
Name | Organization |
Anil Dua | Hero Motor Corp |
Mr. Vijay Kaul | Yamaha |
Mr. Sanjay Saraswat | Bajaj Auto Ltd. |
Yadvinder Singh Guleria | Honda |
Atul Gupta | Suzuki Motorcycle Company |
Marketer of the Year: Travel & Hospitality
Name | Organization |
Deepa Harris | Taj |
Manish Kalra | Make My trip |
Gajendra Kumar | Incredible India |
Manish Dureja | Jet Airways |
Marketer of the Year : Banking
Name | Organization |
Manisha Lathgupta | Axis Bank |
Sujit Ganguli | ICICI Bank |
Karthi Marshan | Kotak Mahindra Bank |
Mahendra Kumar Rekhi | SBI |
kalyanaraman S. | Bank Of Baroda |
Marketer of the Year: Insurance
Name | Organization |
Chandramohan Mehra | SBI Life Insurance |
Yateesh srivastava | Aegon Religare |
Rita Bhattacharya | LIC |
Ajay Kakar | Birla Sunlife |
Manish Dubey | ICICI Prudential Life |
IAA appointed the marketing research company AC Nielsen to execute the nomination and voting process. Ernst & Young has been appointed to 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; and the second stage will be the final selection of winners by a voting process among shortlisted nominees, by respective senior industry peers.
The first edition of the annual awards is scheduled for 2 February at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari will be the chief guest.