Winners of the South Asia leg of the Campaign Agency of the Year 2018 winners were announced in Mumbai on 4 December 2018.
Mindshare dominated the awards night with a total of 18 wins. The haul also consisted of the South Asia 'Digital Agency of the Year' and 'South Asia Media Agency of the Year' titles.
Mindshare Sri Lanka won Gold in the 'Rest of South Asia Digital Agency of the Year' category. The agency also won Gold in the 'Rest of South Asia Media Agency of the Year' category.
In the 'Pakistan Media Agency of the Year' category, the agency's Pakistan office won Gold.
Its India office won Gold four categories - 'South Asia Integrated Marketing Agency of the Year', 'South Asia Mobile Marketing Agency of the Year', 'South Asia Social Media Agency of the Year', 'South Asia Best Culture'.
In the 'People' categories, Mindshare's Prasanth Kumar was runner-up in the 'South Asia Agency Head of the Year' category as was Sunny Rangwani in the 'South Asia Channel/Engagement Planner of the Year' category.
The agency's Nithya Ravi won Gold in the 'South Asia Channel/Engagement Planner of the Year' category. Deep Singh won Gold in the 'South Asia Strategic/Brand Planner of the Year' category.
Sanober Ali from Mindshare won Gold in Rest of 'South Asia Young Achiever of the Year' category. Wardia Ather finished as a runner-up in that category.
Ogilvy India was the 'South Asia Creative Agency of the Year'.
The agency won Gold in the 'India Creative Agency of the Year' and Pakistan Creative Agency of the Year categories. Priyanka Joshi was the 'India Young Achiever of the Year'.
View the full winners list here:
AGENCY CATEGORIES
| Category | Award | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| India Creative Agency of the Year | Gold | Ogilvy India |
| Silver | McCann Worldgroup India | |
| Bronze | The Social Street | |
| India Digital Agency of the Year | Gold | Dentsu Webchutney |
| Silver | Isobar India | |
| Bronze | Mindshare India | |
| India Media Agency of the Year | Gold | Mediacom Communications Pvt Ltd |
| Silver | Initiative India | |
| Bronze | dentsu X India | |
| Pakistan Creative Agency of the Year | Gold | Ogilvy Pakistan |
| Silver | Prestige Communications (Pvt.) Ltd. | |
| Bronze | BBDO Pakistan | |
| Pakistan Digital Agency of the Year | Gold | Digitz |
| Silver | Ogilvy Pakistan | |
| Bronze | PHD Pakistan | |
| Pakistan Media Agency of the Year | Gold | Mindshare Pakistan |
| Silver | Brainchild Communications (Pvt) Limited | |
| Silver | PHD Pakistan | |
| Silver | Maxus | |
|
Rest of South Asia Creative Agency of the Year |
Gold | MullenLowe Sri Lanka |
| Silver | Leo Burnett Sri Lanka | |
| Bronze | BBDO Lanka Pvt. Limited | |
|
Rest of South Asia Digital Agency of the Year |
Gold | Mindshare Sri Lanka |
| Silver | Mindshare Bangladesh | |
| Bronze | Neo@Ogilvy Sri Lanka | |
|
Rest of South Asia Media Agency of the Year |
Gold | Mindshare Sri Lanka |
| Silver | Mindshare Bangladesh | |
| Bronze | Ogilvy Media Group Sri Lanka | |
| South Asia Best Culture | Gold | Mindshare India |
| Silver | Isobar India | |
| Bronze | AvianWE (India) | |
|
South Asia Experiential Marketing Agency of the Year |
Gold | The Social Street |
| Bronze | Activemedia | |
|
South Asia Independent Agency of the Year |
Gold | The Social Street |
| Silver | Famous Innovations | |
| Bronze | The Womb | |
|
South Asia Integrated Marketing Agency of the Year |
Gold | Mindshare India |
| Silver | Ogilvy India | |
| Bronze | The Social Street | |
|
South Asia Mobile Marketing Agency of the Year |
Gold | MINDSHARE INDIA |
| Silver | Isobar Mobile | |
| Bronze | iProspect India | |
| South Asia PR Agency of the Year | Gold | MSL India |
| Silver | Edelman India | |
| Bronze | Adfactors PR | |
|
South Asia Social Media Agency of the Year |
Gold | Mindshare India |
| Silver | Isobar Social | |
| Bronze | Dentsu Webchutney | |
|
South Asia Specialist Agency of the Year |
Gold | McCann Health India |
| Silver | Kinetic | |
| Bronze | The Social Street | |
| South Asia Brand of the Year | Winner | Carvaan |
PEOPLE / TEAM CATEGORIES
| Category | Award | Person/Team | Agency/Brand |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Asia Marketer of the Year | Winner | Gauravjeet Singh | Hindustan Unilever |
| India Young Achiever of the Year | Winner | Priyanka Joshi | Ogilvy India |
| Runner‑Up | Adith Mili Francis Fernandes | FCB India | |
| Rest of South Asia Young Achiever of the Year | Winner | Sanober Ali | Mindshare |
| South Asia Account Person of the Year | Winner | Alok lall | McCann Worldgroup India |
| Runner‑Up | Dhaval Jadwani | The Womb | |
| South Asia Agency Head of the Year | Winner | Prasoon Joshi | McCann Worldgroup India |
| Runner‑Up | Prasanth Kumar | Mindshare India | |
| South Asia Channel/Engagement Planner of the Year | Winner | Nithya Ravi | Mindshare |
| Runner‑Up | Sunny Rangwani | Mindshare India | |
| South Asia Creative Person of the Year | Winner | Ali Rez | BBDO Pakistan |
| Runner‑Up | Azazul Haque | Ogilvy India | |
| South Asia New Business Development Team of the Year | Winner | Business Development Team | Social Kinnect Private Limited |
| Runner‑Up | Ogilvy India New Business Development Team | Ogilvy India | |
| South Asia Strategic/Brand Planner of the Year | Winner | Deep Singh | Mindshare India |
| Runner‑Up | Jitender Dabas | McCann Worldgroup India | |
| South Asia Talent Management Person/Team of the Year | Winner |
Savita Mathai Bambi Diventry Afrin Kazi Kabir Sodhi Mincy Fernandes |
FCB India |
| Runner‑Up | Dentsu Aegis Network | Dentsu Aegis Network |
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