IAA India Chapter announces mancom line-up for FY 23-24

The IAA India Chapter has announced its managing committee line-up for the financial year of 2023-24. 

The meeting was chaired by the re-elected president of IAA, Avinash Pandey, chief executive officer, ABP Network. 

​At the recent AGM held on 27 September 2023, along with Pandey being re-elected as president, Abhishek Karnani was re-elected as vice president.

Here's the full list of members of the mancom:

• Rahul Johri, president - business South Asia, Zee Entertainment Enterprises
• Neeraj Roy, founder, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment
• Pradeep Dwivedi, group CEO, EROS Media World PLC
• Kranti Gada, founder, neOwn
• Nina Elavia Jaipuria, former head - Hindi mass entertainment and kids TV Network, Viacom18 Media 
• I Venkat, director, EENADU
• Ramesh Narayan, founder, Canco Advertising
• Neena Dasgupta, CEO and founder, The Salt Inc Consulting and CEO, Aidem Ventures
• Rana Barua, chief executive officer, Havas Group India
• Partha Sinha, president, The Times of India Group
• Dr. Bhaskar Das, chairperson, IdeateLabs,
• Mitrajit Bhattacharya, founder and president, The Horologists
• Sam Balsara, chairman and managing director, Madison Communications 
• Alok Jalan, managing director, Laqshya Media Group 
• Rajeev Beotra, executive director, HT Media
• Rani Reddy, director, Indira Television
• Monica Nayyar Patnaik, managing director, Sambad Group
• Neha Barjatya, marketing director for platforms and devices, Google India
• P N Mahadevan, corporate advisor, Netcon Technologies 
• Arun Srinivas, head - ads business, Meta India 
• Gauravjeet Singh, head- agency business, Meta India
• Ashok Venkatramani, founder, Intelligent Insights  
• Rajiv Dubey, head of media, Dabur India
• Jai Krishnan, CEO, Samsonite
• Kunal Lalani, managing director, Crayons Advertising 

Pandey said, “IAA India Chapter is uniquely positioned with such diverse group of industry leaders from ad agencies, media, mediatech and advertisers. I am lucky that I enjoy the support of such accomplished individuals in fulfilling the motto of IAA that advertising is a force for good. IAA India would be coming out with fresh new initiatives enabling social changes for good.”

Karnani said, “I am very glad to be a part of a well-diversified team of Marcom leaders who will be leading the India Chapter in the year ahead. We are committed to promoting an ecosystem of excellence in every area we are involved in. Sustainability, Tech, Marketing, Creative Excellence and more. Look out for new initiatives and a drive to showcase communication as a force for good.”