Campaign India Team
Jul 29, 2019

IAA Leadership Awards: Piyush Pandey, Prasanth Kumar win top creative, media accolades

Kaushik Roy inducted into the IAA Hall of Fame

IAA Leadership Awards: Piyush Pandey, Prasanth Kumar win top creative, media accolades
The International Advertising Association’s (IAA) India Chapter announced the winners for the seventh edition of its Leadership Awards in Mumbai on 26 July.
 
Prasanth Kumar, COO, GroupM South Asia won the media leader of the year, while Ogilvy's global CCO, Piyush Pandey, bagged the creative leader of the year. 
 
IAA India inducted Kaushik Roy, president - brand strategy and marketing communication, Reliance Industries into the IAA Hall of Fame for going beyond the call of duty and having made a significant contribution to advertising, marketing and society.
 
Roy said, “It is a great honor that doesn’t come easy, especially from IAA that has been a global body for 80 years. One must keep the fire in the belly alive: To Grow - Stay Hungry”.  
 

Category

Winner

Marketer of the Year - Auto

(Four Wheelers)

Shashank Srivastava

Executive Director, Sales & Marketing

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd

Marketer of the Year - Auto

(Two Wheelers)

Narayan Sundararaman

Vice President - Marketing

Bajaj Auto Ltd

Marketer of the Year - Mobile Devices

Karan Shroff

Head- Brand Marketing

Xiaomi Technology India Private Ltd

Marketer of the Year - E-Commerce

Anil Goteti

Sr Vice President - Marketing

Flipkart Pvt Ltd

Marketer of the Year - Consumer Durables – Electronics (TV)

Ranjivjit Singh

Chief Marketing Officer

Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd

Marketer of the Year - Consumer Durables - Others

Amit Gujral

Chief Marketing Officer

LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd

Marketer of the Year –Cellular Services

Pankaj Pawar

Business Head- Jio

Reliance JioInfocomm Limited

Marketer of the Year - FMCG -Food

R S Sodhi

Managing Director

Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (Amul)

Marketer of the Year - FMCG -Beverages

Nadia Chauhan

JMD & CMO

Parle Agro Pvt. Ltd. 

Marketer of the Year - FMCG - Personal care

Sandeep Kohli

Executive Director, Personal Care

Unilever Group

Marketer of the Year - FMCG - Homecare

Priya Nair

Executive Director, Home Care

Unilever Group

Marketer of the Year – Banking& Finance

Rajnish Kumar

Chairman

State Bank of India

Marketer of the Year –Non Banking Financial Company (NBFC)

Manev Mianwal

Chief Marketing Officer

Bajaj Finserv Limited

 

Marketer of the Year - Insurance

D N Joshi

Executive Director - Marketing/Product Development

Life Insurance Corporation of India

Marketer of the Year –Retail

V Subramaniam

CEO

Reliance Retail Limited 

IAA Media Agency Leader of the Year

 

Prasanth Kumar 

GroupM

 

 

IAA Creative Agency Leader of the Year

 

Piyush Pandey

Ogilvy

 

IAA Media Person of the Year

Sanjay Gupta

Star India

IAA Editor of the Year

Bodhisatva Ganguli

The Economic Times

IAA TV Anchor of the Year

Rahul Kanwal

India Today Group

 

IAA Brand Endorser of the Year

Taapsee Pannu

 

IAA Media Game Changer of the Year

Virendra Gupta / Umang Bedi

Dailyhunt

 

IAA Hall of Fame

Kaushik Roy

 
Punit Goenka, president, IAA India, MD and CEO, ZEE Entertainment Enterprises, said, “The IAA India Chapter has been working relentlessly to enhance the stature of our marquee properties to enrich them with engaging and thought provoking conversations, and celebrate the commendable work being done by leaders across sectors. The seventh edition of the IAA Leadership Awards was one such exceptional evening that celebrated and applauded true leaders who have positively contributed to the economy, changed the landscape of the M&E industry and created global brands. The support received from the guests present at the event reinforces our commitment to keep working towards creating initiatives that benefit the M&E industry.”
 
Dr. Bhaskar Das, group president, Republic TV and co-chairperson, IAA Leadership Awards, said, “ IAA Leadership Awards is a humble attempt to honour industry doyens in the fields of marketing, advertising and media, who have made enormous professional contributions and delivered business success to their companies. Because only we know the challenges, the hardships, the dilemma of ethics, the sacrifices and the tough decisions that go into making a leader - to stand tall, to stand true.”
 
 
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