Pradeep Guha has been named the vice chairman for the 2010 Adfest. In addition, four Indians have made it to the Adfest 2010 jury. Contract’s Ravi Deshpande is the jury president for Direct. He is also a jury member for 360 Lotus, Innova and Lotus. McCann Erickson’s Anil Thomas is a jury member for Film and Radio. Grandmother India’s Kurnal Rawat is a jury member for Design and Print Craft. Sabyasachi Sengupta of Gingerwater Films, is a jury member for Film Craft and New Director Lotus.
In addition, this year, Sir John Hegarty will judge the third International Advertising Cup awards. He will be joined by Corcoise Films’ Prasoon Pandey and Suthisak Sucharittanonta, chairman and CCO, BBDO Bangkok.
Adfest is set to take place from 18 to 20 March this year in Pattaya, Thailand. The organisers say the theme for this year’s festival ‘Refresh’ complements the festival’s tagline – ‘Made in Asia’.
