Campaign India has announced the shortlists for the first edition of the 'Women Leading Change' awards. These awards are part of Campaign's programme to drive diversity and inclusion.
The winners will be announced through a virtual event which is set to be held in the second week of March.
The jurors for the awards were:
- Bhavana Mittal, chief growth officer and executive director, Bert Labs
- Kavita Lakhani, president, WICCI and director, operations, Weber Shandwick
- Manisha Kapoor, secretary general, ASCI
- Megha Tata, managing director, South Asia, Discovery Communications India
- Nisha Narayanan, director and COO, Red FM and Magic FM
- Rubeena Singh, country manager, Josh, (Verse Innovations)
- Srividya Gopani, chief marketing and product officer, Interviewer.ai
- Vishakha Singh, founder and creator, SHIFT
Here are the shortlists:
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | ||
| WLC Business Leader | Tanushree Radhakrishnan | GroupM | ||
| WLC Business Leader | Swati Nathani | Team Pumpkin | ||
| WLC Business Leader | Jazryk gill | BBDO | ||
| WLC Business Leader | Pallave Dixit | Cog Culture | ||
| WLC Business Leader | Divya Karani | Dentsu Advertising and Media Services India | ||
| WLC Business Leader | Priyanka Rishi | BBDO India | ||
| WLC Business Leader | Deepali Saini | Havas Think Design | ||
| WLC Business Leader | Rajni Daswani | SoCheers | ||
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | ||
| WLC CEO of the Year | Vishakha RM | IndiaFirst Life Insurance | ||
| WLC CEO of the Year | Sangeeta Barde | Havas Life Sorento | ||
| WLC CEO of the Year | Heeru Dingra | Isobar Group | ||
| WLC CEO of the Year | Nandini Dias | Lodestar UM | ||
| WLC CEO of the Year | Divya Karani | Dentsu Advertising and Media Services India | ||
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | ||
| WLC Creative Captain | Ankita Kulkarni | SoCheers | ||
| WLC Creative Captain | Shivani Kamdar | SoCheers | ||
| WLC Creative Captain | Zaarra K | Motion Content Group ( Group M - WPP company) | ||
| WLC Creative Captain | Deepshikha Deshmukh | Pooja Entertainment | ||
| WLC Creative Captain | Sonal Mishra | Unacademy | ||
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | ||
| WLC Diverse - Inclusive Workplace of the Year | SoCheers | SoCheers | ||
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | ||
| WLC Entrepreneurship of the Year | Shubhi Agarwal | Locobuzz | ||
| WLC Entrepreneurship of the Year | Sowmya Iyer | DViO Digital | ||
| WLC Entrepreneurship of the Year | Nisha Singhania | Infectious | ||
| WLC Entrepreneurship of the Year | Tanvi Johri | Carmesi | ||
| WLC Entrepreneurship of the Year | Pallavi Agarwal | GoSTOPS Hospitality | ||
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | ||
| WLC Fintech Woman Leader | Kavitha Subramanian | Upstox | ||
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | ||
| WLC Game Changer | Tanvi Johri | Carmesi | ||
| WLC Game Changer | Punita Khatter | Senocare Services | ||
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | ||
| WLC Rising Star | Sunitha natarajan | Social Panga | ||
| WLC Rising Star | Somya Jain | Ruder Finn Asia | ||
| WLC Rising Star | Raveena KumariSethia | Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. | ||
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | ||
| WLC Technology Chief | Monomita Roy Avasarala | Unacademy | ||
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | ||
| WLC Women Leading Change of the Year | Heeru Dingra | Isobar Group | ||
| WLC Women Leading Change of the Year | Aditi Verma | The HER Tribe | ||
| WLC Women Leading Change of the Year | Sowmya Iyer | DViO Digitall | ||
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | ||
| WLC Young Business Leader | Dimpy Yadav | Xaxis (GroupM media) | ||
| WLC Young Business Leader | Divya MS | ITW Consulting | ||
| WLC Young Business Leader | Smita Salgaonkar | Media.monks | ||
| WLC Young Business Leader | Chandni Shah | Kinnect | ||
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | Title | Brand |
| WLC Diversity Campaign | On Purpose |
On Purpose |
Building a new age workplace through a GEDI lens (Gender, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) | On Purpose |
| WLC Diversity Campaign | Nikkita Fernandes | Glitch Media | Big Little Moves | Bumble |
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | Title | Brand |
| WLC HR Management Champion | Vandana Tilwani | Havas Group India | Women Who Inspire | Gender Diversity Program |
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | Title | Brand |
| WLC Mentor of the Year | Vandana Tilwani | Havas Group India | Havas Mentorship Program | Havas Spark |
| WLC Mentor of the Year | Vanaja Pillai | DDB Mudra Group | Mentorship Initiatives | Mentorship initiatives |
| Entry Category | Entrant Name | Entrant Company | Title | Brand |
| WLC Women Leadership Program | Vanaja Pillai | DDB Mudra Group | Phyllis India Project | Phyllis India Project |
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