Indiantelevision.com Team

(16 April 2007 7:00 pm)

MUMBAI:Vyas Giannetti creative chairwoman and chief creative officer Preeti Vyas Giannetti, has been invited to address the Semana Internacional Da Criacao Publicitaria-a Brazilian advertising congress which is to be held in April in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This is the first time in over two decades that an Indian has received this honour.

Preeti Vyas will be addressing professionals from the advertising and media community, management graduates and university faculties of Brazilian communication and marketing colleges.

"This is truly a very emotional moment for me and a rare opportunity to showcase how far advertising in India has come," says Giannetti.

Preeti was recently part of the press jury for the Cannes International Advertising Festival in July 2006. She was also on the jury of the New York Festivals in 2005. Last year, two other awards were conferred on her . She was chosen one of the 25 most powerful women in Indian Business by Business Today and 'Creative Professional of the Year' at the Indira Awards for Marketing Excellence 2006, organized by Indira Group of Institutes, Pune, India.

She is also Executive Committee member of the National Design Business Incubator at the National Institute of Design,, and on the Communications Management Panel of MICA, one of India's leading advertising and brand communication institutes. She is also profiled in a soon to be released communications case study of entrepreneurs compiled by MICA.

Brazilian advertising superstars such as Marcello Serpa and Washington Olivetto are regularly awarded at international shows.

Semana Internacional Da Criacao Publicitaria, the International Week on Creative Advertising, was created by a group of Brazilian advertisers 21 years ago with the aim of disseminating information on advertising and marketing from around the world.