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DMAi Awards 2016 facilitate the champions of data driven marketers
MUMBAI: ‘Collaboration’ – be it between creative agencies, marketers or consumers – has emerged as the need of the hour in today’s marketing scenario, when panelists discussed several burning issues at the DMA India Annuals and Awards 2016.
Speaking on the role of DMA in educating the marketing fraternity on the changing dynamics of data and analytics, DMA Asia founder and COO DMAi Shelly Singh said, “We started off 25 years ago as Direct Marketing Association with marketers who believed in response driven strategy for marketing. Over the last five years there has been a huge data overload and marketers increasingly need to decode them to understand consumer behaviour and market drivers. In short, the entire landscape is changing and therefore it is all the more reason for a body like DMA, which we have rechristened to Association for Data Driven Marketing and Analytics.”
The sessions were followed by the awards ceremony where marketers were felicitated on their effective use of data in communicating their brand statement, and implementing the fundamentals of direct marketing in the best way possible.
While the Marketer Of The Year went to Ixigo.com content marketing head Aashish Chopra, EveryMedia Technologies won Marketing Innovation Award (Social) for its digital marketing campaigns for the film Bajrangi Bhaijaan produced by Salman Khan Films.
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Time brings TIME100 Next franchise to India with Reliance
List to spotlight 100 emerging leaders, gala set for December 2026 in Mumbai.
MUMBAI: It’s about time India’s next wave got a global spotlight and now, it’s on the list. New York-headquartered Time is expanding its TIME100 Next franchise to India, partnering with Reliance Industries Limited to launch TIME100 Next India, its first international extension of the rising leaders platform. The announcement was made at the Time100 Gala in New York by Jessica Sibley and Nita Mukesh Ambani, signalling a strategic push to tap into India’s growing influence across sectors.
The India edition will recognise 100 emerging leaders from the country and the global Indian diaspora, spanning business, science, sports, arts and social impact. The list will be curated by Time’s editorial team and published online, continuing the franchise’s focus on identifying individuals shaping the future.
The initiative will culminate in a gala event scheduled for December 2026 at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, anchoring the platform within India’s cultural and business ecosystem.
TIME’s broader Time100 franchise has steadily expanded its global footprint since 2021 through events and impact-led initiatives. Executives noted that India’s growing pool of influential voices and innovators made it a natural next step for the platform’s international ambitions.
For Reliance, the partnership aligns with its broader push to support emerging talent and ideas on a global stage. For Time, it marks a timely bet on India not just as a market, but as a talent engine shaping the next chapter of global leadership.
