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‘Born in Sweden, built in India’, says Truecaller in latest #HelloIndia campaign
Mumbai: In a bid to reaffirm its commitment towards India and to create more awareness around the brand, the Swedish app, Truecaller has launched the #HelloIndia campaign. The outdoor campaign, conceptualised and executed by Gurgaon-based Thinkstr, aims to spread awareness of the origins of Truecaller and strengthen the brand’s connection with its Swedish roots.
The primary objective of this campaign is to elicit an emotion towards the brand and encourage users to adopt the use of this efficient technology for their benefit, the company said in a statement.
Truecaller’s sizable portion of the engineering and development team is based out of India and it takes pride in building solutions and products for India and then taking them global. The campaign is an attempt to connect the rich heritage and culture of Sweden with the diversity and enormity of India, which Truecaller calls its home country now, it added.
“We are proud to be a Swe-desi app – Born in Sweden, built-in India and we wanted to tell the world about it,” Truecaller’s director of marketing, Manan Shah said. “That’s when while working with Thinkstr, they came up with this campaign. It instantly resonated with all of us and we deployed it. This is part of our ongoing effort to create more awareness around the brand.”
Thinkstr’s head of creative and the writer of the campaign Ravi Raghavendra said, “While Truecaller is the third most downloaded app in India, not many know that it was founded in Sweden. We wanted to tell people that we are from the land of innovation and excellence. Sweden has given the world a lot of innovations that have transformed human lives. Similarly, Truecaller continues to transform the lives of people by protecting them against harassers and pesky, irritating callers. It is our way of saying: from Sweden to India, with love.”
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Ad:tech honours 2026: Full list of winners announced
Expanded awards spotlight winners across 22 categories as industry doubles down on intelligent automation
NEW DELHI: Marketing’s tech elite took the spotlight as the ad:tech honours 2026 returned with a sharper focus on AI, data and immersive media, signalling how deeply technology now underpins brand strategy. Held at Yashobhoomi on March 17, the second edition drew industry leaders to celebrate innovation that is reshaping engagement and performance.
Presented with the International Advertising Association India chapter and new partner Huella, the awards expanded from 8 to 22 categories, tracking the rapid convergence of creativity, automation and analytics.
The winners’ list reads like a snapshot of marketing’s future. In affiliate and partner marketing, Lyxel & Flamingo – Boat and Paytm Ads – Giva took silver. Mobavenue Media Private Limited struck gold in AI-driven dynamic creative optimisation, alongside a silver for Laqshya Media Limited.
Creative AI collaboration saw Rediffusion Brand Solutions Private Limited win gold, with Saltinc Consulting Private Limited securing silver. Laqshya Media Limited continued its strong run, taking gold in AI conversation agents and adding multiple wins across categories, including silver in GenAI-led creative and both gold and silver in interactive DOOH campaigns for Tanishq and Tata Coffee.
Predictive AI honours went to Strong Metrics and Tyroo, both silver, while Orient Bell Limited picked up silver in immersive retail tech. In GenAI-led creative, Laqshya Media Limited, Salt – Kotak and Sumimoto each secured silver, reflecting the crowded race in generative creativity.
Publicis bagged silver in influencer management and gold in performance marketing, where it shared the stage with Arm Worldwide and The Trade Desk, both silver. Glad U Came Private Limited stood out with gold in influencer measurement and analytics.
Marketing automation saw CereOne Media Pvt. Ltd. and Globale Media win silver, while ADMOTT Private Limited claimed silver in OTT innovation.
Programmatic media categories highlighted the shift to advanced targeting and connected screens. Mobavenue Media Private Limited clinched gold in connected TV advertising, with Animmoov Digital Media Pvt Ltd – Asus and Lyxel and Flamingo taking silver. Cheggout Services Private Limited won silver in retail media advertising, while Paytm Ads – Versuni secured gold.
On social platforms, Vayner Media India took gold in community and UGC engagement, with Under 25 – Oppo winning silver. Segumento rounded off the list with silver in the innovation category.
Jaswant Singh, country managing director at ad:tech India, underscored the momentum, saying generative AI and data-driven decision-making are now central to marketing impact. Neena Dasgupta, IAA mancom member and chief executive and founder at The Salt Inc Consulting, added that the awards celebrate not just technology, but “the people, the creativity, and the relentless effort behind it.”
Backed by Comexposium Group, ad:tech New Delhi has long tracked digital disruption. Now, with the honours, it is rewarding those who are not just adapting to change but engineering it.
In an industry racing towards automation, the message from 2026 is unmistakable. The future of marketing will be written not just in ideas, but in algorithms.
