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Call for Entries for Goafest Abbys 2014
MUMBAI: The Awards Governing Council of Goafest 2014 today announced its “call for entries”for GoafestAbbys 2014. The entry forms can be downloaded from www.theadvertisingclub.net. The last date for submission of entries is Friday, April 11, 2014.Goafest 2014 will be held from May 29th to 31stat The Grand Hyatt, Bambolim, North Goa.
Regular Award Entry Fee is Rs.6,500/- + 12.36% Service Tax. For Integrated campaigns the entry fee is Rs.9,000/- + ST 12.36%. For entries from other countries in the SAARC region (Single & Integrated) it is USD 20 + ST 12.36% (USD 22.47)
Award shows for various verticals will be held on the following evenings:
May 29th: Publisher and Media Abbys
May 30th: Design, Direct, Promo-Activation, PR, Outdoor, Print Craft, Branded Contentand BroadcasterAbbys.
May 31st: Interactive Digital, Radio, Print, TV, Integrated Abbys
Goafest is in its 9th year and this is the 7th year that AAAI and The Advertising Club havecome together to award ABBYs, India’s definitive honour that recognizes creativity.
As announcedearlier, this year will see some new categories: Promo–Activation, PR, Broadcaster and Publisher Abbys.
Grand Prix can be awarded for Film, Print, Radio, Outdoor, Design, Interactive Digital, Direct, Media and Integrated.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
