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Cannes Lions 2014: India adds 8 more Lions to its kitty
MUMBAI: Looks like Indian digital work is leaving a good mark at global platforms. At Cannes Lions 2014, JWT’s work for Nike India won a Silver Lion along with two Bronze Lions in the Cyber category. The campaign titled ‘Make every yard count’ was a digital film created by the agency that was then splashed across social media platforms.
The agency crowd sourced 225,001 images of cricket enthusiasts out of which 1,440 were used in the film. Athletes were invited, via social media and Nike Cricket’s official website. Around 108 travel photographers went around playgrounds, streets, gullies and cricket pitches across the country.
An interesting soundtrack was composed using chants, breaths, appeals, screams and sledges that one usually hears during a cricket match. The video received over 2.5 million impressions during the online campaign period.
In the same category, O&M India’s work for Akansha Foundation bagged a Bronze Lion. Three Grand Prix were awarded in the category, Iconoclast Paris, Forsman & Bodenfors Gothenburg and Creative Artists Agency-Los Angeles won for ‘Pharrell Williams – 24 hours of happy’ campaign, ‘Live Test Series’ for Volvo Trucks and ‘The Scarecrow’ for Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Under the Design Lions, O&M’s Cleft to smile campaign for Operation Smile India bagged a Gold Lion. The campaign that aimed to spread awareness around issue of cleft using Twitter as a platform. In all, over 20,000 tweets were received with the support of celebrities on the platform. According to the agency the campaign reach was 30 million. The symbol :{to:) that stands for cleft or ‘:{‘ to smile or ‘:)’ became the world’s most tweeted logo.
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McCann’s campaign for Perfetti Vans Melle fetched a Bronze Lion in the same category. The entries submitted for this campaign are titled as ‘Mango’, ‘Pear’ and ‘Tangerine’.
The Grand Prix went to Adam&EveDDB London for its campaign for Harvey Nichols.
Grey Worldwide India won a Gold Lion in Press lions for its campaign for P&G’s Duracell Batteries. The agency submitted three entries ‘Choo-choo’, ‘Remote Control’ and ‘Camera’ under this category.
JWT received a Bronze Lion for its Press campaign for Godrej Security Solutions; the three entries submitted in this category were ‘House’, ‘Antique Store’ and ‘Music Store’.
It can be noted that a total of 95 Press Lions, 68 Design Lions and 145 Cyber Lions were given away. However, no Indian entry picked up any award in Radio Lions.
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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.
