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Goafest 2011: Creative ABBY shortlist declared
MUMBAI: The Creative ABBY shortlists have been announced for the three categories – film, print and interactive digital advertising.
In the print category, 281 entries have been shortlisted, while the film and interactive digital categories have shortlisted 105 and 65 entries respectively.
Ogilvy India has 34 shortlisted entries in the category. The entries include Vodafone (Sanctuary Sinful Collection, Sanctuary Magic Beans), Pictionary campaign for Mattel Toys, Sour Marbels, and Pond‘s, among others.
With 83 entries in the print category, Mudra has the maximum shortlists.
Ogilvy has emerged as a leader in the film category with 34 shortlists for campaigns such as BlackBerry Boys, Vodafone Delights, Zoozoo, adidas, and the shadow campaign for Madhya Pradesh Tourism.
In the Interactive Digital Advertising category, Webchutney has eight shortlists with Samsung Frrunch, MakeMyTrip.com (Amar Prem), Bharat Matrimony (Biwi Ho To Aisi), Airtel (Songcatcher Banner and Songcatcher Viral), and Saffola (Young at Heart application).
Also, in the print categories, Ogilvy India has 34, while McCann Erickson has 24 shortlisted entries.
The other agencies include JWT India (20 shortlists), Creativeland Asia (17 shortlists), Bates 141 (17 shortlists), Out of the Box (12 shortlists), Grey (ten shortlists), Contract Advertising (nine shortlists), Euro RSCG (seven shortlists), ideas@work (six shortlists), Rediffusion Y&R (six shortlists), Umbrella Design (four shortlists), Alok Nanda and Company Communication (four shortlists), Eleven Brandworks (three shortlists) and RK Swamy BBDO (two shortlists).
In the Film category, Ogilvy has emerged as the leader with 34 shortlisted entries. Campaigns such as BlackBerry Boys, Vodafone Delights and the Zoozoo, Aegon Religare Life Insurance, adidas and the shadow campaign for Madhya Pradesh Tourism have got the agency the highest number of entries.
JWT is the next agency in line with 12 shortlists for various campaigns including the Airtel Mobile re-branding campaign and Airtel DTH‘s regional language pack campaign.
Creativeland Asia follows closely with nine shortlisted entries for works such as Frooti, the Aborigine campaign for LMN and the Fight Hunger, Fight Evil film for Hippo Baked Munchies feature among the shortlists.
The other agencies in the race are McCann Erickson‘s entries (eight shortlists), Bates 141 (six shortlists), Mudra (five shortlists), Contract Advertising (five shortlists), DraftFCB Ulka‘s (five shortlists), Leo Burnett (four shortlists), Capital Advertising (four shortlists), RK Swamy BBDO (three shortlists), ideas@work (three shortlists), Meridian (three shortlists), and Grey (two shortlists). Rediffusion Y&R and Stark Communications have one entry shortlisted each.
The Interactive Digital Advertising category has witnessed a very close race, with almost all agencies lagging by very short margins.
Webchutney has received the highest eight entries shortlisted for Samsung Frrunch, MakeMyTrip.com (Amar Prem), Bharat Matrimony (Biwi Ho To Aisi), Airtel (Songcatcher Banner and Songcatcher Viral), and Saffola (Young at Heart application).
Mudra closely follows Webchutney with seven shortlisted entries. The campaigns shortlisted are Idea Cellular (Idea Roadie Mobile Challenge 3.0, Idea Language Barrier and Use Mobile Save Paper), and Volkswagen (Innovation for Everyone) among others.
Hungama Digital Media has fetched six shortlists for campaigns such as PepsiCo‘s 7UP (You click, I dance), and Tata Sky+ DTH (Tata Sky+ Mobile Access).
Interface Communications has five shortlisted entries in the category that include Mahindra Blues (www.mahindrablues.com), Tata Docomo (Tata Docomo 3G Life – The Day the Web got 3x slow and The Day YouTube got real slow, and Tata Docomo – a million fans monetised), and Kamasutra (Lounge).
The list of other agencies include JWT India (four shortlists), BC Web Wise (four shortlists), Law & Kenneth Digital (three shortlists), Interface Business Solutions (three shortlists), Interactive Avenues (two shortlists), D‘Zine Garage (two shortlists), Ogilvyone Worldwide (two shortlists), Indigo Consulting (two shortlists), UFO Digital (two shortlists), Mindshare (two shortlists), Creativeland Asia (one shortlist), Maxus India (one shortlist), Quasar Media (one shortlist), Jack In The Box (one shortlist), Pinstorm (one shortlist), Resultrix (one shortlist), and Grandmother India Design (one shortlist).
Last week, the Media ABBY shortlists were announced, which had 133 entries shortlisted. Maxus is leading the pack with 33 shortlisted entries, followed by Mindshare and Lodestar UM with 19 entries each, and Mudra Max with 16 entries.
The other agencies on the list include names such as Mediacom (11 shortlists), Creativeland Asia (five shortlists), OMD (four shortlists), Madison Media Infinity 1 (four shortlists), Madison Media Plus (four shortlists), MEC India (three shortlists), McCann Worldgroup (two shortlists), Percept Media (two shortlists), Mates Madison (two shortlists), RK Swamy Media Group (two shortlists), Isobar (two shortlists), Dialog Factory (two shortlists), while Starcom Worldwide, Lintas Media Group and TELiBrahma Convergent Communication have one shortlisted entry each.
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.
