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Grey India wins India’s 1st Silver Lion at Cannes 2019 day 2
MUMBAI: The day 2 of Cannes Lions 2019 awards witnessed Indian agencies grabbing on to several laurels as compared to just two bronze metals scored by TBWA Mumbai on the previous day.
Grey India won the first Silver Lion for India for P&G’s Gillette ‘The Barber Shop Girls – Shaving Stereotypes’ campaign, in the Entertainment Lions for Music category. Wunderman Thompson India won five Bronze Lions in the Industry Craft category for Jimmy Nelson Foundation’s ‘Blink Test’ and ‘Blink Off’ campaign.
Offroad Films won a Bronze Lion for Vicks’ ‘One in a million #TouchOfCare’ spot.
India also got shortlisted for a bunch of campaigns across Creative Data, Creative Strategy, Direct, Media, PR and Social and Influencer categories.
The shortlisted campaigns include Dentsu Webchutney’s campaigns for Swiggy. It has got 8 shortlists. It’s also the only Indian agency shortlisted in the Social & Influencer category. Dentsu Webchutney’s ‘Code Name: URI – The Surgical Strike’ for the film is shortlisted in PR Lions. The campaign was also shortlisted for Lion in the Entertainment category but couldn’t win any metals.
Mindshare got two shortlists in Creative Data with its ‘The Inflection Alert System’ for Hindustan Unilever qualified for the final round. It’s also shortlisted in Media Lions. Lowe Lintas, Grey India, Google India, Mindshare, Ogilvy, Leo Burnett, and Cheil are the other companies that bagged shortlists for India. Publicis Singapore’s ‘Touch Of Care’ campaign for P&G’s Vicks has two shortlists in the Creative Strategy category.
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Prakash Nair reportedly quits Ogilvy after 23 years
One of the agency’s longest-serving leaders has moved on, with his next destination still unknown
MUMBAI: After more than two decades at one address, Prakash Nair has left the building. The president and head of office, north at Ogilvy has moved on from the agency, according to highly placed industry sources. His next move remains unknown. Ogilvy did not respond to requests for comment.
Nair spent over 23 years at the agency, making him one of its longest-serving senior figures. He was elevated to lead the Gurugram office in April 2022, a role that put him at the helm of Ogilvy’s northern operations at a time of considerable churn across the advertising industry.
Before taking charge in the capital, Nair served as associate president at Ogilvy Mumbai, where he worked on some of the agency’s most prized accounts, including Mondelez, Tata Motors, and BP Castrol. Over the years, he built a reputation for driving modern, integrated, and award-winning work, the kind that wins metals at Cannes and keeps clients from straying.
His departure was marked in style. A farewell gathering was held in Delhi, attended by senior figures from across the advertising fraternity, a signal of the regard in which Nair is held in an industry that does not always pause to say goodbye properly.
Where he goes next is the question the industry is now asking. After 23 years at one of the world’s most storied agencies, the answer, when it comes, will be worth watching.
