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IAA announces nominees for first edition of Leadership Awards
MUMBAI: The International Advertising Association (IAA) India chapter has announced the nominees for the first 10 categories of the first edition of the IAA Leadership Awards.
The awards will recognise and honor “outstanding” individuals in the fields of marketing, advertising and media.
The nominees across 10 categories for the IAA Leadership Awards are:
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Media Agency Head of the Year:
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Organization
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Shashi Sinha
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Lodestar India
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Sam Balsara
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Madison World
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Rajesh Jain
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Prachar Advertising
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Vikram Sakhuja
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Group M
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Jasmin Sohrabji
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OMD
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Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Food & Beverages
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Name
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Organization
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Deepika Warrier
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Pepsico
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Chandramouli Venkatesan
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Cadbury Kraft India
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Krishan Kumar Chutani
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Dabur
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Anuradha Narasimhan
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Britannia
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Geetu Varma
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HUL
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Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Personal Care
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Name
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Organization
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Satyaki Ghosh
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Loreal
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Arun Srinivas
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HUL
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Kainaz Gazdar
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P & G
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Arvind Chintamani
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Colgate Palmolive
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Devender Garg
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Dabur
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Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Consumer Durables
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Name
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Organization
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Divya Rao
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Sony
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Rahul Saighal
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Samsung appliances
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Nivedita Mandal
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Whirlpool
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Sunil Tandon
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Videocon
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Sarthak Seth
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Panasonic
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Marketer of the Year: Household Products
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Name
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Organization
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Sukhpreet Singh
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Kansai Nerolac
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Ajay Arora
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D Decor
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Amit Syngle
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Asian Paints
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Kumar Pillay
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Ultratech Cement
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Marketer of the Year : Telecom Products
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Name
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Organization
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Anuradha Aggarwal
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Vodafone
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Bharat Bhambawle
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Airtel
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Gurinder Singh Sandu
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Tata Docomo
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Rahul Saighal
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Samsung Mobiles
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Rahul Sharma
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Micromax Mobiles
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Marketer of the Year: Auto 2 wheeler
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Name
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Organization
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Anil Dua
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Hero Motor Corp
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Mr. Vijay Kaul
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Yamaha
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Mr. Sanjay Saraswat
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Bajaj Auto Ltd.
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Yadvinder Singh Guleria
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Honda
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Atul Gupta
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Suzuki Motorcycle Company
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Marketer of the Year: Travel & Hospitality
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Name
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Organization
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Deepa Harris
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Taj
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Manish Kalra
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Make My trip
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Gajendra Kumar
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Incredible India
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Manish Dureja
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Jet Airways
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Marketer of the Year : Banking
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Name
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Organization
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Manisha Lathgupta
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Axis Bank
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Sujit Ganguli
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ICICI Bank
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Karthi Marshan
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Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Mahendra Kumar Rekhi
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SBI
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kalyanaraman S.
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Bank Of Baroda
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Marketer of the Year: Insurance
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Organization
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Chandramohan Mehra
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SBI Life Insurance
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Yateesh srivastava
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Aegon Religare
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Rita Bhattacharya
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LIC
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Ajay Kakar
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Birla Sunlife
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Manish Dubey
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ICICI Prudential Life
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IAA president Srinivasan Swamy said, “Each of the nominees from across categories have burned the midnight oil to make a positive difference for the brands they work for. May the best professionals win.”
IAA has appointed marketing research company AC Nielsen to execute the nomination and voting process and Ernst & Young has been appointed to conduct audit and validate the entire process.
The winners will be decided in a two-stage selection process; the first stage will include nominations and shortlisting by seasoned marketing, media and advertising professionals; and the second stage will be the final selection of winners by a voting process.
The first edition of the annual awards is scheduled on 2 February at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai
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.
