By A Correspondent
After announcing the Master Jury for the Creative Category, the Advertising Club has announced the Jury Chairs for the Media, Broadcaster, Publisher, Branded Content & Entertainment, Specialist and Craft categories of the Abby Awards. Chairing the jury for each of these categories are stalwarts and veterans who have played an instrumental role in leading the respective categories towards new echelons of growth.
The Jury Chairs are:
– Media: Sam Balsara, Chairman, Madison World
– Public Relations: Madan Bahal, Managing Director, Adfactors PR
– Direct: Raj Nair, CEO and Chief Creative Officer, Madison BMB
– Design & Still Craft: Viral Pandya, Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Out of the Box
– Radio Craft: Ramanuj Shastry, Co-Founder & Director, Infectious
– Broadcaster: Rohit Gupta, President, Network Sales And International Business, Sony Pictures Networks, India
– Publisher: Pradeep Dwivedi, CEO, Sakal Media Group
– Branded Content & Entertainment: Tarun Katial, CEO, BIG FM
– Digital & Mobile and Digital Craft: Sidharth Rao, CEO & Co-Founder, Webchutney
– Video Craft: Vinil Mathew, Director, Breathless Films
Said Ajay Kakar, Chairman of the Awards Governing Council: The guiding principle of Abbys 2018 is that an award is as good as the jury that judges it. Having identified and announced the Master Jury for the Creative Abbys, we have extended the ‘Jury of Masters’ principle to all the other categories of Abbys2018. We are delighted to announce the Jury Chairs of the Media, Broadcaster, Publisher, Branded Content & Entertainment, Specialist and Craft Categories. Each of them is a celebrated and iconic veteran of their crafts. And the Jury members of each of these categories will also be celebrated names.â€
All work released for the first time between February 1, 2017 and February 15, 2018 will be eligible to enter the award show. The last date to receive entries is February 26, 2018.