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  • Abhishek Karnani, President, Free Press Journal Group, will be Vice President, Nandini Dias, now an independent advisor will be Secretary and Jaideep Gandhi, Founder, Another Idea, will be Treasurer

    Avinash Pandey re-elected IAA India President

    By Our Staff

     

    At its Annual General Meeting held on September 27, 2023, Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP Network, was unanimously re-elected President. Abhishek Karnani, President, Free Press Journal Group, will be Vice President, Nandini Dias, now an independent advisor will be Secretary and Jaideep Gandhi, Founder, Another Idea, will be Treasurer.

     

    The following five members were elected as voting members: Srinivasan K Swamy (Chairman & Managing Director, R K Swamy Ltd), MV Shreyams Kumar (Managing Director, Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co Ltd)

     

    Prasanth Kumar (CEO-South Asia, GroupM)

    Anant Goenka (Executive Director, The Indian Express Pvt Ltd)

    Janak Sarda (Director, Blue Logic Systems)

    Megha Tata, CEO, Cosmos-Maya will continue as an ex-officio office bearer as Immediate Past President

     

    Apart from this, five more members will be co-opted in the upcoming managing committee meeting along with other special invited members.

     

    Avinash Pandey
    Avinash Pandey

    Said Avinash Pandey: “The India Chapter of the IAA is arguably the most active industry Association of its kind in the country. Its initiatives cover a wide spectrum of areas including saluting excellence in Marketing, Creativity and communicating Sustainability. In the year gone by, we also started Tech Pulse to cater to the growing digital market. The IAA has always maintained that what is good, is good for business and in that spirit it has converted its Voice of Change initiative into a nation-wide movement aimed at breaking the gender bias in advertising and the entertainment industry. In the year ahead we will also be spearheading two initiatives where we walk the talk that Communication is a Force for Good, and will also once again lead a group of CEOs to the US to study the latest developments in communication. I look forward to a very meaningful term ahead.”

     

  • Abhishek Karnani, Director, Free Press Journal Group

    Avinash Pandey is IAA India President

    By Our Staff

     

    Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP News Network

    ABP Network CEO Avinash Pandey was elected President of the India Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) for the year 2022-23. Abhishek Karnani, Director, Free Press Journal Group, was elected Vice President, Nandini Dias, former CEO of Lodestar UM, is. Secretary and Jaideep Gandhi, Chairman, Another Idea, is Treasurer. Immediate Past President Megha Tata will also be on the Managing Committee.

     

    Other members of the mancom are Srinivasan K Swamy (Chairman & Managing Director, R K Swamy Pvt Ltd), Shreyams Kumar (Managing Director, Mathrubhumi Group), Prasanth Kumar (CEO-South Asia, GroupM), Anant Goenka (Executive Director, The Indian Express Group) and Janak Sarda (Managing Director, Deshdoot Media Group).

     

    The members co-opted at the first Managing Committee meeting were Nina Elavia Jaipuria (Head – Hindi and Kids TV Network, Viacom18), Neeraj Roy, (Founder, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment), Pradeep Dwivedi (Group CEO, Eros Media World PLC), Kranti Gada (President – New Business Opportunities Shemaroo Entertainment) and I.Venkat (Director, Eenadu Group.)

     

    The invitees to the Managing Committee include

    Ramesh Narayan, Founder Canco Advertising Pvt. Ltd.

    Neena Dasgupta, CEO & Director Zirca Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

    Rana Barua, Chief Executive Officer, Havas Group India

    Partha Sinha, President, The Times of India Group

    Dr Bhaskar Das, Veteran mediaperson

    Mitrajit Bhattacharya, Founder & President, The Horologists

    Sam Balsara, Chairman & Managing Director, Madison Communications Pvt. Ltd.

    Alok Jalan, Managing Director, Laqshya Media Group

    Rahul Johri, President -Business South Asia, ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd

    Rajeev Beotra, Executive Director, HT Media Ltd

    Kevin Vaz, Head – Network Entertainment Channels ,Disney Star

    Kunal Lalani, Managing Director, Crayons Advertising Pvt Ltd

    Ashok Venkatramani, Founder, Intelligent Insights Pvt Ltd

    Rani Reddy, Director, Indira Television Ltd.

    Monica Nayyar Patnaik, Managing Director, Sambad Group

     

  • “The last five special editions have seen us changing our masthead to draw the nation’s attention to issues that deserve to be addressed, notes a communique

    Free Press changes masthead for Education Day

    By A Correspondent

     

    We didn’t know it was World Education Day today. Thankfully Free Press Journal reminded us of that with Free School, the sixth issue of special editions conceived by Taproot Dentsu. “The last five special editions have seen us changing our masthead to draw the nation’s attention to issues that deserve to be addressed, noted a communique, adding: “We started this movement on August 29, 2019, National Sports Day, by changing our 90-year-old brand name to Free Sports; followed by Free Food on World Food Day (October 16); and Free Child on Children’s Day (November 14); Free Farmers on Farmers’ Day (December 23). And today, we want to shine the spotlight on a fundamental human right – education.”

     

    Said Abhishek Karnani, Chairman Director of the Free Press Journal group: “Though we are in the business of journalism, we want to focus on addressing the issues at hand. Education is a very important factor in the economic development of any country. Since the early days of independence, India has focused on improving the literacy rate. Even today, the government runs many programmes to promote primary and higher education in India. We thought this is our way of shedding light on and starting a conversation around this issue.”

     

    Added Santosh ‘Paddy’ Padhi, Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder of Taproot Dentsu: “I’m happy that we’re now publishing our 6th special edition. The last five had us tackling five different issues. And this one is no different. I’d like to thank the Free Press Journal team for helping bring this idea to life by reaching out to concerned contributors to address the issues and ensuring that we give space to different points of view.”

     

     

  • This is in line with similar initiatives conceived by Taproot Dentsu and conducted ton August 29, 2019 for National Sports Day and then on October 16 for World Food Day, and last month on November 14 on Children’s Day

    Taproot Dentsu changes Free Press masthead yet again for Human Rights Day

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Free Press Journal has changed its masthead again given it’s World Human Rights Day today (December 10). Hence: Free Rights.

     

    This is in line with similar initiatives conceived by Taproot Dentsu and conducted ton August 29, 2019 for National Sports Day and then on October 16 for World Food Day, and last month on November 14 on Children’s Day.

     

    Said Free Press Journal group Chairman Director, Abhishek Karnani: “Though we are in the business of journalism, we want to focus on addressing the issues at hand. In a world that is increasingly becoming more open-minded, India is being close-minded. Which is why talking about human rights has become the need of the hour. And though it is impossible to speak about every right, our attempt is to highlight some of the key rights that we, as a country, find thwarted.” s

    Added Santosh Padhi, Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder: “Being from the creative industry I believe in the strength of creativity and its power to move people and change how they think. As a country, we are creatively gifted. But unfortunately, due to many religious and political agendas coming in our way, our creativity has been thwarted. The last few years have seen it taking a backseat. Both Taproot and I have, over the years, faced issues that endangered our basic right of expression – there are a number of political parties and religious groups that exist to exercise their right to thwart ours. So, this particular issue is close to my heart.”

     

     

  • Media captains like Subhash Chandra, Srinivasan Swamy, Harindra Singh, CVL Srinivas others to speak at the conclave on Saturday, October 26 in Mumbai

    IAA announces knowledge conclave for ’emerging’ agencies

    By A Correspondent

     

    The International Advertising Association (IAA) India Chapter is organising a Knowledge Conclave with industry stalwarts sharing, interacting and networking with MDs, CEOs of emerging Advertising Agencies.

     

    Titled ‘Emerging Agencies: Taking it to the next level’, the conclave will be held on Oct 26 at Hotel Grand Hyatt in Mumbai. The speakers include Srinivasan K Swamy, Harindra Singh, Ali Merchant, B S Nagesh, CVL Srinivas, Pranay Chulet, Suryanarayana, Vinod Nair and Sandeep Tarkas. The highlight of the event will the Chief Guest Subhash Chandra, Chairman, Zee Group, sharing his experiences on taking one’s business global.

     

    The event (by invitation only) starts at 9.45am and ends at lunch. It has been powered by the Free Press Journal group.