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  • The R K Swamy Hansa Group Chairman and Vice President-Development of IAA Asia Pacific has been elected for the fourth consecutive term as IAA India Chapter President

    Srinivasan Swamy re-elected IAA India President

    By A Correspondent

     

    The India Chapter of International Advertising Association elected Srinivasan Swamy, Chairman of R K Swamy Hansa Group and Vice President-Development of IAA Asia Pacific, for the fourth consecutive term as its President. “I am humbled by the confidence shown by the members in choosing me to head this international body in India. The last three years have been exciting in that we demonstrated to the marketing and advertising community through the initiatives and events we held that IAA is a thought leader in many respects. Further the awards that we have instituted were both relevant and meaningful,” said Swamy.

     

    Neeraj Roy, Managing Director and CEO of Hungama.com was re-elected as the Vice President for the third term. Monica Tata former MD of HBO India was re-elected as Hon. Secretary. Janak Sarda, Joint MD of Deshdoot publications was elected as the Honorary Treasurer.

     

    In addition, the following five members were elected as members of the Managing Committee: Abhishek Karnani, Vishakha Singh, Jaideep Gandhi, Anand Sankeshwar and Manish Advani. Kaushik Roy continues on the Committee as the Immediate Past President.

     

    Pradeep Guha, Area Director, IAA Asia Pacific said “the last few years have seen considerable momentum in terms of the activities IAA has been involved in. This has been reflected in the World Board recognizing the India Chapter as the Best Chapter twice consecutively. I am delighted that Srinivasan Swamy will be steering the India Chapter of the IAA this year as well. It could be a period of continued growth as well as consolidation. The presence of young leaders on the Managing Committee augurs well for the future of the IAA”.

     

    At the first Managing Committee meeting immediately after the AGM, five additional members were co-opted as per IAA Constitution. These were: M V Shreyams Kumar, Dr Bhaskar Das, Ashok Venkatramani, C V L Srinivas and Pradeep Dwivedi.

     

    In addition, the following senior professionals were invited to be part of the Committee: Pradeep Guha, Ramesh Narayan, Sam Balsara, M.G.Parameswaran, Raj Nayak, Atit Mehta, Vikram Sakhuja and Kunal Lalani. More members are likely to be inducted in the next few weeks.

     

  • Under the overall theme of "What's Coming Next" of IAA Global, this Summit will have a sub theme of '"Crossroads: Where Change is shaping the Future Today"

    IAA to celebrate Silver Jubilee in Kochi with 2-day Summit

    By A Correspondent

     

    The International Advertising Association (India Chapter) will celebrate its Silver Jubilee with a two day Summit at the Le Meridian Convention Center Kochi on the 4th and the 5th September 2015. Under the overall theme of “What’s Coming Next” of IAA Global, this Summit will have a sub theme of ‘”Crossroads: Where Change is shaping the Future Today”.

     

    Srinivasan K Swamy

    “We are pulling out all the stops”,said IAA India Chapter President Srinivasan Swamy “to ensure this is the event of the year. FarisAbouahmad, Chairman and World President of IAA World Board is flying down to be with us. There will be top international and national speakers and great entertainment. The content will appeal to senior and middle-management professionals across marketing, advertising and media. We are making special arrangements to accommodate academia as well because we want them to benefit from the great content on offer. We will be announcing a comprehensive list of speakers and topics very shortly”.

     

    Pradeep Guha

    Pradeep Guha, Area Director, IAA Asia Pacific and Chairman of the Summit adds “The India Chapter has been performing quite remarkably and I am very pleased that the Silver Jubilee is being celebrated with a mix of knowledge and entertainment of the highest order. I believe this is one event that cannot be missed by anyone in the communications industry. I would urge my friends in the industry to join us in Kochi on 4th and 5th September.”

     

  • The Corporate Social Crusader award is conferred on a Corporate which has excelled in any form of CSR activity in the last calendar year

    IAA extends entry deadline for Corporate Social Crusader Award

    By A Correspondent

     

    The last date for receiving entries for the International Advertising Association (IAA) Corporate Social Crusader Award has been extended to February 28th 2015.

     

    The Corporate Social Crusader award is conferred on a Corporate which has excelled in any form of CSR activity in the last calendar year. The CSR could be in any area of the Corporate’s choice and is judged on the basis of its scale, relevance, and impact.

     

    Srinivasan Swamy, President, IAA India Chapter & Vice President – Development, IAA Asia Pacific said, “We introduced the IAA Corporate Social Crusader Award as a part of our prestigious Olive Crown Awards last year. The response was amazing. Over 53 large corporates sent in their entries. The award was ultimately shared by Hindustan Unilever and Mathrubhumi Group of newspapers.”

     

    Neeraj Roy, Chairman, Olive Crown Awards Committee, IAA India Chapter, added, “Last’s years award ceremony was special. We had Amitabh Bachchan and Maneka Gandhi with us along with the entire communications industry. This award is for a company that takes a justifiable pride in its CSR activity over the last year. It includes any CSR activity from improving life skills to recycling to healthcare and education and of course the environment.”

     

    The Olive Crown Awards are run as a cause and there is no entry fee.

     

  • The 'IAA Conversations' will be held on Friday, January 30 from 6pm onwards at the Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai

    ‘Make in India: Lessons from China’ to be discussed at IAA Conversations

    By A Correspondent

     

    The India chapter of the International Advertising Association will host its next IAA Conversations to deliberate on the ‘Make in India’ credo of the Government of India.

     

    Dr Anil Gupta, Professor of Strategy, Globalization & Entrepreneurship, Smith School of Business, The University of Maryland, USA will make a presentation on Make in India: Lessons from China which will be followed by an interesting discussion with Jayadeva Ranade, President & CEO, Centre for China Analysis and Strategy (CCAS) on the same subject.

     

    The ‘IAA Conversations’ will be held on Friday, January 30 from 6pm onwards at the Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai. This will be followed by a Q&A with the audience.

     

    “With IAA Conversations, our attempt has always been to discuss a diverse set of issues that are both topical and relevant to a cross-section of people from within and outside the advertising industry. We are delighted to have such well-known names like Dr Anil Gupta and Jayadeva Ranade in our next IAA Conversations,” said Srinivasan Swamy, President, IAA India Chapter & Vice President-Development, IAA Asia Pacific.

     

  • He already serves on the IAA Global Board as Vice President – Development, IAA Asia Pacific

    Srinivasan Swamy re-elected President of IAA in India

    By A Correspondent

     

    Srinivasan K Swamy

    Srinivasan Swamy, Chairman of R K Swamy Hansa Group was elected President of IAA for the third consecutive term at the Annual General Body Meeting. He already serves on the IAA Global Board as Vice President – Development, IAA Asia Pacific.

     

    Neeraj Roy of Hungama, Monica Tata of HBO and Jaideep Gandhi of Jaya Advertising were also re-elected Vice President, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer respectively the year for 2014-15.

     

    The other members elected into the Managing Committee were – Abhishek Karnani of The Free Press Journal, Vishakha Singh of Aurora Comms, Manish Advani of Mahindra SSG, Janak Sarda of Deshdoot, CVL Srinivas of Group M, Avinash Pandey of ABP News, M. V. Shreyams Kumar of Mathrubhumi, Partho Dasgupta of BARC, Bhaskar Das of Zee Media and Rajesh Kejriwal of Kyoorius.

     

    In addition, the following would serve in the Committee as invited members for the year 2014-15: Pradeep Guha, Pheroza Bilimoria, Sam Balsara, Kaushik Roy, Raj Nayak, Ramesh Narayan, M G Parameswaran, Neville Taraporewalla, Gayatri Yadav, Anita Nayyar, Pradeep Dwivedi, Anand Sankeshwar, Sunil Lulla and Punitha Arumugam. “A few more have been invited and their names will be announced after they accept our invitation”, said Srinivasan Swamy.

     

    In his outgoing President’s address, Srinivasan Swamy said that the year that went by was an active one, where 32 events were organised by IAA India. Some of these included two IAA Debates, four IAA Conversations, five IAA Mentorship Webinars, six Knowledge Seminars, three IAA Young Turks Forum events and other marquee events like the IAA Olive Crown Awards and the IAA Leadership Awards. There were a few other special ones like the IAA Retrospect & Prospects events in Gurgaon and Mumbai and the IAA Mentorship Programme. The year was off to a terrific start on 30th September 2013 with the IAA Platinum Jubilee Global Marketing Summit where the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate and CM of Gujarat the Hon’ble Shri Narendra Modi delivering his valedictory address on his vision of Brand India.

     

    IAA India will be celebrating its Silver Jubilee year in 2014-15. “We have identified at least 20 different platforms to peg our events for the coming year. We have a very good committee and I wouldn’t be surprised if we have more than 52 events during the year”, said Srinivasan Swamy. Commented Pradeep Guha, Area Director, IAA Asia Pacific, “IAA India is already seen as the most active industry body in India as well as in the IAA world. With the plans that are made for 2014-15, I have no doubt that this will be the best year ever and would set a new benchmark”.

     

  • The International Advertising Association India Chapter announced nominations for the first 12 categories of the second edition of the IAA Leadership Awards

    Nominees announced for IAA Leadership Awards

    The International Advertising Association India Chapter has revealed nominations for the first 12 categories of the second edition of the IAA Leadership Awards. The nominees have been shortlisted from the fields of Marketing of various products and services categories.

     

    The IAA Leadership Awards will see a recognition of 21 individuals in as many categories who will be handpicked through a two-stage selection process.

     

    And the nominees are:

     

    Srinivasan Swamy

    Speaking on the nominees, Srinivasan Swamy, President IAA India and VP-Development, IAA Asia Pacific, and Chairman, R K Swamy BBDO said, “The nominees are the chosen few from the field of marketing, shortlisted via a scientific thought process and detailed research. By celebrating their achievements, we hope to motivate them to raise the bar year-on-year.”

     

    The awards will be presented on March 1 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Mumbai, with I&B Minsiter Manish Tewari as the Chief Guest.