By A Correspondent
The International Advertising Association (IAA) India chapter has released the nominees in the first 10 categories for the first edition of the IAA Leadership Awards. The nominees have been shortlisted on account of their outstanding contribution to the fields of Marketing, Advertising and Media.
The IAA Awards will honour the individuals across Marketing, Advertising and Media under the same roof.
The following are the list of nominees revealed from an initial list across 10 categories to win the IAA Leadership Awards:
| Media Agency Head of the Year: | |
| Name | Organization |
| Shashi Sinha | Lodestar India |
| Sam Balsara | Madison World |
| Rajesh Jain | Prachar Advertising |
| Vikram Sakhuja | Group M |
| Jasmin Sohrabji | OMD |
| Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Food & Beverages | |
| Name | Organization |
| Deepika Warrier | Pepsico |
| Chandramouli Venkatesan | Cadbury Kraft India |
| Krishan Kumar Chutani | Dabur |
| Anuradha Narasimhan | Britannia |
| Geetu Varma | HUL |
| Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Personal Care | |
| Name | Organization |
| Satyaki Ghosh | Loreal |
| Arun Srinivas | HUL |
| Kainaz Gazdar | P & G |
| Arvind Chintamani | Colgate Palmolive |
| Devender Garg | Dabur |
| Marketer of the Year: FMCG – Consumer Durables | |
| Name | Organization |
| Divya Rao | Sony |
| Rahul Saighal | Samsung appliances |
| Nivedita Mandal | Whirlpool |
| Sunil Tandon | Videocon |
| Sarthak Seth | Panasonic |
| Marketer of the Year: Household Products | |
| Name | Organization |
| Sukhpreet Singh | Kansai Nerolac |
| Ajay Arora | D Decor |
| Amit Syngle | Asian Paints |
| Kumar Pillay | Ultratech Cement |
| Marketer of the Year : Telecom Products | |
| Name | Organization |
| Anuradha Aggarwal | Vodafone |
| Bharat Bhambawle | Airtel |
| Gurinder Singh Sandu | Tata Docomo |
| Rahul Saighal | Samsung Mobiles |
| Rahul Sharma | Micromax Mobiles |
| Marketer of the Year: Auto 2 wheeler | |
| Name | Organization |
| Anil Dua | Hero Motor Corp |
| Mr. Vijay Kaul | Yamaha |
| Mr. Sanjay Saraswat | Bajaj Auto Ltd. |
| Yadvinder Singh Guleria | Honda |
| Atul Gupta | Suzuki Motorcycle Company |
| Marketer of the Year: Travel & Hospitality | |
| Name | Organization |
| Deepa Harris | Taj |
| Manish Kalra | Make My trip |
| Gajendra Kumar | Incredible India |
| Manish Dureja | Jet Airways |
| Marketer of the Year : Banking | |
| Name | Organization |
| Manisha Lathgupta | Axis Bank |
| Sujit Ganguli | ICICI Bank |
| Karthi Marshan | Kotak Mahindra Bank |
| Mahendra Kumar Rekhi | SBI |
| kalyanaraman S. | Bank Of Baroda |
| Marketer of the Year: Insurance | |
| Name | Organization |
| Chandramohan Mehra | SBI Life Insurance |
| Yateesh srivastava | Aegon Religare |
| Rita Bhattacharya | LIC |
| Ajay Kakar | Birla Sunlife |
| Manish Dubey | ICICI Prudential Life |
- Srinivasan K Swamy
Speaking on the nominees, Srinivasan Swamy, President of the International Advertising Association, said, “The IAA Leadership awards are an attempt to honour the contributions of individuals in the field of Marketing, Advertising and Media. 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.”
To ensure that the recipients of the many awards are determined in a fair and just manner and to ensure the process is seen as transparent, IAA appointed the experienced marketing research company A C Nielsen to execute the nomination and voting process. Further 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 among the shortlisted nominees, by respective senior industry peers.
The first edition of the annual awards is scheduled on February 2 at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari will be the chief guest.