By Our Staff
The Abbys Award Governing Council has announced the names of five more industry seniors as part of the awards jury:
Carlton D’Silva: Co-Founder House of Awe and Musemakers Marketing Services
Paresh Chaudhry: Group Executive director, Value 360
Praveen Someshwar: MD and CEO, HT Media Group
Rajat Ojha: CEO, Gamitronics
Rekha Nigam: Director, Sutradhar Media & Communications
By A Correspondent
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Adani Group has joined hands with DDB Mudra to salute the frontline warriors with #GoodnessNeverStops. The film pays homage to the workforce at Adani Group for its relentless efforts and unwavering support during the lockdown amid the Covid-19 crisis.
Elaborating on the objective of the campaign, Paresh Chaudhry, Group President – Corporate Brand Custodian, Adani Group said, “This crisis demanded continuous supply of certain essentials so that people can stay indoors safely. Thanks to our ever-reliable workforce, we were able to deliver when it mattered the most. This film is our tribute to our workforce and to all those who are working relentlessly to help bring the country back to normalcy.”
Talking about the concept and execution, Shekhar Pandey, VP – Strategy, DDB Mudra said, “In this unprecedented scenario, there are so many fellow citizens who are putting duty and the country above everything else. This film is our tribute to all such brave hearts who are truly demonstrating the goodness that is inherent in humanity. As we faced various execution-related limitations due to lockdown, we decided to take up the animation route and produced this film totally in-house at our Ahmedabad office.”
By A Correspondent
Adani Group announced the appointment of Paresh Chaudhry as Group President – Corporate Communication. Paresh Chaudhry comes with 29 years of experience in Marketing, Brand Communications and Reputation Management spanning multiple industries. Chaudhry started his career with Wockhardt Ltd. and later worked with Smith Kline Beecham, Ranbaxy Laboratories and Hindustan Unilever Limited and Reliance Industries Limited. Prior to joining the Adani Group, he was working as CEO of Madison Public Relations.
Speaking on the appointment, Gautam Adani, Chairman, Adani Group said: We are delighted to have Paresh Chaudhry at Adani Group, who brings in vast experience in Corporate and Brand communications in diverse sectors. He will be a valuable addition to the Adani Family. We wish him all the success for a long and fruitful association with the Adani Group.â€
By A Correspondent
Madison Public Relations has just announced the appointment of Madhu Chhibber as its CEO. Madhu will be based in the agency’s Mumbai office. Chhibber takes over from Paresh Chaudhry who left the agency after a five-year stint as CEO.
Chhibber has worked on both sides of the PR fence with over 22 years of experience including a decade-plus at Good Relations, around eight years at the Al Tayer group in Dubai
tenures with Indian and international corporations. She was CEO at Perfect Relations from November 2014 to April 2017 and her LinkedIn profile notes she has been a Council Member with the GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.).
Said Sam Balsara, Chairman, Madison World, on the appointment:, “Whilst thanking Paresh Chaudhry for his committed stint of leading Madison PR for five years, I am delighted to have Madhu lead our very capable and experienced team as CEO of Madison PR. Amsure Madhu’s rich experience will add a lot of value to our clients’ PR plans.â€
Added Chhibber on joining Madison PR: “I’m excited to join Madison PR and look forward to partnering the immensely talented team at the Agency in delivering on our brand promise to our clients. I’m confident that as a team we will continue to enhance the knowledge assets of the agency, supporting clients with effective and compelling brand messaging.â€
By A Correspondent
Madison Public Relations has announced that 2015-16 has been yet another year of continuous and strong growth. The agency added over 34 marquee brands to its growing client roster. The agency attributes its success to its innovative campaigns, strong results delivered for clients, and a company culture that promotes professionalism, performance and fun-at- work.
Madison PR in the past few months has added significant new and market-leading names, including ITC Foods, Arvind Fashion, Arvind Sports, Madhya Pradesh Government, Asian Paints, Crompton, Welspun (SPACES), Gemfields PLC, Zivame, Monarch Cruise, Indigo Deli, Bosch Power Tools, Sun Pharma, Indian Machine Tool Manufacturer’s Association, Kellogg’s, Bisleri and Cargill Foods among
Madison PR also recently launched 2 new Practices for IT and BFSI, which have added new clients like Karvy Financial, Synopsys and GSN Games.
The agency has some long-standing clients such as P&G, Café Coffee Day, Bunge India and Hamdard Labs and also continued to expand its portfolio in Luxury, Lifestyle; Health Care categories with clients such as PUMA, Soch, Levi’s, Shangri-la, Marriott Group, H & R Johnson, Nitco, Apollo Health and Lifestyle, Apollo White Dental, GSK, Trivitron and Maxivision to name a few.
On the milestone, Paresh Chaudhry, Chief Executive Officer, MPR   commented: “The past year has been very exciting and encouraging for MPR. With our full-suite of PR and Communication capabilities, the past 5 years has seen substantial growth, year-on-year. With our 34 new clients, we’ve strengthened all our existing Practices, especially in FMCG, Lifestyle, Hospitality and Healthcare sectors – and added two additional new practices to our overall offering.  Our team’s growing reputation to constantly innovate, our emphasis on long-term strategic partnerships with our clients and the determination to improve client experiences has played an important role in both our growth and the multiple awards that we continue to win in India and abroad.â€
By A Correspondent
The Goafest Creative Abbys has announced the third set of jury for the awards event. The Awards Governing Council of Goafest 2016 has declared the Jury Chairs for Integrated, OOH/Ambient, Branded Content and Public Relations. Sonal Dabral, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mudra will chair the OOH/Ambient Jury of Creative Abby; Senthil Kumar – Chief Creative Officer, J. Walter Thompson will chair the integrated category; Tarun Katial, Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Broadcast Network will be jury chair for the branded content category while Paresh Chaudhry, Chief Executive Officer, Madison PR will chair the Public Relations category.
Sonal Dabral, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mudra has over two decades of experience in advertising industry and has curated many winning campaigns for major local, regional and multinational brands. Senthil Kumar – Chief Creative Officer, J. Walter Thompson has been recognized globally for the ability to amplify deep local insights into simple ideas that solve complicated marketing challenges. His work has risen beyond successful marketing case studies to mine over 100 international creative awards.
Tarun Katial, Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Broadcast Network Limited is at the helm of one of India’s youngest media houses. A stint in adverting followed by over a decade of experience in broadcast with brands like Star and Sony and now Reliance Broadcast, Tarun has successfully led high decibel launches of industry tent poles and has always been able to rightly tap the consumer’s pulse.
Paresh Chaudhry, Chief Executive Officer, Madison PR has over 24 years of Brand Communication & Reputation Management experience across  Industries & key global markets and is also founder President of the Indian Forum Of Corporate Communicators (IFCC). Paresh’s last assignment was as Group President -Corporate Communications, Reliance Industries, prior to which he was Head of Communications at HUL & Communications Leader, Unilever South Asia.
The Goafest Creative Abby Judging has been on in Mumbai with Juries being appointed in different verticals. The Jury Chairs were announced to the media by the Goafest Creative Abby Award Governing Council.
Santosh Padhi of Taproot is chairing the Abby Print and Print Craft Jury this year. Bobby Pawar of Publicis returns after a gap of 5 years to head the Abby Film Jury. Ashish Chakravarty of Contract India is Jury Chair of Radio and Radio Craft Abby while Prashant Godbole of ideasatwork is heading the Out of Home and Ambient Abby Jury. Manish Bhatt of Scarecrow is heading the Integrated Abby Jury.
Chairing the Creative Abby Direct Jury this year is Rakhshin Patel of Pi Communications. Prashant Kanyalkar of KA advertising and design is the Jury Chair in Design Vertical of Creative Abby. Carlton D’Silva of Hungama is the Jury Chair for Digital Abby while Namita Roy Ghose of White Light Moving Picture is heading the Film Craft Abby Jury.
Aneil Deepak of DDB Mudra is the Jury Chair in Brand Activation & Promotion Abby Jury. Anita Kaul Basu of Big Synergy is Jury Chair in Branded Content Abby.
Paresh Chaudhry of Madison PR headed the Public Relations Abby Jury. Avinash Kaul of Network18 led the Broadcasters Abby Jury while Shailesh Amonkar of Sakal is Jury Chair of Publishers Abby.
Pratap Bose,President of Ad Club said, “Our heartfelt thanks to the Jury members who gave their time and passion debating the selection of winners.â€
Commented Ajay Chandwani Abby Awards Governing Council Member in charge of Jury appointments and Judging,†We are very fortunate to have the time and cooperation of very high powered juries in each of the verticals. Many of our jury chairs and judges have been judging at major international festivals over the years. An award derives its prestige from the standards set by juries and Abby has indeed retained its leading status in India.â€
By A Correspondent
Madison Public Relations has announced that 2014-15 has been yet another year of high growth for the agency. The agency has added 45 new marquee brands to its already formidable client roster. Â The agency attributes its success to its innovative campaigns, digital PR, measurable business results and a strong work-life culture, where employees are encouraged to have fun at work, enabling high creativity and productivity.
The agency with its focus on client delight, has established strong capability in the FMCG, Pharma, Hospitality, Luxury and Lifestyle segments and has been known for its long standing relationships with iconic brands and industry leaders such as Procter & Gamble, Britannia, Cafe Coffee Day, Godrej & Boyce, Levis, PUMA, GSK, Go Air, Apollo Health, HBO, Zee News and Lifestyle for many years.
Sam Balsara, Chairman & Managing Director, Madison World, said, “Increasingly more and more clients are wanting to augment their advertising spends through intelligent use of what the Public Relations discipline has to offer and I am glad that Madison PR has a cutting edge offering in this discipline which has registered substantial growth for the 3rd consecutive year.”
Commenting on this year’s performance CEO, Paresh Chaudhry said, “As India’s economic growth firms up, Corporate India is demanding sharper insights, strategic partnerships and world-class execution. Increase in Digital innovation and engaging influencer- communication has led us to win National and International awards. I am extremely proud of my team’s deep commitment and passion to delight our clients. The year gone by has been a milestone in the journey of Madison PR with tremendous efforts being made in channelizing communications towards the digital route and the growth is a testament to Madison PR’s ability to address today’s dynamic client needsâ€.
By A Correspondent
The Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity, the leading festival and awards for the creative communications industry in the Middle East and North Africa, has released the first 28 names that will make up this year’s juries.  Organised by Lions Festivals, the same people who organize Cannes Lions and Spikes Asia, the Design Jury has named Preeti Vyas, Chairwoman, Vyas Gianetti Creative and the PR jury has Madison PR CEO Paresh Chaudhry as a member. The juries for Direct, Promo & Activation, Interactive and Mobile as well as Branded Content & Entertainment were also announced, but they did not have any representatives from India.
Commenting on the jury, Philip Thomas, CEO of Lions Festivals said, “We’re delighted to have this global collection of specialists joining us and we are excited to see the creative benchmarks that are ultimately set as a result of their judging. We look forward to welcoming them all to Dubai in March.”
Entries for Dubai Lynx (to be held from March 9 to 11) are open and submissions can be made through the website until 6 February. Further information on rates along with category information and rules can all be found at http://www.dubailynx.com/awards/how_to_enter.cfm.
By A Correspondent
Madison Public Relations (MPR) signed up a record 20 new clients in January 2014. With a growth of 32% in 2012-13 over the corresponding year, the agency is expected to end this year (2013-14) with close to 30% growth.
The agency signed up The Lodha Group, Zee Media Corp, Indian Merchant Chambers, Enamor, Celio, VVF and Max Fashions amongst others.
On the achievement, CEO Paresh Chaudhry commented, “It’s a great start for the last quarter of the year and lays a strong foundation for the next year with over 50% of our big wins as retainer clients.”
Said Sam Balsara, Chairman, Madison World (of which Madison PR is a part): “I am delighted at Madison PR’s consistent high growth over two years. I am glad more and more advertisers are waking up to the power of Brand PR. PR used intelligently and strategically can greatly enhance the power of advertising.â€
By A Correspondent
Madison PR has appointed Paresh Chaudhry as its CEO, who will be based in Mumbai. Veena Gidwani, current CEO of Madison PR will retire on June 30, 2012.
Mr Chaudhry has over 24 years of Brand Communication and Reputation Management experience across industries and key global markets. He has been a business communication professional with Reliance Industries, Hindustan Unilever, Ranbaxy and Wockhardt. His last assignment was as Group President-Corporate Communications, Reliance Industries, reporting to Mukesh Ambani. Prior to Reliance, he was Head of Communications at HUL and Communications Leader, Unilever South Asia.
From building the Corporate Brand of Ranbaxy in N America, Europe and India, to aligning regional communication country teams to bring alive “the transition to one Unilever brand” and driving the Corporate name change from “HLL” to “HUL”, to putting together systems and processes for effective global (internal & external) communications at RIL, Mr Chaudhry has experience and expertise in all areas of Corporate Communications.
An MBA (Marketing) with a Public affairs diploma from Hong Kong University, he is the founder President of the Indian Forum Of Corporate Communicators (IFCC).
Sam Balsara, Chairman and Managing Director, Madison World, added, “I am delighted to have Paresh join us. His cross client category and cross country experience should help him add great value to our FMCG clients. Veena has done a wonderful job in building Madison PR into a specialist Brand PR consultancy and meeting the professional needs of our over 40 clients in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune and I wish her a very happy and fulfilling life ahead”.
On his joining Madison, Mr Chaudhry said, “I am delighted with the opportunity to work with Madison PR, that has carved out a distinct and distinguished niche within the industry and is known for its strong values and relationships with some of the best known companies in Corporate India. I look forward to working with Sam and his team of professionals to take Madison PR to the next level.”