Mumbai: The members co-opted and invited to the managing committee of the India Chapter of IAA for the financial year 2023-24, were announced at the first meeting of the managing committee chaired by the re-elected president, ABP Network chief executive officer Avinash Pandey.
Pandey said, “IAA India Chapter is uniquely positioned with such diverse group of industry leaders from ad-agencies, media, mediatech and advertisers. I am lucky that I enjoy support of such accomplished individuals in fulfilling the motto of IAA that advertising is a force for good. IAA India would be coming out with fresh new initiatives enabling social changes for good.”
IAA India Chapter VP Abhishek Karnani said, “I am very glad to be a part of a well-diversified team of Marcom leaders who will be leading the India Chapter in the year ahead. We are committed to promoting an ecosystem of excellence in every area we are involved in. Sustainability, Tech, Marketing, Creative Excellence and more. Look out for new initiatives and a drive to showcase communication as a force for good”
The Mancom members are:
● Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd - president, Business South Asia - Rahul Johri
● Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt Ltd - founder - Neeraj Roy
● EROS Media World PLC - Group CEO - Pradeep Dwivedi
● neOwn - founder - Kranti Gada
● Viacom18 Media Pvt Ltd - head, Hindi mass entertainment & kids TV Network - Nina Elavia Jaipuria
● EENADU - director - I Venkat
● Canco Advertising Pvt Ltd - founder - Ramesh Narayan
● The Salt Inc Consulting & Aidem Ventures - CEO & founder - Neena Dasgupta
● Havas Group India - chief executive officer - Rana Barua
● The Times of India Group - president - Partha Sinha
● IdeateLabs - chairperson - Dr. Bhaskar Das
● The Horologists - founder & president - Mitrajit Bhattacharya
● Madison Communications Pvt. Ltd. - chairman & managing director - Sam Balsara
● Laqshya Media Group - managing director - Alok Jalan
● HT Media Ltd - executive director - Rajeev Beotra
● Indira Television Ltd. - director - Rani Reddy
● Sambad Group - MD - Monica Nayyar Patnaik
● Google India - marketing director for platforms and devices - Neha Barjatya
● Netcon Technologies - corporate advisor - P N Mahadevan
● Meta India - head - ads business - Arun Srinivas
● Meta India - head - agency business - Gauravjeet Singh
● Intelligent Insights Pvt Ltd - founder - Ashok Venkatramani
● Dabur India - head of media - Rajiv Dubey
● Samsonite - CEO - Jai Krishnan
● Crayons Advertising Ltd. - MD - Kunal Lalani
At the AGM held on 27 September 2023, the following office bearers were elected:
● Abhishek Karnani (president, Free Press Journal Group)- VP
● Nandini Dias (Independent Advisor)- Hon. Secretary
● Jaideep Gandhi (Founder, Another Idea) - Hon. Treasurer
Cosmos-Maya CEO Megha Tata will continue as an ex-officio office bearer as immediate past president.
The other elected members of the managing committee were:
● R K Swamy Ltd - chairman & MD - Srinivasan K Swamy
● Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co Ltd - MD - M.V. Shreyams Kumar
● GroupM - CEO-South Asia - Prasanth Kumar
● The Indian Express Pvt Ltd - executive director - Anant Goenka
● Blue Logic Systems - director - Janak Sarda
