IAA Olive Crown Awards
Launched in 2010, the Olive Crown Awards are a testament to the IAA's commitment to sustainability. These awards salute excellence in communicating sustainability. They also honor some individuals and corporates who have made a significant contribution to sustainability. The awards presentation ceremony has been graced by the tallest individuals in this space, and has even been awarded by the world's largest environmental movement.
The IAA Leadership Awards
These awards salute excellence in marketing and salute the leading marketers in select categories. They have a jury of top advertisers and also honor one individual every year as the Businessman of the Year. This award has been accepted in person by the likes of Mukesh Ambani, Kumarmangalam Birla, N.Chandrasekharan, Adar Poonawalla, Ajay Piramal, to name a few.
The IndIAA Awards
These unique awards are a celebration of creativity. The shortlist is prepared by a panel of senior Editors of trade publications and then reviewed by a jury of the some of the most senior advertisers in the country. The awards are presented to the co-creators of the work, making the awards presentation ceremony probably the richest collection of top advertisers, creative agencies, media agencies, PR professionals and digital agencies under one roof
IAA Debates
We in the advertising and marketing industry are in the business of hype. But amidst the glitz and glamour we sometimes tend to forget the serious business issues we face today and will be facing tomorrow. It is with this in mind that IAA introduced IAA Debates. We brought back the old style classical debate format to dwell upon topical serious business issues. With leaders of the industry speaking For and Against, we engaged in a meaningful discussion with the audience as well.
IAA Conversations
IAA Conversations brings stalwarts from all walks of life to a common platform to discuss how the world of marketing and communications can progress and prosper in the ever-changing environment.
Voice of Change
The IAA Voice of Change is a concerted effort to change the gender narrative and nuance in the communication industry. Hard research, Agency outreach, and assembling the best names in the advertising and entertainment industry is our way of making sure we break the bias and bring about gender parity. Over the years this effort has truly become a movement.
IAA Olive Crown Awards 2025
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Olive Crown Awards 2025
The IAA Olive Crown Awards is India’s first ever award for creative excellence in communicating sustainability, or "green" advertising. This year we will be celebrating the 15th edition of this award. These Awards are given away in the presence of about 200-250 top advertising, marketing and media professionals in the audience.
Olive Crown Awards 2024
The IAA India Chapter hosted the 14th edition of its annual property, the Olive Crown Awards 2024, on 5th April at the ITC Grand Central, Parel, Mumbai. The awards acknowledged the remarkable work of those individuals and corporates who drove the message of sustainability or ‘green advertising.
Olive Crown Awards 2023
The IAA - India Chapter hosted the 13th edition of its annual property, the Olive Crown Awards 2023, on 5th April at the ITC Grand Central, Parel, Mumbai. The awards acknowledged the remarkable work of those individuals and corporates who drove the message of sustainability or ‘green advertising’.
Olive Crown Awards 2022
The IAA India Chapter hosted the 12th edition of its annual property, the Olive Crown Awards 2022, on 28th April at the ITC Grand Central, Parel, Mumbai. The awards acknowledged the remarkable work of those individuals and corporates who drove the message of sustainability or ‘green advertising’.
Olive Crown Awards 2021
‘Green Campaign of the Year’- Gold goes to Bhamla Foundation for ‘Dhak Dhak Dharti’ while IIFL Home Finance Ltd bags the ‘Green Brand of the Year’-Gold. ‘Green NGO of the Year’ -Gold goes to Project Mumbai for ‘The Mumbai Plastic Recyclothon’
Olive Crown Awards2020
The Minister of Environment, Tourism and Protocol (Govt. of Maharashtra) AadityaThackeray took time out to celebrate the 10th Edition of IAA Olive Crown Awards. The Corporate Crusader of the Year – Gold goes to Reliance Foundation
Olive Crown Awards 2019
The 9th edition of IAA Olive Crown Awards saw WundermanThompson and The Social Street win four goldseach. The"blink" campaign by WundermanThompson won the Campaign of the Year - Gold
Olive Crown Awards 2018
The 8 edition of the Olive Crown Awards for excellence in communicating sustainability was presented at a glittering function on the 6 March 2018 in Mumbai. The Gold Corporate Social Crusader Award was presented to Reliance Foundation and the Silver to Vodafone.
Olive Crown Awards 2017
The India Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) hosted the 7th edition of its annual property, the Olive Crown Awards. JWT leads the pack as they bag four Golds at the Olive Crown Awards 2017, on Wednesday 15th March at the Famous Studios, Mahalaxmi
Olive Crown Awards 2016
The fifth edition of the IAA Olive Crown Awards was hosted on 27th March 2015 in Mumbai. The 'Green Crusader of the Year Award' went to Sumaira Abdulali for her work towards reduction of noise pollution and illegal mining. The award was presented by Hon'ble Minister for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Shri Piyush Goyal, along with the Guest of Honor, actor John Abraham.
Olive Crown Awards 2015
The fifth edition of the IAA Olive Crown Awards was hosted on 27th March 2015 in Mumbai. The 'Green Crusader of the Year Award' went to Sumaira Abdulali for her work towards reduction of noise pollution and illegal mining. The award was presented by Hon'ble Minister for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Shri Piyush Goyal, along with the Guest of Honor, actor John Abraham
Olive Crown Awards 2014
The fourth edition of the Olive Crown Awards was held on 14th March 2014 at Mumbai. Mc Cann Erickson was crowned Green Agency of the Year. The agency also bagged the coveted Campaign of the Year Award for ‘Wake Up, Clean Up'. Dentsu Creative Impact got the Silver in the Campaign of the Year category. Hindustan Unilever was awarded the Corporate Social Crusader of the Year as well as the Green Brand of the Year. Mathrubhumi too received the Corporate Social Crusader of the Year while the DDB Mudra group bagged the Silver in the Green Brand of the Year category.
Olive Crown Awards 2013
The third edition of the IAA Olive Crown Awards was held in on 1st April 2013 in Mumbai A total of 35 Awards were handed over at the event. Some of the big winners included Grey Worldwide, O&M, Cheil, BBH, Umbrella Design, DDB Mudramax, JWT and DraftFCB Ulka. Campaign of the Year Award went to Cheil Worldwide for Samsung Printers.
Olive Crown Awards 2012
IAA presented the second edition of Olive Crown Awards for excellence in Green advertising on 3rd March 2012 at Mumbai.
Olive Crown Awards 2011
The India Chapter of International Advertising Association (IAA-IC) conducted its maiden 'Olive Crown Awards' at the Goafest, on 9th April 2011. Most of the industry CEOs graced the function with Sir John Hegarty as the guest of honour and Bittu Sahgal as the chief guest.
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Leadership 2024
The IAA India Chapter hosted the 11th edition of the prestigious IAA Leadership Awards on August 6 in Mumbai. The event celebrated the remarkable achievements of leaders in the industry and brought together top professionals across businesses; information, communication and entertainment fraternity.
Leadership 2023
The IAA India Chapter, a leading association for marketing, advertising, and media professionals, hosted the grand 10th edition of the prestigious IAA Leadership Awards on Wednesday, August 9, at the St. Regis Hotel in Mumbai. The Awards served as a platform to recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of industry leaders.
Leadership 2022
The IAA India Chapter, a leading association for marketing, advertising, and media professionals, hosted the grand 9th edition of the prestigious IAA Leadership Awards on Monday 25th July 2022, Mumbai.
Leadership 2021
24th September 2021, Mumbai: The International Advertising Association’s (IAA) India Chapter announced the winners for the eighth edition of the coveted Leadership Awards at Taj Lands End Hotel, Mumbai. ZEE was the presenting partner, Good News Today (GNT) powered by partner & Viacom18 the associate partner for the event.
Leadership 2019
IAA India inducted KaushikRoy, President Brand Strategy & Marketing Communication, Reliance Industries Limited, into the IAA Hall of Fame.
Leadership 2018
International Advertising Association (IAA) Leadership Awards - when the tallest leaders in business, marketing, advertising and media gather to celebrate the very best among them
Leadership 2017
IAA invites you to a night of felicitation and celebration in the presence of notable luminaries as we honour the industry leaders
Leadership 2016
The 4th edition of IAA Leadership Awards was a glorious affair where the who’s who of the marketing, advertising and media industry got together to facilitate the best work amongst their peers and recognise the stalwarts who are leading their teams best in this dynamic ecosystem.
Leadership 2015
The third edition of the IAA Leadership Awards was held on 18th April 2015 in Mumbai, to celebrate and recognise individuals from across the fields of marketing, advertising and media.
Leadership 2014
The second edition of the IAA Leadership Awards took place on 1st March 2014 in Mumbai. The event felicitated 21 individuals in the fields of marketing, advertising and media, who have made significant professional contributions and delivered business success to their companies. The awards were given away by the Chief Guest, Sri B L Joshi, Governor, Uttar Pradesh.
Leadership 2013
The awards were presented to 21 individuals in the fields of marketing, advertising and media, who made significant professional contributions and delivered business success to their companies.
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IndIAA 2024
The 9th edition of the prestigious IndIAA Awards presented by the IAA India Chapter saw the finest minds of advertising converge to celebrate creativity and excellence in the industry.
IndIAA 2023
The IAA India Chapter Presented the 8th edition of its prestigious IndAA Awards on 1st September at a ceremony hosted at the Taj Lands End, Mumbai.
IndIAA 2022
The IAA India Chapter Presented the 7th edition of its prestigious INDIAA Awards yesterday 23rd August at a ceremony hosted at the Taj Landsend, Mumbai.
IndIAA 2021
Mumbai, 28th August 2021: The India Chapter of International Advertising Association (IAA), world’s only globally-focused integrated advertising trade association, presented the sixth edition of its prestigious INDIAA Awards yesterday27th October at a ceremony hosted at the Taj Landsend, Mumbai. Mathrubhumi was the title partner, ABP Network the associate partner & Times Network the supporting partner for the event.
IndIAA 2019
Advertising major Ogilvy roped in seven metals and Leo Burnett bagged three metals. Ad agency BBDO India and The Womb grabbed two awards each Ogilvy won seven awards at IndIAAAwards 2019.
INDIAA Awards 2019
IAA India presented it's first-everIndIAARegional Awards (Tamil) in Chennai. The event was supported by MediaNews4u.com.
IndIAA 2018
Suresh Narayanan, Jury Chairman and Chairman & Managing Director, Nestle India, said “It was indeed a pleasure to be the Chairman of the Jury of the IndIAAAwards. It was a truly an exciting experience. The clear winners stood out because of purpose, of tone, of creativity and of the kind of impact they created”.
IndIAA 2018 - Regional - Hyderabad
To recognize excellence in advertising principally in regional languages and by regional agencies, IAA launched a set of Regional Awards. It also included a component for national advertisers who release work in the regional language.
IndIAA 2017
The first edition of IndIAA Awards kicked off on 13th October, 2015. Srinivasan Swamy, President, IAA-IC described the awards as “With the IndIAA Awards, IAA has added another interesting concept to its existing cache of clutter-breaking events.
IndIAA 2016
Winners for the second edition of the IndIAA Awards were announced at an awards gala in Mumbai on 16 September 2016. Winners were announced across 15 of the 21 categories this year. The jury decided not to award any of the work in six categories.
IndIAA 2015
The first edition of IndIAA Awards kicked off on 13th October, 2015. Srinivasan Swamy, President, IAA-IC described the awards as “With the IndIAA Awards, IAA has added another interesting concept to its existing cache of clutter-breaking events.
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IAA Debate at INK Awards 2016
The topic of discussion was ‘The quality of creativity in print advertising today is adversely impacting the efficacy of Print Medium.’
IAA Debate at CMO Summit 2016 at Mumbai
The topic of discussion was ‘Today, digital is overrated in its use as a medium in the marketing of packaged goods and services.’
IAA Debates at ZEE Melt 2015 at Mumbai
The topic of discussion was ‘Mobile will be the Primary Screen for News & Entertainment in India within 3-4 years".
IAA Debates at Mumbai 2015
Agencies are not rapidly reinventing themselves to stay relevant to changing Advertiser needs' was the topic of the discussion of this debate, presented by the Dainik Bhaskar Group.
IAA Debates at Mumbai 2014
The topic of discussion was: ‘Metro Markets are losing their sheen to Tier II & III towns for consumer Products/Services.
IAA Debates at ISB Digital Summit 2014, Hyderabad
The topic of the debates was ‘Digital Media will not become as big as Television in India for big brands at least till 2020'
IAA Debates at Chennai 2014
There will be no consumer connect, unless advertising is specially created for each South Market' was the topic of discussion at this IAA Debate.
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IAA Conversations: Marketing in the Age of AI
It was an inspiring session where Babita Baruah, IAA Mancom Member and CEO, VML India, moderated a captivating conversation with Prof. Sunil Gupta, Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
IAA Conversations 29th January, 2016
IAA conducted the next Conversations on the topic ‘Will India Finally Start Up Now?’ with Dinesh Agarwal, Founder & CEO, Indiamart in discussion with Abhiraj Singh Bahl, Founder, UrbanClap
IAA Conversations - Dr. Subhash Chandra and Shankkar Aiyar 2015
In the next edition of IAA Conversations, author and journalist Shankkar Aiyar spoke with Dr Subhash Chandra, chairman, ZEEL and Essel Group on 'News Neutrality’ was held on 13th Oct 2015 at Mumbai.
IAA Conversations - Dr Anil Gupta with Jayadev Ranade 2015
IAA Conversations on ‘Make in India: Lessons from China’ was organised on 30th January 2015, Mumbai.
IA 3rd November, 2014A Conversations – Walter Douglas, Indrani Bagchi and Manjeet Kripalani
IAA conducted the next IAA Conversations on 3rd November 2014 at Mumbai. The speakers in conversation were Walter Douglas, Minister Counselor for Public Affairs, US Mission in New Delhi, Indrani Bagchi, Times of India and Manjeet Kriplani, Gateway House. Shloka Nath . Harvard Club, Mumbai was the Moderator.
IAA Conversations - Sir Martin Sorrell and Arnab Goswami 18th August 2014
The next IAA Conversations took place between Sir Martin Sorrell and Arnab Goswami, who engaged the audience with their lively, animated and insightful discussion on 18th August 2014 at Mumbai.
IA 25th April, 2014A Conversations – Vikram Sakhuja and Dr Bhaskar Das
IAA Conversations with Vikram Sakhuja, Worldwide CEO Maxus, and Dr Bhaskar Das, Group CEO, Zee Media was held on April 25 at Mumbai.
IAA Conversations - Kumar Ketkar, Ram Naik, Sanjay Jha and Prem Shukla
The International Advertising Association (IAA) India Chapter conducted a panel discussion on the topic ‘Do Opinion Polls and Media Reports Influence Voters?’ on Thursday, April 10 at the Nehru Centre, Mumbai.
IAA Conversations - Piyush Pandey and Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev 6th January 2014
On the subject “Spirituality and Consumerism: Can they co-exist?”, an engaging conversation that took place between Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Founder, Isha Foundation and Piyush Pandey, Chairman, Ogilvy Advertising, on 6th January 2014 at Mumbai.
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IAA Voice of Change – Roadshows – at BBDO Mumbai
IAA successfully held a roadshows for the Voice of Change initiative with BBDO India on 20th March 2025. The events were conducted at the Omnicom Advertising Group Mumbai office.
IAA Voice of Change – Roadshows – at Madison
The IAA Voice of Change initiative in collaboration with Madison brought together incredible minds to discuss the pivotal role of Gender equality and portrayal in media and advertising.
IAA Voice of Change 2024 , Gurgaon
November 11, 2024: The International Advertising Association (IAA) India Chapter hosted the third edition of its 'Voice of Change' summit, themed ‘Gender Portrayal from 30 Seconds to 3 Hours’, aiming to champion gender-sensitive and equitable content across media.
IAA VOC session at Goafest 2024
IAA hosted a panel discussion on Gender-sensitive portrayal in Advertisement at the 2024 Goafest in Mumbai on 30th May.
IAA Voice of Change - Roadshows - at Famous Innovations
Context Setting and Vision of IAA Voice of Change was done by Megha Tata, Chairperson of the Women Empowerment Committee of IAA India has been behind this whole initiative and is cced here as well.
IAA Voice of Change - Roadshows - at FCB - Mumbai
IAA successfully held a roadshows for the Voice of Change initiative with FCB Group India on 26th Feb 2024.
IAA Voice of Change Summit
November 10, 2023: Strengthening its commitment towards gender-sensitive and gender- equitable content across all platforms and formats, the International Advertising Association (IAA) India Chapter, held the second edition of the Voice of Change summit
IAA Voice of Change -Roadshows - at RK Swamy office - Chennai
IAA successfully held a roadshows for the Voice of Change initiative in Chennai on 31st August 2023. The events were conducted at the RK Swamy office The events consisted of a presentation on a research study conducted by UNICEF and Geena Davis Institute on gender portrayal
IAA Voice of Change -Roadshows - at Madras Management Association (MMA) - Chennai
IAA held a roadshow for the Voice of Change initiative in Chennai on 31st August 2023. The events were conducted at the Madras Management Association (MMA).
IAA Voice of Change -Roadshows - at Scarecrow M&C Saatchi - Mumbai
The context setting was done by Nina Jaipuria, Chairperson, IAA Women Empowerment Committee. This was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Manish Bhatt
IAA VOC session at Goafest 2023
Day 3 of Goafest kicked off with a panel discussion on 'IAA - Voice of change on gender bias,' presented by Network18 and moderated by Megha Tata, chief executive officer of Cosmos Maya
IAA VOICE OF CHANGE - HYDERABAD
Hyderabad: Telangana Governor and Puducherry Lt. Governor Dr. (Smt.) Tamilisai Soundararajan called out that people should always protest against the discriminatory portrayal of women in movies and advertisements of companies.
IAA Voice of Change -Roadshows - Havas Media, Mumbai Office
The context setting was done by Megha Tata (Co-Chair, IAA Women's Empowerment Committee) followed by presentation on the research findings on the UNICEF study by Kavitha Dhanaraj
IAA Voice of Change Event - Roadshows (Leo Burnett, Delhi office)
The context setting was done by Kavitha Dhanaraj, UNICEF representative followed by a panel discussion moderator by Dheeraj Sinha, CEO, Leo Burnett South Asia & Chairman BBH India
IAA - Voice of Change - Roadshows ( Leo Burnett , Mumbai Office )
Geetanjali Master, Partnership Specialist, UNICEF made a presentation on ‘Gender Equality in India and the Geena Davis Study’.
IAA Voice of change lets break the Bias
In a pioneering initiative the International Advertising Association (IAA) India Chapter, held a change summit titled Voice of Change: Gender Portrayal from 30 seconds to 3 hours, where the important conversation on gender parity
IAA Virtual Panel Discussion on Gender Representation in Indian Ads - 27th July
A virtual panel discussion about the gender representation in Indian Ads.
Geander Representation in Advertising in India
Indian advertising study reveals women dominate the screen and speaking time; portrayals bolster harmful stereotypes.
Communication in the Covid era
IAA India along with LAADLI and UNFPA hosted a Webinar on Communication in the COVID Era. Will anything change in the Gender Equations?
IAA Session on Gender Sensitivity on 8th Sept 2017, Mumbai
Featuring Anuja Gulati, state programme coordinator, UNFPA India, Shalini Kamath, independent director, Meenakshi Menon, managing partner, Spatial Access, Rohit Suri, head - talent and HR, GroupM and Sudhanshu Vats, Group CEO, Viacom18, the panel discussed whether advertising and media are really gender-sensitive.
IAA Seminar on Portrayal of Women in Advertising
The Seminar was conducted in association with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), well known NGO Laadli and the Advertising Council of India (ACI).
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