Celebrating excellence at the sixth edition of IndIAA Awards in Mumbai

Ogilvy; MullenLowe Lintas & Tilt Brand Solutions wins 4 each 

Sonu Sood & Bhumi Pednekar were Guest of Honor

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 yesterday 27th 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.

Says Megha Tata, President IAA “A great jury, wonderful winning work, fantastic attendance of the who’s who of advertising media and marketing. The IndIAA Awards have truly set a new benchmark in the industry.

IAA IndIAA Awards Chairman, Abhishek Karnani said, “Any award is only as good as the people who endorse it. I view the presence of such a high powered audience here today, and the presence of repeat sponsors, as a great endorsement for the IndIAA awards. Keeping in mind the phase we are hopefully emerging from, we have sculpted our awards event around a theme – that acknowledges and inspires the need to show – that there is good in everything around us. It just needs to be tapped into by us”

Suresh Narayanan, Jury Chairman and Chairman & Managing Director, Nestle India, in his video message said “It’s been a privilege and honor to be the Jury Chair for 3 years in a row. These awards are the most prestigious in the advertising and communications. This year IndIAA Awards received 200 plus nominations across all the 31 categories. I want to congratulate every award winner for their outstanding work, you need to be truly proud of your yourselves, your agency, partners, teams, customers, consumers stakeholders and of everyone who has been involved in the success of the campaign”

At this occasion IAA felicitated Covid Humanitarian Heroes: CVL Srinivas, Country Manager WPP India; Bhupal Ramnathkar & Raj Nair, CEO Madison BMB for being an industry leaders with a heart, being the silent hands behind several initiatives for good, showcasing the power of design, for the many communication campaigns that sought to make a difference and for the ever-willing attitude to help a good cause.

(L-R) – Abhishek Karnani, Chairperson, IAA IndIAA Awards, CVL Srinivas, Country Manager WPP India, Sonu Sood & Megha Tata, President- IAA India Chapter

(L-R) – Abhishek Karnani, Chairperson, IAA IndIAA Awards, Raj Nair, CEO Madison BMB, Sonu Sood & Megha Tata, President- IAA India Chapter 

The guest of Honor at the event were Actors Sonu Sood & Bhumi Pednekar

(L-R) – Mayura Shreyams Kumar,Director – Digital Business, Mathrubhumi, Sonu Sood & Immediate Past President IAA Global, and current Vice Chairman Asian federation of Advertising Associations

(L-R) – Avinash Pandey, IAA Mancom Member & Chief Executive officer, ABP Network, Bhumi Pednekar,  Megha Tata, President- IAA India Chapter & Abhishek Karnani, Chairperson, IAA IndIAA Awards

This year we have added a very special category – ‘Voice of Change’: campaigns that challenge the gender stereotype in the industry. The winners of VOICE OF CHANGE category – was Unacademy for their campaign #TeachThemYoung | Know When She Needs You. 

Caption- Team Unacademy winners of VOICE OF CHANGE category

Caption- Ogilvy Team winners in the category – Online Commerce, Ticketing and Services for Amazon Karigar Hunar Hai 

Caption- MullenLowe Lintas Team (winners in the category Consumer Durables and Utilities for their campaign Havells – Feeling Fans)

Caption- Tilt Brand Solutions Team (winners in the category Home Décor and Infra for their campaign LivSpace-– Don’t Try This At Home)

Caption-Team Population First & UNFPA (Joint Winners in this category GOVERNMENT & NGOs)

[PFA the complete list of winners]

About IAA

The International Advertising Association is the world’s only globally-focused integrated advertising trade association with membership representing Advertisers, Advertising agencies and the Media. The IAA comprises Corporate Members, Organizational Members, Educational Affiliates, as well as 56 Chapters with individual members and young professionals from 76 countries including the top 10 economies in the world. lAA is 80 years’ old and is headquartered in New York.

Membership to the Indian Chapter of IAA is by invitation only and IAA has very senior marketing, advertising and media professionals as its members.  IAA in India is seen as the most active chapter by IAA Global. IAA India is well-recognized for some of its marquee events like the IAA Leadership Awards, IAA Olive Crown Awards, IndIAA Awards, IAA Debates, IAA Conversations, IAA Young Turks Forum and an array of IAA Knowledge Seminars, Webinars, Workshops, Conclaves etc. 

For more information please visit www.iaaindiachapter.org