Winners

January 29, 2026
Jade Sky Garden, Worli, Mumbai

RISING STAR OF THE YEAR
a-tom Content Studio
AGENCY OF THE YEAR
Admatazz
Ambient Media
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Zone Metal
Best Non-Traditional Indoor Admatazz Hyatt Centric PVT LTD West S
Best Non-Traditional Indoor Elixir Integrated Brandcomm Crisil Crisil House Ambient Branding West S
Best Non-Traditional Outdoor Media Admatazz Tata AIA Life Insurance Tata AIA Health Buddy - The Metro That Made Mumbai Pause West B
Best use of Ambient Media in a Retail Environment Admatazz Tata AIA Life Insurance Kuch Income Life Ke Liye, Kuch Life Insurance Ke Liye West S
Most Innovative Use of OOH Craywingz Kaavyaratna Group The Flowing Hoarding - Curved LED Outdoor for Ganga By Kaavyaratna West B
Most Innovative Use of OOH Admatazz Tata AIA Life Insurance Kuch Income Life Ke Liye, Kuch Life Insurance Ke Liye West S
Content Marketing
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Zone Metal
Best Branded Content Campaign Trident Brandcom ITC Sunrise Pure Masala Sunrise Xipa Bisari A Journey Back to Roots East B
Best Branded Content Campaign Meraqi Digital Anmol Industries Celebrating The Unsung Artists of India - Anmol Kalakaar - Season 2 East S
Best Community Building Campaign LOM Worldwide McVitie’s India McVitie's Premier League 2025
Game Humara, Take Tumahra
North B
Best Community Building Campaign WHAT ARE YOU SAYING (W.A.Y.S. Marketing Solutions) Teddyy Baby Diapers Unhinged Take On Motherhood West B
Best Interactive Content LOM Worldwide McVitie’s India McVitie's Premier League 2025
Game Humara, Take Tumahra
North B
Best use of a Video Admatazz Tata AIA Life Insurance CA Paresh Shaan West B
Most Innovative Content Strategy Admatazz Tata AIA Life Insurance CA Paresh Shaan West B
Design
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Zone Metal
Best Brand Identity VOLUME Roots and Sky Roots and Sky - A sanctuary etched in Earth & Ether North B
Best Brand Identity Admatazz Hyatt Centric PVT LTD West S
Best Corporate Identity Human Global Casper Wealth Crypto Without Chaos South B
Best Event Design WhyNotAdvertising Ministry of Jal Shakti Ganga Utsav 2024 West B
Best Packaging Firefly Creative Solution BakeVin Foods by Hygeeias Foodz Smookies by Firefly West B
Best Packaging Redmatter Munico Gutzy Packaging South B
Best Packaging Craywingz MMV Mumbaiya Misal & Vadapav The MMV Global Packaging Journey West S
Best Social Media Design Nash8 Too Yumm! K-Bomb The MangaVerse North G
Digital
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Zone Metal
Best Brand Integration Meraqi Digital Anmol Industries Bane Har Pal Anmol Jab Holi Ho Sabke Saath Championing Inclusivity during the Holi Festival East S
Best Brand Website Meraqi Digital Pentonic by Linc Integrating Brand Persona & Functionality Into A Website | Pentonic East S
Best Performance Marketing Modifyed Digital Earthlings Trust Earthlings Trust Performance Marketing Campaign for Fundraising North B
Best Product Launch Campaign Admatazz BGauss BGauss RUV Launch West B
Best Storytelling Namak Media Nataraj Pencils BE BOLD Kyuki Perfect Hona Zaroori Nahi Hai West S
Best use of AI in a Campaign Digitale (A part of Lookad India) Doctor's Choice Doctor's Choice x Ilish Pokkho East S
Best use of SEO/SEM Techinfinity Lily Origin Lily Origin SEO Growth Campaign West B
Influencer Marketing
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Zone Metal
Best Influencer Campaign CoCreate Network! SMART Bazaar Jamai Shoshthi 2025 - Jake Lokkhi Diechi Take r ki debo tao East B
Best Use of Influencer(s) on Instagram Admatazz Tata AIA Life Insurance Kuch Income Life Ke Liye, Kuch Life Insurance Ke Liye West B
Best Use of Video for Influencer Marketing Digitale (A part of Lookad India) Excel Home Decor Naya Ghar Nayi Shuruaat East S
Public Relations
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Zone Metal
Best Internal Communication Z-Aksys Solutions HDFC Bank G.R.A.C.E campaign West B
Best use of Content Marketing WHAT ARE YOU SAYING (W.A.Y.S. Marketing Solutions) ONLY For The Heartbreakers West G
Best use of PR for a Social Cause Bold & Beyond Anna Chandy & Associates Normalising conversations around mental health South B
Social Media
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Zone Metal
Best Social Media Campaign LOM Worldwide McVitie’s India McVitie's Premier League 2025
Game Humara, Take Tumahra
North S
Best Use of a Topical Event CoCreate Network! SMART Bazaar Pujo Ashche tai Mayer Sathe Seje Uthun Smart Bazaar Cholun East B
Best Use of a Topical Event Popkon Creatives Coconut Stories Some Kerala Stories Worth Watching South B
Best Use of a Topical Event Till It Clicks Veena World Maatit Saaksh Urte West B
Best Use of Short Form Video on Social Media Techinfinity MG India MG Windsor Claw Machine Video West B
Best Use of Social Media for CSR AlphaX Zeel Climate Clothing A story of 1000 Heena's West B
Best Use of Social Media for CSR Digitale (A part of Lookad India) Sanmarg Aparajita East B
Best Use of Social Media for CSR Modifyed Digital Tata Steel Foundation Tata Steel Foundations CSR Campaign North B
Video
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Zone Metal
Best Brand Video (Campaign) Admatazz Tata AIA Life Insurance CA Paresh Shaan West B
Best Brand Video (Campaign) United270 communication lab John Jacobs Eyewear Wild Gear West S
Best Long Form Video (More than 30 seconds) AlphaX International Sunny Cooking Oil Letter to Bappa West B
Best Use of Humour WHAT ARE YOU SAYING (W.A.Y.S. Marketing Solutions) Teddyy Baby Diapers Unhinged Take On Motherhood West B
Best Use of Humour Admatazz Tata AIA Life Insurance CA Paresh Shaan West S
Best Use of Humour atomcontent.studio Sattva Group 50-50 - a-tom X Sattva South S
Best Use of Video for CSR AlphaX Zeel Climate Clothing A story of 1000 Heena's West B
Best use of Video for Social Media Craywingz Caratlane A Coin That Connects India - Craywingz X Caratlane CGI West B
Best use of Video for Social Media Nash8 Axis Bank The First That Stays North S
Best Video for a Cause Quadcubes Digital IM-Mothers Day Video South B
Ambient Media
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Metal
Best Non-Traditional Indoor Admatazz Hyatt Centric PVT LTD S
Best Non-Traditional Indoor Elixir Integrated Brandcomm Crisil Crisil House Ambient Branding S
Best Traditional Outdoor Walk The Talk Communications Maggi Pahado Wali Maggi aur Baarish Wali Maggi B
Best use of Ambient Media in a Retail Environment Admatazz Tata AIA Life Insurance Kuch Income Life Ke Liye, Kuch Life Insurance Ke Liye S
Best use of Technology Walk The Talk Communications PNB MetLife Aapka Aage Ka Plan Kya Hai? B
Most Innovative Use of OOH Walk The Talk Communications KFC Taste The Epic S
Most Innovative Use of OOH Admatazz Tata AIA Life Insurance Kuch Income Life Ke Liye, Kuch Life Insurance Ke Liye S
Most Innovative Use of OOH Walk The Talk Communications Maggi Pahado Wali Maggi aur Baarish Wali Maggi G
Brand Activation
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Metal
Best Cause Marketing Walk The Talk Communications PNB MetLife Aapka Aage Ka Plan Kya Hai? B
Best Guerilla Marketing BIRTHDAY Kinetic Chaos & Energy: How The Legend Was Shot- Raw & Unfiltered! B
Content Marketing
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Metal
Best Branded Content Campaign Scatter Airtel Airtel - Connecting the Odds B
Best Branded Content Campaign Story Digital Ambuja Cements Monsoon Campaign S
Best Community Building Campaign LOM Worldwide McVitie’s India McVitie's Premier League 2025
Game Humara, Take Tumahra
B
Best Interactive Content LOM Worldwide McVitie’s India McVitie's Premier League 2025
Game Humara, Take Tumahra
B
Best use of a Video Admatazz Tata AIA Life Insurance CA Paresh Shaan B
Best use of a Video atomcontent.studio Medanta Hospital Banno Ki Rasm - a-tom X Medanta S
Most Innovative Content Strategy Grumpy Beard Media Sweet Truth by Rebel Foods 5 Lakh Cake for Fathers Day B
Customer Experience
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Metal
Best Omnichannel Experience Acumen Creative Studio HSBC India HSBC Golf League B
Design
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Metal
Best Brand Identity VOLUME Roots and Sky Roots and Sky - A sanctuary etched in Earth & Ether B
Best Corporate Identity Human Global Casper Wealth Crypto Without Chaos B
Best Event Design WhyNotAdvertising Ministry of Jal Shakti Ganga Utsav 2024 B
Best Event Design VOLUME KANPEKI KANPEKI Year Six 'In Safe Hands' S
Best Packaging Acumen Creative Studio YU Foods YU Korean Ramen Packaging B
Best Packaging Craywingz MMV Mumbaiya Misal & Vadapav The MMV Global Packaging Journey S
Best Social Media Design Nash8 Too Yumm! K-Bomb The MangaVerse G
Digital
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Metal
Best Brand Awareness Campaign Mixed Route Juice Dabur Red Paste Switch To Fluoride-Free B
Best Brand Awareness Campaign atomcontent.studio Medanta Hospital Banno Ki Rasm - a-tom X Medanta S
Best Brand Integration Story Digital Ambuja Cements Baba Sehgal x Ambuja Cement B
Best Brand Integration Scatter Airtel Airtel - Scam stories S
Best Online Integrated Campaign Story Digital Ambuja Cements Baba Sehgal x Ambuja Cement B
Best Product Launch Campaign Admatazz BGauss BGauss RUV Launch B
Best Programmatic Campaign Digitale (A part of Lookad India) JK Tyre Tyre with a Brain S
Best Storytelling BIRTHDAY Kinetic Legend is Reborn (Re-launching Kinetic's New EV bike) B
Best Storytelling Story Digital Adani Cement Heroes of Adani B
Best Storytelling Scatter Airtel Airtel - Wi-Fi stories S
Best Storytelling atomcontent.studio Medanta Hospital Banno Ki Rasm - a-tom X Medanta G
Best Topical Campaign MagicCircle Communications Goibibo Stupid Stupid Stupid | Ft. Rishabh Pant & Sunil Gavaskar S
Best Topical Campaign Voix Digital SBI General Insurance SBI General Independence Day Sound Symphony S
Best use of SEO/SEM Techinfinity Lily Origin Lily Origin SEO Growth Campaign B
Influencer Marketing
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Metal
Best Brand Influencer Collaboration Social Panga AMD India Every generations favorite B
Best Influencer-led Product Launch Lyxel&Flamingo Sleepwell Mattress Get Ready to Sleep with Sleepwell Pro FitRest S
Best Use of Influencer(s) on Instagram Admatazz Tata AIA Life Insurance Kuch Income Life Ke Liye, Kuch Life Insurance Ke Liye B
Best Use of Influencer(s) on Instagram Ideaz Farm Myntra The Trial by Fashion - Women’s Day Film S
Best Use of Video for Influencer Marketing Ideaz Farm Myntra The Trial by Fashion - Women’s Day Film G
Public Relations
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Metal
Best Internal Communication Z-Aksys Solutions HDFC Bank G.R.A.C.E campaign B
Best use of Content Marketing WHAT ARE YOU SAYING (W.A.Y.S. Marketing Solutions) ONLY For The Heartbreakers G
Social Media
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Metal
Best Social Media Campaign Lyxel&Flamingo Pigeon India #StandbyNursingMoms B
Best Social Media Campaign Story Digital Ambuja Cements Monsoon Campaign S
Best Use of a Topical Event Social Panga Hyundai India Motor Pick You Up B
Best Use of a Topical Event Grumpy Beard Media Sweet Truth 5 Lakh Cake S
Best Use of a Topical Event MagicCircle Communications Goibibo Stupid Stupid Stupid | Ft. Rishabh Pant & Sunil Gavaskar G
Best Use of Instagram atomcontent.studio Medanta Hospital Banno Ki Rasm - a-tom X Medanta B
Best Use of Instagram Social Panga Pringles India (Kellanova) Pringles Ducklips S
Best Use of Short Form Video on Social Media Techinfinity MG India MG Windsor Claw Machine Video B
Best Use of Social Media for CSR atomcontent.studio Medanta Hospital Banno Ki Rasm - a-tom X Medanta B
Video
CATEGORY AGENCY NAME BRAND ENTRY NAME Metal
Best Brand Video (Campaign) Admatazz Tata AIA Life Insurance CA Paresh Shaan B
Best Brand Video (Campaign) United270 communication lab John Jacobs Eyewear Wild Gear S
Best Brand Video (Single) atomcontent.studio Medanta Hospital Banno Ki Rasm - a-tom X Medanta G
Best Long Form Video (More than 30 seconds) Ideaz Farm Myntra The Trial by Fashion - Women’s Day Film S
Best Long Form Video (More than 30 seconds) atomcontent.studio Medanta Hospital Banno Ki Rasm - a-tom X Medanta G
Best Short Form Video (30 seconds or less) MagicCircle Communications Goibibo Stupid Stupid Stupid | Ft. Rishabh Pant & Sunil Gavaskar G
Best Use of AI in Video Hashtag Orange Swiss Beauty Cosmetics Swiss Beauty The Craze Tribe Anthem S
Best Use of Humour Bluebot Digitals Artificial Labs Mukdeee B
Best Use of Humour WHAT ARE YOU SAYING (W.A.Y.S. Marketing Solutions) Teddyy Baby Diapers Unhinged Take On Motherhood B
Best Use of Humour Admatazz Tata AIA Life Insurance CA Paresh Shaan S
Best use of Video for Social Media Nash8 Axis Bank The First That Stays B
Best use of Video for Social Media Story Digital Adani Cement Short Ads S
Best Video for a Cause atomcontent.studio Medanta Hospital Banno Ki Rasm - a-tom X Medanta B
* G - Gold; S - Silver; B - Bronze

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