January 29, 2026
Jade Sky Garden, Worli, Mumbai

Jury

Grand Jury

Babita Baruah

Chief Executive Officer

VML

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Chaaya Baradhwaaj

Founder-MD

BC Web Wise

Kaacon Sethi

Chief Marketing Officer

Dainik Bhaskar Group

Kartik Subramanian

Head - Brand Communications

Raymond Lifestyle Limited

KV Sridhar

Global Chief Creative Officer

Nihlient Ltd

Lishoy George

Chief Creative Officer

Creativeland Asia

Mandeep Sharma

Chief Operating Officer

Cheil

Mayur Varma

Chief Creative Officer

82point5

Meera Sharath Chandra

Founder CEO & CCO

Tigress Tigress

Russell Barrett

Chief Creative Experience Officer

TBWA

Santosh Padhi (Paddy)

Founder, Chief Creative Officer

INTO Creative

Saugata Bagchi

Global Head - Digital, Content, Experiential & MarTech

Tata Communications

Shradha Singh

Chief Creative Officer

Brut India

Vinod Thadani

CGO, Media, dentsu India and CEO

iProspect India

Jury

  • Sameer Sojwal
    Sameer Sojwal
    ECD
    Sideways Consulting
  • Nikita Desai
    Nikita Desai
    VP Marketing and Brands
    D Decor Home Fabrics
  • Viren Sean Noronha
    Viren Sean Noronha
    CEO & Co-Founder
    The New Thing
  • Saumitra Prasad
    Saumitra Prasad
    Chief Marketing Officer
    DOMS Industries
  • Ankur Garg
    Ankur Garg
    Executive Creative Director
    FCB Kinnect
  • Jaikishin Chhaproo
    Jaikishin Chhaproo
    Head Media & Brand PR
    ITC Limited
  • Tanvi Jain
    Tanvi Jain
    SVP Customer Success
    Netcore Cloud
  • Aman Mannan
    Aman Mannan
    National Creative Director
    Saatchi & Saatchi India
  • Shwetha Iyer
    Shwetha Iyer
    SVP & Head of Marketing
    Kissht
  • Dinesh Swamy
    Dinesh Swamy
    Founder
    Twwwist
  • Varun Kothari
    Varun Kothari
    Head – Digital Marketing
    Welspun One
  • Sambit Mohanty
    Sambit Mohanty
    Executive Vice President / Creative Head
    McCann Worldgroup
  • Pratip Francis
    Pratip Francis
    General Manager - Brand Marketing
    MRF
  • Sandeep Patwardhan
    Sandeep Patwardhan
    Senior Vice President
    Enormous
  • Hiten Sondagar
    Hiten Sondagar
    Creative Head - Design
    SoCheers
  • Shardul Bist
    Shardul Bist
    Chief Marketing Officer
    Indo National Ltd
  • Riya Joseph
    Riya Joseph
    General Manager - Media
    Britannia Industries
  • Priyanka Padode Sheth
    Priyanka Padode Sheth
    Head of Business & Operations
    IPLIX Media
  • Nilotpal Chakraborty
    Nilotpal Chakraborty
    Head - Digital Marketing
    Simpolo Tiles and Bathware
  • Gaurav Soni
    Gaurav Soni
    Head of Media
    Perfetti Van Melle
  • Kabeer Ghosh
    Kabeer Ghosh
    Marketing Head
    Mythri Media Works
  • Karan Khatri
    Karan Khatri
    Head- Digital Marketing
    Vista India
  • Akhil Sethi
    Akhil Sethi
    Head of Digital Marketing
    HARMAN India
  • Amit Sethiya
    Amit Sethiya
    Category Head : Brand and Marketing – B2C
    Polycab India
  • Dr. Kushal Sanghvi
    Dr. Kushal Sanghvi
    Director
    Komerz
  • Ajay Mehta
    Ajay Mehta
    Former Head of Branded Content & Creative Services
    WPP Media
  • Abhilash Singh
    Abhilash Singh
    Chief Revenue Officer
    SocioClout
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