Mumbai: The Advertising Club, India’s premier industry body for the advertising, marketing, research and communication fraternity, today announced the list of its Managing Committee members for the year 2018-19. Vikram Sakhuja, Group Chief Executive Officer, Media and OOH, Madison Communications was re-elected as the President of the Ad Club. The other leadership positions remained unchanged from the previous year with Ajay Kakar, CMO-Financial Services, Aditya Birla Group as Vice President; Shashi Sinha, CEO, IPG Media Brands as Secretary; Mitrajit Bhattacharya, Founder & President, The Horologists, Former President & Publisher, Chitralekha Groupas Jt. Secretary and Dr. Bhaskar Das, Executive President, Dainik Bhaskar Groupas Treasurer.
Speaking on his re-election as the President of The Advertising Club, Vikram Sakhuja said: “Leading an industry body with such rich legacy as that of the Ad Club has been an enriching experience. Over the past one year, we have focused all our initiatives towards recognizing excellence, driving thought leadership, being a repository for marketing & advertising and attracting young talent into the industry.”
In the past year, the Ad Club has taken considerable measures to ensure actionable impact in its four identified areas. Elaborating further Sakhuja adds, “In the area of excellence, we have ensured gold standards in effectiveness with Effies, creativity with Abbys, media with EMVIES and marketing with Marquees. Driving the agenda of thought leadership, we introduced Digital Review- D-CODE, to attract young talent we are about to unfold a communication focused Hackathon, and encourage knowledge repository though case study sharing and Knowledge Series events. I am thankful to the excellent member committee who have consistently supported every initiative of the Ad Club and helped us drive the narrative of excellence for the industry.”
This year’s list of managing committee members include leaders from the media and marketing industry. The elaborate list is mentioned as below:
| Name | Member Designation |
| Mr. Vikram Sakhuja | President |
| Mr. Ajay Kakar | Vice President |
| Mr. Shahi Sinha | Secretary |
| Mr. Mitrajit Bhattacharya | Joint Secretary |
| Dr. Bhaskar Das | Treasurer |
| Managing Committee Members | |
| Mr. Aditya Swamy | Member |
| Mr. Ajay Chandwani | Member |
| Mr. Nandan Srinath | Member |
| Mr. Partho Dasgupta | Member |
| Mr. Pradeep Dwivedi | Member |
| Ms. Punitha Arumugam | Member |
| Mr. Rohit Gupta | Member |
| Mr. Raj Nayak | Immediate Past President |
| Co-opted members | |
| Mr. Partha Sinha | Co-opted Member |
| Mr. Ramesh Narayan | Co-opted Member |
| Mr. Vikas Khanchandani | Co-opted Member |
| Special Invitees | |
| Ms. Sapangeet Rajwant | Special Invitee |
| Ms. Sonia Huria | Special Invitee |
