Mumbai: The members co-opted and invited to the Managing Committee of the India Chapter of IAA for the financial year 2020-21, were announced at the first meeting of the managing committee chaired by the newly elected President, Megha Tata, Managing Director – South Asia, Discovery Communications India.
Says Megha Tata “I am delighted to bring together such a wonderful mix of youthful enthusiasm, experience, and diversity in gender, geography and industry-wide representation”
The Mancom members are:
- Rana Barua (Chief Executive Officer, Havas Group India),
- Ashish Bhasin (CEO, APAC and Chairman India, Dentsu Aegis Network),
- Rajiv Kental (President – Marketing, Amar Ujala Publications Ltd)
- Rani Reddy(Director, Indira Television Ltd)
- Srinivasan K Swamy(Chairman & Managing Director, R K SWAMY BBDO Pvt. Ltd.)
- Sam Balsara (Chairman & Managing Director, Madison Communications Pvt. Ltd.)
- UmangBedi (Co-Founder, Dailyhunt)
- Dr Bhaskar Das (Group President,Republic TV)
- ParthoDasgupta (President, The Advertising Club, Mumbai)
- Pradeep Guha (Managing Director, 9x Media Pvt. Ltd.)
- Nina ElaviaJaipuria (Head – Hindi and Kids TV Network, Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd.)
- Alok Jalan (Managing Director, Laqshya Media Group)
- SalilKappoor (Business Unit Head-Appliances,Orient Electric Ltd)
- TarunKatial (CEO, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL)
- Anbuchezhiyan K (Independent Communication Consultant, Past President- The AdvertsingClub, Madras)
- M. V. Shreyams Kumar (Managing Director, Mathrubhumi PTG & PBG Co. Ltd.)
- Sunil Lulla (Chief Executive Officer, BARC India)
- Ramesh Narayan (Founder ,Canco Advertising Pvt. Ltd.)
- SangeetaPendurkar (Chief Executive Officer , Pantaloons (Aditya Birla Group)
- KalliePurie (Vice Chairperson, India Today Group)
- Neeraj Roy (Managing Director & CEO, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd)
- I Venkat (Director, EENADU)
- Ashok Venkatramani(Founder -Intelligent Insights Pvt Ltd -a business intelligence tech platform )
At the AGM held on 28th September 2020, the following office bearers were elected:
- Pradeep Dwivedi (CEO- Eros India of Eros STX Global Corporation) elected Vice President,
- Jaideep Gandhi (Founder -Another Idea) as Hon. Secretary,
- Abhishek Karnani (Director-The Free Press Journal) as Hon. Treasurer,
- Punit Goenka (Managing Director & CEO, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd)will continue as a member of the Managing Committee as the Immediate Past President.
The other elected members of the Managing Committee were:
- Anant Goenka (Executive Director, The Indian Express (P) Ltd),
- Avinash Pandey (CEO, ABP News Network Pvt. Ltd.),
- JanakSarda (Managing Director, Deshdoot Media Group),
- Nandini Dias (Chief Executive Officer, Lodestar UM),
- Prasanth Kumar (CEO-South Asia GroupM- A WPP Company).
