NEW DELHI: Celebrated advertising professional and founder of Canco Advertising Ramesh Narayan has recently been conferred the IAA Inspire Award — honorary lifetime membership. The award presented by the International Advertising Association is to pay tribute to an individual who is retiring from business and/or who has given long and distinguished service to the association.
IAA immediate past chairman and world president Faris Abouhamad has also been honoured with the same.
Boasting of around two-and-a-half-decades of experience within the industry, Narayanan has been a past president of the IAA India Chapter and the VP marketing and communications for IAA Global.
He was also inducted into the IAA Hall of Fame in 2014 and is a recipient of the lifetime achievement award by the Advertising Agencies Association of India (2014). n 2015, he was named 'Global Champion' by the IAA at the inaugural Inspire Awards in London.
IAA had also recently announced the managing committee for India chapter 2020-21 under the leadership of newly appointed president Megha Tata who is also the managing director – south Asia at Discovery Communications India.
The Mancom members included: Laqshya Media Group MD Alok Jalan; The Advertising Club, Madras past president and independent communication consultant Anbuchezhiyan K; DAN CEO APAC and chairman India Ashish Bhasin; Intelligent Insights founder Venkatramani; Republic TV group president Bhaskar Das; Eenadu director I Venkat; India Today Group VC Kallie Purie; Mathrubhumi PTG & PBG MD MV Shreyams Kumar; Hungama Digital Media Entertainment MD and CEO Neeraj Roy; Viacom18 head – Hindi and kids TV Network Nina Elavia Jaipuria; The Advertising Club, Mumbai president Partho Dasgupta; 9x Media MD Pradeep Guha; Amar Ujala Publications president – marketing Rajiv Kental; Havas Group India CEO Rana Barua; Indira Television director Rani Reddy; Orient Electric business unit head – appliances Salil Kappoor; Madison Communications CMD Sam Balsara; Pantaloons (Aditya Birla Group) CEO Sangeeta Pendurkar; R K SWAMY BBDO CMD Srinivasan K Swamy; BARC India CEO Sunil Lulla’ Zee Entertainment Enterprise Tarun Katial; and Dailyhunt co-founder Umang Bedi, along with Ramesh Narayanan.
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