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  • Kyoorius reveals star jury for 2025 creative awards across key categories

    Kyoorius reveals star jury for 2025 creative awards across key categories

    MUMBAI: The Kyoorius Creative Awards 2025 is shaping up to be a celebration of unmatched creative excellence, as Kyoorius unveils its star-studded jury panel. Known for its transparent and rigorous judging, the awards continue to uphold integrity by assembling a diverse group of top creative minds from across India and abroad.

    Kyoorius founder & CEO Rajesh Kejriwal said, “The Kyoorius Creative Awards have always stood for integrity and creative excellence. We take the time to get the jury right, ensuring an inclusive panel that truly represents the breadth of talent in the industry. With diverse perspectives coming together, we’re excited to see how this year’s jury upholds our commitment to recognising work that truly leaves its mark.”

    The jury spans across disciplines, from integrated campaigns and branded content to film, digital craft, regional storytelling, health, and purpose-driven work.

    Here’s a snapshot of the jury across categories,

    Integrated, Commerce, Media, PR, B2B Industry stalwarts such as Prasoon Joshi (Mccann Worldgroup), Hephzibah Pathak (Ogilvy India), and Sandipan Bhattacharyya (Grey Worldwide India) join forces with names like Vikram Pandey (Leo India) and Theresa Ong (Meta).

    Branded Content, Gaming, Direct, Experimental Global and homegrown talents including Paul Nagy (VML APAC), Jung A Kim (Innocean), Vasudha Misra (MullenLowe Lintas), and Pallavi Chakravarti (Fundamental) bring their unique storytelling lens.

    Digital + Social + Tech, Digital Craft Creative tech minds like Rajdeepak Das (Publicis Groupe SA), Julie Jihyun Kang (Serviceplan Korea), and Pooja Ambulkar (Accenture GN Song) will evaluate work at the intersection of innovation and digital storytelling.

    Film, Broadcast Visionaries like Kainaz Karmakar (Ogilvy India), Swati Bhattacharya (Godrej Creative Lab), and Adarsh Atal (Tilt Brand Solutions) join others to recognise excellence in visual storytelling.

    Film Craft Renowned directors including Afshan Hussain Shaikh (Not Bad Films), Akanksha Seda (Good Morning Film), and Aakash Bhatia (LoudMouth) will honour the art behind the camera.

    Press, Outdoor, Radio + Audio, Regional, Industry Craft Names like Surjo Dutt (Dentsu Creative India), Mayur Hola (Swiggy), and Suchitra Gahlot (FCB Ulka) add gravitas to this multifaceted category.

    Health and Pharma Specialists like Praful Akali (Medulla Communications), Lyndon Louis (McCann Health India), and Juneston Mathana (Ogilvy) bring domain-specific insight.

    Creativity for Good and Zee Equality Award Visionaries driving social impact, including Manish Bhatt (Scarecrow M&C Saatchi), Asha Kharga (Mahindra Group), and Rohan Mehta (FCB Kinnect), will lead this powerful category.

    Judging begins on 24 April 2025, and the much-awaited Kyoorius Creative Awards Night will be held on 24 May 2025 at the Jio World Convention Centre, BKC, Mumbai.

  • Gillette India latest ad film narrates story of social entrepreneur Prashant Gade

    Gillette India latest ad film narrates story of social entrepreneur Prashant Gade

    Mumbai: Gillette India’s latest ad film narrates the true story of social entrepreneur Prashant Gade, whose real-life journey is an encouraging example for young Indians to go beyond the expectations of society and redefine our truest possibilities.

    In 2018, Prashant opted out of a high-paying engineering job to create the world’s most affordable bionic arm.

    The thought-provoking commentary on societal notions limiting our potential is a theme of its ongoing campaign #ShavingStereotypes.

    The newest edition of the shaving stereotypes campaign, titled #EngineeringChange urges young Indian students to introspect and rethink how education can be a stepping stone for changing more than just their own lives. In line with its global mission of inspiring ‘The Best a Man Can Be’, the film authentically portrays the one-dimensional perspective with which many people treat their education and degrees.

    The featured true story serves as an example to convey the brand’s message: every one of us can meaningfully contribute to our communities, we just need to be aware of our true potential.

    Today, he has changed the lives of several people with disabilities, by inventing and manufacturing a low-cost prosthetic limb that’s accessible to all. In doing so, he has redefined his purpose and taken the unconventional road to bring to life his true potential, shaving stereotypes and challenging norms to inspire future generations to follow.

    Conceptualised by Grey India, the film reflects on Prashant’s real-life journey, showing how he faced the harsh realities of disability when he spotted an amputee struggling to shave his face. This made him question the purpose of his education, and very soon, that doubt was replaced with a burning passion to use his knowledge and qualification to make a difference. After a lot of hard work and ingenuity, he created a bionic prosthetic and founded his ‘Inali Foundation’ to contribute to the lives of thousands of amputees.

    Narrated through Prashant’s lens, the story encourages younger generations to adopt new and fresh perspectives on how they can truly unlock their full potential and break out of the limits set by traditional norms. Gillette hopes to inspire them to be ‘The Best They Can Be,’ and help others do the same.

    Gillette India senior director and country category leader Saurabh Bajpai said, “Since the beginning, Gillette has been committed to helping men look, feel and be their best. This commitment is brought to life through our brand purpose that inspires everything we do which is, ‘Grooming the Next Generation of Men.’ We are thrilled to partner with Prashant to support his endeavour in helping thousands of amputees. Through #ShavingStereotypes, we want to inspire young men and women around the world to be bold in defining their purpose and contribute to the communities around them in their own unique ways.”

    Grey Group managing director & chief creative officer Sandipan Bhattacharyya said, “We all know that education is a career-builder, but we often ignore how it can equip us to make a difference to the world at large. It has the power to inspire us to go beyond society’s pre-defined benchmarks. Prashant’s story acts as a reminder for all of us to look deeper and discover the true potential of education. The courage and conviction he had to bring about a change in the lives of so many, is what makes him such an inspiration.”

  • GREY Group merges with Autumn Grey

    GREY Group merges with Autumn Grey

    MUMBAI: GREY, one of India’s leading creative agencies has merged with AutumnGrey – a digital/data companies. The company has announced a new structure and go to market strategy in India. Autumn Grey CEO Anusha Shetty, a digital-first leader & trailblazer, has been appointed as GREY Group India’s chairman & group CEO. 

    Shetty is known for her relentless passion in developing and driving client business. Under her leadership, Autumn Grey has delivered several ground-breaking and award-winning online and digital campaigns that have firmly established Autumn Grey as one of India’s premier digital agencies. Her leadership and management skills, along with her digital knowledge are second to none.

    With more than 20 years of marketing and advertising experience, and a career spanning across India and Silicon Valley, Shetty has co-founded Autumn Worldwide, a hyper-specialised digital marketing firm with offerings such as digital creative outreach, big data listening & insights, business intelligence, online reputation management, command centre management, media planning and buying and technology development.

    Prior to this, Shetty has held progressive assignments in agencies like Lowe and Euro RSCG, working on multiple brands including Intel, Titan, Unilever, Honeywell, to name just a few.

    Shetty will work closely with Nirvik Singh to ensure a seamless transition of leadership as they combine the creative strength of GREY with data-driven digital solutions from Autumn Grey, to create a future-facing agency model and framework.

    Anusha Shetty said, “Convergence as a topic is not new. But to see this in action, driving value for our clients and our end consumers, is a dream for all of us. The breakdown of communication silos is the only way to create a future agency model and I am delighted to lead this journey with Sandipan.”

    “Anusha is one of those unique talents who possess a rare combination of digital & social media knowledge along with entrepreneurial flair & business acumen. She is a natural-born leader who along with her team will bring ideal digital, creative and business solutions to clients across various industries. I think with her wealth of experience, she is the right person to take the agency to the next level. This is very much a game-changing moment for GREY India,” said GREY Group global COO and GREY AMEA chairman & CEO Nirvik Singh.

    Sandipan Bhattacharyya who has been promoted as the GREY Group India’s managing director (MD) & chief creative officer (CCO), has led the agency to win multiple lions at Cannes, India’s first D&AD Yellow Pencil in Design, a grand prix and over a dozen metals at spikes, Adfest, one show and several Effies. In addition, he has played a major creative role in all of the agency’s big business wins.

    The newly created role of the creative leader as MD signals GREY’s vision of putting creative front and centre of its growth story. As MD & CCO of GREY India, Bhattacharyya will be responsible for driving GREY’s mandate of famously effective work to the next level.

    GREY’s creative work is rooted in pop culture and under his leadership GREY has launched some of the most iconic campaigns in the last decade.

    Bhattacharyya has more than 20 years of experience in advertising, prior to GREY he has worked at BBDO India, Enterprise Nexus and Saatchi & Saatchi.

    “Sandipan is extremely talented and has been instrumental in taking GREY’s creativity to a global level. His creative direction & storytelling expertise is a conversation starter and his campaigns are found in the middle of pop culture. With a dual approach of creative and digital working in unison, GREY is in the right place to create more ground-breaking, famously effective work for its clients,” said Nirvik Singh.

    Sandipan said, “It’s the perfect blend of creativity, technology and data that’s happening at GREY and I’m lucky to be leading in these exciting times. Anusha and I are both intensely creative beings who think of ideas as a business multiplier, and we’re cooking up a hot new sauce. Watch this space or better still, give us a call”

    GREY India current CEO Yashaswini Samat will be relocating to Singapore to take up a senior integrated role for WPP/GREY. She will continue to report to Singh.

  • Mayuresh U. Dubhashi new executive creative director at Grey group India

    MUMBAI: Grey group India has appointed veteran advertising expert Mayuresh Dubhashi as its executive creative director.

    Dubhashi will be reporting to Grey group India chief creative officer Sandipan Bhattacharyya.

    Bhattacharyya said, “The combination of creative flair and a keen strategic mind is rare and Mayuresh packs both in his impressive body of work. He’s fearless, experimental, hungry and young. Just the kinds that define the new Grey”

    Dubhashi, a Mechanical Engineer, has been in the advertising industry for nearly 15 years, working on iconic Indian and global brands across all aspects of creativity and innovation. Brands he worked with include The Times Group, Airtel, Amazon, Hike Messenger, Mahindra 2 Wheelers, Pepsodent, Smirnoff, RIN Global, Nokia, Nike, Brylcreem, SetMax, IDEA, Lakme, Surf Excel, Wheel, Godrej Appliances & Corporate etc. His experience includes working with agencies like Lowe, JWT and Taproot India. His interests include reading books, watching movies & listening to music.

    Dubhashi has earned a multitude of awards, including a Bronze Lion at Cannes, two Silvers at Spikes Asia and Gold at Goafest etc.

    Dubhashi said, “This is Grey’s centenary year, it just goes to show that the energy and will powering the place is quite inexhaustible. I am kicked to be a part of a bunch of people who are hell-bent on keeping the ‘Famously Effective’ spirit true, for decades to come.”

  • Aritra Chaudhuri is Grey’s new senior creative head

    Aritra Chaudhuri is Grey’s new senior creative head

    MUMBAI: Grey group India has appointed Aritra Chaudhuri as new senior creative director in its Bangalore office. Chaudhuri will be responsible for driving the agency’s creative mandate for its impressive mix of clients based out of Bangalore.

    Grey group India chief creative officer Sandipan Bhattacharyya said, “While a lot is said about the need for experimental, medium-bending work in our industry, very few actually walk the talk. Aritra displays that rare knack for exploring the new and finding ways to create pop culture that makes brands famous”

    He joins with 10 years of extensive experience in various sectors including strategic planning, advertising, integrated campaign design, trans media storytelling, digital marketing, social media, art direction and graphic design.

    Before joining Grey, he has worked with Leo Burnett as the creative director, where he was responsible for creating a yardstick and setting up the creative team in Delhi. Brands he handled there includes Olx, Snapdeal, Bacardi and SBI Cards. Enormous, Commonwealth and Mccann Worldgroup, Ogilvy and Mather, JWT, TBWA are the other agencies he worked with. He has been creatively associated with various brands like SBI, Zaffran, Baskin n Robbins, Chevrolet, The Economist, Sony, Taco Bell, Tropicana, Mountain Dew, National Geographic, History Channel, Pedigree, Adidas, etc.

    Chaudhuri added, “Grey is changing, in terms of its people, systems and work culture. I look forward to the new challenges and do some intriguing work in a city that is intriguing in itself as far as business is concerned”

  • Aritra Chaudhuri is Grey’s new senior creative head

    Aritra Chaudhuri is Grey’s new senior creative head

    MUMBAI: Grey group India has appointed Aritra Chaudhuri as new senior creative director in its Bangalore office. Chaudhuri will be responsible for driving the agency’s creative mandate for its impressive mix of clients based out of Bangalore.

    Grey group India chief creative officer Sandipan Bhattacharyya said, “While a lot is said about the need for experimental, medium-bending work in our industry, very few actually walk the talk. Aritra displays that rare knack for exploring the new and finding ways to create pop culture that makes brands famous”

    He joins with 10 years of extensive experience in various sectors including strategic planning, advertising, integrated campaign design, trans media storytelling, digital marketing, social media, art direction and graphic design.

    Before joining Grey, he has worked with Leo Burnett as the creative director, where he was responsible for creating a yardstick and setting up the creative team in Delhi. Brands he handled there includes Olx, Snapdeal, Bacardi and SBI Cards. Enormous, Commonwealth and Mccann Worldgroup, Ogilvy and Mather, JWT, TBWA are the other agencies he worked with. He has been creatively associated with various brands like SBI, Zaffran, Baskin n Robbins, Chevrolet, The Economist, Sony, Taco Bell, Tropicana, Mountain Dew, National Geographic, History Channel, Pedigree, Adidas, etc.

    Chaudhuri added, “Grey is changing, in terms of its people, systems and work culture. I look forward to the new challenges and do some intriguing work in a city that is intriguing in itself as far as business is concerned”

  • Grey group India hires Salil Inamdar as national head – digital

    Grey group India hires Salil Inamdar as national head – digital

    MUMBAI: Grey group India has appointed Salil Inamdar as the national head for digital content and creative, based in the Bangalore office.

     

    Inamdar joins from Interactive Avenues, where he was heading digital creative and content.

     

    He will spearhead his capabilities across all areas of digital communications for clients who avail digital services. Alongside he will also oversee work across all Grey group India offices.

     

    Inamdar will report to the agency’s president – digital services Leroy Alvares on the digital business and client needs; and creatively to chief creative officer Sandipan Bhattacharyya.

     

    Bhattacharyya said, “Salil straddles rich experiences across digital, television and mainline and that’s what makes him just right for re-purposing the digital offering at Grey. He will also be instrumental in pushing our mandate of famously effective integrated ideas that are served up in the consumers’ medium of choice.”

     

    “I am delighted to have Salil join us. I am sure with him on board the we will sharpen the digital practice and journey toward impactful communications that will make a difference to our clients business and consumer,” added Alvares.

     

    Inamdar said, “I strongly believe that advertising is changing and the future will be about brands and agencies working together to create meaningful impact on people and society. With a medium agnostic approach, brands and agencies will be evaluated on how they have been able to change people’s lives. This transformation is just around the corner, and I look forward to my new role at Grey to create a new structure where context, technology and consumer impact will be aligned together.”

     

    He has previously worked with companies like Saatchi & Saatchi, CNN IBN, Microsoft and Happy Creative.

  • Grey Group India appoints Sandipan Bhattacharyya as chief creative officer

    Grey Group India appoints Sandipan Bhattacharyya as chief creative officer

    MUMBAI: Grey Group India has appointed Sandipan Bhattacharyya as its chief creative officer with effect from 1 August, 2015.

    He will oversee the Mumbai, Gurgaon (New Delhi NCR) and Bengaluru offices across all platforms including advertising, digital and below the line. He will be based in Mumbai, reporting to Grey group India chairman and managing director Sunil Lulla.

    Bhattacharyya returns to Grey group from BBDO, where he spent close to eight years partnering Josy Paul in setting up the agency in India and shaping its creative reputation. He was the executive creative director and was pushing the creative mandate on several global clients like PepsiCo, General Electric, Hewlett Packard, Aviva Life Insurance, P&G Gillette and Wrigley.

    “We are delighted to welcome Sandipan back. His entry is timed to reignite GREY and drive its culture of creating ‘Famous & Effective’ work for GREY’s clients. He brings in a terrific blend of zing & zany energy, with an astute and an intuitive understanding of consumers. I am delighted to have a partner who will bring transformational change to Grey group India, with a mind and a working style, which seamlessly integrates the communication process, across platforms, media, technologies and consumer states. In an ever changing world, now Grey’s capabilities will be significantly enhanced with Sandipan’s leadership,” said Lulla.

    Sandipan said, “What’s interesting in today’s ad landscape is what I call freestyling. No rules, no limits, just format-defying, medium-bending work. Gun shops that spring a surprise moral dilemma, car companies promoting bodypaint and a ridiculously simple Superbowl interception that makes everyone spending millions on a 30 sec spot, seem like an idiot – that’s freestyling. And guess what, it’s all happening at Grey. My chats with Tor and Per just made one thing amply clear – I’d be a fool to pass up this opportunity!”