IAA Leadership Awards: Nominees announced

The International Advertising Association (IAA) India chapter today released the nominees of the first 10 categories for the first edition of the IAA Leadership Awards. The nominees have been shortlisted on account of their outstanding contribution to the fields of Marketing, Advertising and Media.

The IAA Awards shall honour the individuals across Marketing, Advertising and Media under the same roof.

The following are the list of nominees revealed today from an initial list across 10 categories to win the IAA Leadership Awards:

Speaking on the nominees, Srinivasan Swamy, President of International Advertising Association said, “The IAA Leadership awards are an attempt to honour the contributions of individuals in the 

To ensure that the recipients’ of the many awards are determined in a fair and just manner and to ensure the process is seen as transparent, IAA appointed the experienced marketing research company A C Nielsen to execute the nomination and voting process. Further Ernst & Young has been appointed to conduct audit and validate the entire process. The winners will be decided in a two-stage selection process; the first stage will include nominations and shortlisting by seasoned marketing, media and advertising professionals; and the second stage will be the final selection of winners by a voting process among the shortlisted nominees, by respective senior industry peers

The first edition of the annual awards is scheduled on February 2nd, 2013 at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. Honourable Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Sri Manish Tewari will grace the occasion as the Chief Guest. More than three hundred and fifty professionals comprising of the who's who of the advertising marketing and media are expected to attend the exclusive Awards function.