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Smarties India - Jury

  • Jury Chairs

    Rajneet Kohli Executive Director Foods Hindustan Unilever Limited
    Sairam Krishnamurthy Chief Executive Officer Bombay Shirt Company
    Geetika Mehta Managing Director Nivea India
    Arvind R P Chief Executive Officer Lenexis Foodworks Pvt. Ltd.

    Grand Jury

    Gaurav Agarwal Co-founder 1mg
    Aditya Anand Co-Founder Yoga Bar
    Alok Arya CMO Equentis Wealth
    Pooja Asar Head of Marketing EV Tata Motors
    Pooja Baid CMO Versuni
    Shuvadip Banerjee Chief Digital Marketing Officer ITC Limited
    Divya Batra Vice President – Marketing & Ecommerce Haldiram Snacks
    Pavanjit Singh Bedi CMO Foods HUL
    Gargi Bhatt Head - Brand & Customer Engagement India First Life
    Kaushik Chakraborty Head Marketing & Corporate Communication Tata Capital
    Suresh Chand VP Marketing & Executive Committee Member - Snacks, Noodles & Pasta ITC
    Shawn Chandy CMO Paragon Footwear
    Diptakirti Chaudhuri CMO Casagrand Premier Builder
    Anurita Chopra Category Head - Oral Health, Middle East & Africa Haleon
    Prashant Choudhari Head - Marketing Fino Payments Bank
    Ipshita Chowdhury Head of Marketing Motorola Mobility (A Lenovo Company)
    Ajay Dang President, Head- Marketing Ultratech Cement, An Aditya Birla Group Company
    Prashant Desai Head- Media, Data & Partnerships, Haleon South Asia Haleon
    Ankit Desai Head - Media & Digital Marketing (India & Global Centre of Excellence) Marico
    Deepa Dsouza Chief Operating Officer NOTO Icecreams & Desserts
    Joywin Fernandes Head - Media, Digital & Ecommerce Danone
    Rohit Gulati Marketing Director, India & South Asia Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision
    Ruchika Gupta Director Brand Marketing – South Asia Hilton Worldwide
    Ayesha Huda Chief Marketing Officer Mars
    Vikas Iyer Marketing Head Lenexis Foodworks
    Pawan Jagnik Head of Marketing - India Pladis Global
    Manoj Jain SR VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER (ELECTRONICS) Reliance Retail
    Nikhil Kant India Lead - Marketing & Sales FlixBus
    Taranjeet Kaur Head of Media & Digital Marketing Tata Consumer Products
    Shreyashi Keshri Head of Marketing McCain India
    Nikita Khanna Co-Founder Moxie Beauty
    Richa Khera Global Social Media Director Schneider Electric
    Moneka Khurana Country Head & BOD Member MMA India
    Anjali Krishnan Consumer Experience Lead Mondelez
    Vandana Krishnia Chief Marketing Officer JSWDULUX
    Varun Kulkarni Director - Marketing, Digital & Growth NoBroker
    Puneet Kusumbia VP Marketing Heritage Foods
    Suhayl Limbada   Chief Marketing Officer KFC India & Partner Countries                       
    Kunal Madan Chief Marketing Officer Radico Khaitan Ltd
    Jiten Mahendra CCA & CMO Shoppers Stop
    Megha Manchanda Head of Marketing, Strategic Growth. India, SL & BD HP Inc
    Deepa Mathew Chief Insights and Digital Marketing Officer CEAT
    Saakshi Verma Menon Chief Marketing Officer, India Foods PepsiCo
    Abhishek Mishra Country Head- Brand & Marketing Narayana Health
    Anupam Nair CMO MTR Foods
    Goodies Narayanan Director Marketing-CMO India Bacardi
    Abhinav Narula Senior Vice President Marketing MakeMyTrip
    Gaurav Nijhawan Marketing Head MMTC-PAMP
    Jennifer Pandya Head Of Marketing Skoda India
    Ruta Patel Head Brand Marketing Raymond Lifestyle Raymond Lifestyle
    Amruta Pawar Head Digital Marketing & Marketing Strategy Hafele India
    Sonam Pradhan Head - Media & Digital Marketing (South Asia) Kellanova
    Anu Raj Chief Marketing Officer Mahindra Finance
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    Pranay Rao Chief Marketing Officer Sebamed India
    Deepti Sampat VP Marketing and Digital IndiGo
    Pawan Sarda Chief Growth Officer The House of Abhinandan Lodha
    Priyankka Sethhi CMO Haier Appliances India
    Varun Sethuraman MMA India Board Member; Head of Marketing Communications - India Nestle
    Rajesh Sethuraman Head of Marketing Marks & Spencer Reliance India Private Limited
    Darshana Shah Brand, CX Leader & Ex CMO
    Greishma Singh Vice President Marketing, India & South West Asia The Coca-Cola Company
    Supriya Srinivasa Marketing Director, Feminine Care Kenvue India
    Sunil Suresh Group CMO Air India
    Ashish Tiwari Chief Marketing Officer Home Credit India

    Qualifying Jury

    Shreyas Sathe CEO & Co-founder INSEA Hybrid INSEA
    Devkey Advani Partner, Digital Solutions Group Hansa Cequity
    Harsh Agarwal Associate Director- Brand Marketing MakeMyTrip
    Saurabh Aggarwal Founder & CEO Insybit
    Prateek Agrawal Head of Innovation - Feminine Care Kenvue India
    Yogesh Apte Head of Digital Business Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund
    Yazad Aria Senior Manager - Marketing and Data JCDecaux India
    Gaurav Arora Co-Founder Social Panga
    Arun Aryasomayajula Brand Solutions Lead Shopalyst
    Preetha Athrey Head Marketing The Trade desk
    Deepak Bakshi MMA India Board Member; and Managing Director & Lead Accenture Song in India
    Amit Bapna Business Journalist
    Utkarsh Batra Head Marketing news18studios - network 18
    Sazal Batra VP - Marketing & Strategy Inshorts Group
    Sumit Bhansali Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Mobavenue Media
    Vinita Bhatia Editor Campaign India
    Ritam Bhatnagar Founder IFP
    Ayan Biswas Head Digital Acquisition YES Bank
    Amitabh Biswas Head of Marketing – Business News, Entertainment, IP, OTT Times Network
    Namita Bohara Head Customer Centricity Hindalco Industries Ltd
    Abbhishek Chaddha EVP & Business Head – North and East Interactive Avenues
    Nimit Chaudhry Founder and CEO Strongmetrics
    Suprit Chawla Regional Marketing Communications & Sales Excellence Manager: India & MEA Henkel Adhesive Technologies, Packaging Products
    Vikas Chawla Co-founder Social Beat
    Piyush Chhabra VP Sales - India & SEA Escape Velocity
    Animesh Das Awards Director & Producer Kyoorius
    Upali Dasgupta Senior Director, Field Marketing APAC Meltwater
    Harsh Desireddy General Manager Wavemaker India
    Siddharth Devnani Co-founder & COO SoCheers
    Shetanshu Dikshit Lead Digital Communications Pernod Ricard India
    Aniketh Dsouza Strategic Marketing Partner & Founder Mindstorm
    Madhu S Dutta Founder & CEO HOUSE OF MSD
    Pratip Francis General Manager - Brand Marketing MRF Tyres
    Vivek Gambhir Venture Partner Lightspeed India
    Sajit Gopal Media Head Domino's
    Kanishk Gupta Co-founder, Director Sukoon Health
    Siddharth Gupta Founder & CEO NVECTA
    Mehul Gupta Co Founder & CEO SoCheers
    Karishma Gupta Partner, Consulting Deloitte India
    Nimisha Iyer Director - MarComm Frost & Sullivan
    Shweta Jain Chief Marketing and Sales Officer The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts
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    Niraj Jain Director - Brand Marketing Coin DCX
    Sucheta Jha AVP, Insights & Strategy JSW Dulux
    Nikhil Jhunjhunwala Sr. Vice President & Head of Revenue afaqs!
    Benjamin Joy Agency Lead LinkedIn
    Chaitanya Kakkar VP Business & International Expansion SingleInterface
    Anjali Kamath DVP Marketing Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
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    Archana Kandankerry Senior Brand Manager McDonald's India
    Samir Karpe Country Manager DoubleVerify
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    Avinash Kaul
    Rudresh Kaul Sales Manager British Safety Council India LLP
    Saurabh Khanna Sr. VP - Large Client Solutions & Agency Partnerships Vserv
    Prince Khanna CEO and Founder Eleve Media
    Nishant Khurana Director Sales mediasmart
    Reneta Kripalani Global Head of Marketing Communications, Consumer & D2C InMobi
    Santosh Krishnamoorthy Head Of Global Strategic Accounts,India LinkedIn
    Abhilash Krishnan Director, Creative (Marketing) Affinity Global
    Niti Kumar CEO Spark Foundry
    Shweta Kumar APAC Digital Lead Tupperware
    Manish Lohana Consumer Experience Lead, , Biscuits, Beverages & Candies Mondelez
    Pratik Maru Vice President Marketing Sony Pictures Networks India
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    Anurag Mazumdar Director and President, Revenue The Logical Indian
    Rati Mehra Director - Sales and Marketing Affle
    Shailee Mehta Business Head The Womb
    Janvi Mehta Associate Vice President Publicis Groupe
    Sagar Mehta Co-Founder & Creative Head WHAT ARE YOU SAYING (WAYS)
    Rajesh Mehta Chief Strategy Officer Medulla Communications
    Sarina Menezes Senior Vice President - Marketing & Corporate Communications Oberoi Realty Limited
    Gopa Menon Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer The Blurr
    Aditi Mishra Chief Executive Officer Lodestar UM
    Himanshu Mody Partner & Head of India DEPT®️ 
    Jennifer Mulchandani Co-Founder Acture Media
    Narayan Murthy Head of AdTech Business ASEAN/SA Moving Walls
    Deepthi Nagarajan VP Marketing Netcore
    Upasana Naithani Head of Business Punt Partners
    Pulkit Narayan Founder & CEO Audience Connect
    Nabajit Nath Sales Director, India Kargo
    Akshay Ojha Marketing Manager, Self-Care Kenvue India
    Suman Pal Head of Media, Analytics and Partnership Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting
    Arindam Palit Chief Manager Brands Air India
    Abinash Panda Digital Lead, Brand Portfolio Zydus Wellness
    Alok Pandey VP - Sales & Marketing Xapads Media
    Prasad Patil Director & Founder Drink Water Design Studio
    Yorick Pinto Sr. Creative Director BC Web Wise
    Atishi Pradhan Visiting Faculty IIM Ahmedabad
    Abhishek Pujar Commercial Lead Integral Ad Science
    Deepit Purkayastha Co-Founder & CEO Inshorts Group
    Neeraj Rai Marketing Head, Large Customer Business Amazon Ads
    Vishal Raj Business Head - APAC Performace
    Amit Rathi Managing Director India Channel Factory
    Dipshika Ravi National Creative Director Schbang
    Monica Reddy Brand Marketing Lead Lenovo India Pvt Ltd.
    Ekta Relan Chief Strategy Officer Saatchi & Saatchi India
    Prrincey Roy Co-Founder & CEO  Huella Services
    Gandharv Sachdeva Adtech Consultant
    Dr. Kushal Sanghvi Director Komerz
    Abhinav Saraogi Head of Large Accounts & Strategic Partnerships Phonepe
    Rashmi Sehgal Chief Growth Officer Zenith
    Abhay Sen IR Manager,India Google
    Chirag Shah Business Head Aleph India
    Priyank Shah General Manager, Marketing The House of Abhinandan Lodha
    Zaid Shaikh Vice President HiveMinds
    Aastha Sharma DGM & Head of Marketing Silverpush
    Saurabh Sharma Head of Marketing HT Media Group
    Samarth Sharma Chief Operating Officer Asianxt Digital Technologies Pvt Ltd
    Saksham Sharma Head of Media for Luxury and Dermatological Beauty division L'Oréal
    Amrita Sharma Founder MRJ India
    Rishika Sharma Head of Marketing ShareChat
    Ronak Sharma Head of Digital & E-commerce Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd
    Aanchal Sharma Head of Digital Marketing, SoA Reckitt
    Bhasker Shrestha Deputy Director - Brand Marketing Myntra
    Sonal Shrivastav Digital Head Kenstar
    Niranjan Singh Head of Media - India Monks
    Gyan Pratap Singh Head - Growth Times Prime
    Gaurav Soni Head of Media Perfetti Van Melle
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    Kapil Tammal National Creative Director  Scarecrow M&C Saatchi
    Bhavin Thakkar Digital Marketing Lead Kimberly-Clark
    Ronnie Thomas DGM Digital – India/APAC Hershey India Private Limited
    Aditya Tibrewal GM - Brand Solutions Strategy (Global) | Growth Businesses (IN & MENA) AnyMind Group
    Anupam Tripathi Founder Oren
    Aarooshi Tyagi CEO Momentus Digital Media Private Ltd.
    Shaurya Bhushan Tyagi Head of Digital Marketing JSW
    Anshul Vasu Vice President, Media & Consumer Accenture
    Yashi Vikram Sr,VP-Growth & Operations Toaster
    Rakesh Yadav Founder & CEO AdGlobal360 India Pvt. Ltd.

    Jury Facilitator

    Rohit Dadwal CEO & BOD, MMA APAC, Global Head of SMARTIES MMA Asia Pacific
  • Jury Chair, Day 1

    Managing Director
    Perfetti Van Melle India

    Jury Chair, Day 2

    Head of Marketing
    Hyundai Motor India

    Jury Chair, Day 3

    Chief Marketing Officer
    Diageo

    Jury

    General Manager, Media- South Asia
    Unilever
    Head of Marketing EV
    Tata Motors
    MMA India Board Member; Head of Marketing - India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh
    HP Inc.
    Marketing Head
    Nandos
    Head Marketing & Corporate Communication
    Tata Capital
    VP Marketing & Executive Committee Member - Snacks, Noodles & Pasta
    ITC
    CMO
    Casagrand Premier Builder
    Director - Marketing
    Noise
    Global Lead Media
    Godrej Consumer Products Limited
    President, Head- Marketing
    Ultratech Cement, An Aditya Birla Group Company
    Head - Media & Digital Marketing (India & Global Centre of Excellence)
    Marico
    Vice President Marketing
    Dabur India Limited
    VP & Head of Marketing & Growth
    Pepperfry
    Global Chief Marketing Officer
    Wipro Limited
    Marketing Director, India & South Asia
    Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision
    SVP Strategic Planning and Finance
    Starbucks
    Director Brand Marketing – South Asia
    Hilton Worldwide
    Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Digital Officer
    Ex Agilus Diagnostics
    Marketing Head
    Lenovo
    Chief Marketing Officer
    TATA AIA
    VP and Head of Marketing, Sunfeast Biscuits and Cakes
    ITC Limited
    Head of Media & Digital Marketing
    Tata Consumer Products
    Global Social Media Director
    Schneider Electric
    Country Head & BOD Member
    MMA India
    Head of Marketing - India & Southwest Asia
    Hyatt
    Consumer Experience Lead
    Mondelez
    Chief Marketing Officer
    JSWDULUX
    Chief Marketing Officer
    Livpure
    Managing Director
    Nivea India
    MMA India Board Member; Global Head of Brand, Marketing & Corporate Communications
    Biocon
    CMO
    Nerolac
    Chief Marketing Officer
    Policybazaar Group
    VP & Head Marketing
    Kaya Clinic
    Sr. VP & Business Head
    JioMart
    Vice President - Media & Digital
    Sleepwell & Kurlon
    MMA India Board Member; Chief Growth & Marketing Officer
    Jubilant FoodWorks (Domino’s India)
    Head of Marketing
    Welspun Global Brands Ltd.
    Chief Marketing Officer
    Mahindra Finance
    Brand, CX Leader & Ex CMO
    Head Marketing
    Swiggy Instamart
    Vice President Marketing, India & South West Asia
    The Coca-Cola Company
    Group CMO
    Air India
    Chief Marketing Officer
    JSW Paints
    Marketing Head-KFC
    Devyani International Limited
    Chief Marketing Officer
    Home Credit India
    Founder
    Oren
    Chief Marketing & Customer Officer
    Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited

    Jury Facilitator

    CEO & BOD, MMA APAC, Global Head of SMARTIES
    MMA Asia Pacific

    Jury Observer

    Client Director & Jury Observer (SMARTIES)
    Toluna
    Client Director & Jury Observer (SMARTIES)
    Toluna
    Senior Client Director
    Toluna

    Selection Jury

    CEO & Co-founder INSEA
    Hybrid INSEA
    VP and Global Head of Marketing
    Exotel
    Associate Director- Brand Marketing
    MakeMyTrip
    Founder & CEO
    Insybit
    Senior Manager
    Adscholars Marketing India Private Limited
    Head of Digital Business
    Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund
    Associate Director
    Deloitte
    Founder & CEO
    Tonic Worldwide
    Business Journalist
    Vice President - Advertising
    Paytm Ads
    Co-founder
    ProfitWheel Inc
    Marketing Director
    Teads
    Editor
    Campaign India
    Head Digital Acquisition
    YES Bank
    Head Customer Centricity
    Hindalco Industries Ltd
    Managing Director, India
    JCDecaux India
    Chief Growth Officer
    Omnicom Media Group India
    Sr. VP - Media
    FCB/SIX India
    Awards Director & Producer
    Kyoorius
    Regional Digital Lead - South Asia
    AkzoNobel
    Lead Digital Communications
    Pernod Ricard India
    Co-Founder & CRO
    The Leapfrog Network
    Chief Solutions Officer
    Publicis Media
    Director, Business and Marketing Solutions
    Hansa Cequity
    General Manager Marketing
    Tata Communications
    Head of India Marketing
    Snap Inc.
    Chief Operating Officer
    Times Internet
    Founder & CEO
    NVECTA
    Director - MarComm
    Frost & Sullivan
    Head of GTM – Strategy & Marketing & Business Head – Ecommerce Ads
    JioAds
    VP Business & International Expansion
    SingleInterface
    Managing Director-India & SEA
    Media Marketing Compliance
    Country Manager
    DoubleVerify
    Principal Partner – Digital
    Mindshare World
    Director, Ads and Brand & Reputation Marketing
    Google India
    Sr. VP - Large Client Solutions & Agency Partnerships
    Vserv
    Head - Organized Trade and ECommerce
    Nestle
    Managing Director
    Publicis Content & Groupé Marcomm
    Chief Growth & Marketing Officer (India & Emerging Markets)
    Affle
    Senior Director
    Affle
    Head of Digital & D2C, India Sub-Continent
    Haleon
    Vice President Marketing
    Sony Pictures Networks India
    Chief Insights and Digital Marketing Officer
    CEAT
    Co-Founder & Creative Head
    WHAT ARE YOU SAYING (WAYS)
    Chief Strategy Officer
    Medulla Communications
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    Associate Leadership Team
    ICICI Bank
    Partner Director-Microsoft Advertising, India and Southeast Asia
    Microsoft
    Director, Esg & Communications
    Colgate Palmolive
    Head of AdTech Business ASEAN/SA
    Moving Walls
    Sr. VP - Growth Marketing & Martech
    HDFC Bank
    Head of Media, Analytics and Partnership
    Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting
    CEO & Co-Founder
    Skewb Analytics Private Limited
    VP - Sales & Marketing
    Xapads Media
    General Manager - Digital Commerce
    Hindustan Unilever
    Head of Marketing Solutions
    TransUnion
    Growth strategy & planning
    HP Inc
    Director & Head of Brand Business- INSEA
    InMobi Exchange
    Visiting Faculty
    IIM Ahmedabad
    Commercial Lead
    Integral Ad Science
    Marketing Head, Large Customer Business
    Amazon Ads
    Co-founder & CEO
    Shopalyst
    Chief Digital Officer
    Wavemaker
    Digital Marketing & Media
    Mother Dairy
    Managing Director India
    Channel Factory
    Sr. DIrector - Global Ads sales
    TrueCaller
    Independent Journalist
    Tata Consultancy Services
    Head, Creatives and Multimedia, Growth Marketing
    Vice President International Sales & Marketing
    Affle
    CEO & Founder
    AdTech Today
    Co-Founder & CEO 
    Huella Services
    Adtech Consultant
    Country Manager India
    Digital Turbine
    Chief Creative Officer
    Schbang
    Director
    Komerz
    Director, Tech & AI
    WebEngage
    CMO
    Polycab
    Business Head
    Aleph India
    Business Unit Head
    HiveMinds Innovative Market Solutions Pvt Ltd
    Senior Director Marketing, APAC
    Epsilon
    Head of Media for Luxury and Dermatological Beauty division
    L'Oréal
    Head of Marketing
    ShareChat
    Head of Digital & E-commerce
    Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd
    Senior Vice President, APAC
    Affinity Global Inc.
    Associate General Manager, Systems
    Asian Paints
    Chief Business Officer
    Bobble.ai
    Digital Head
    Kenstar
    Chief Manager II - Digital Marketing
    ICICI Bank
    Head - Growth
    Times Prime
    Digital Lead India
    Spotify
    Head of Media
    Perfetti Van Melle
    Co-Founder and CEO
    mFunnel.ai
    Global Brand Manager
    Bata Group
    Head of Agency Sales
    PhonePe Ads
    Senior Vice President - eCommerce
    WPP Media
    GM - Brand Solutions Strategy (Global) | Growth Businesses (IN & MENA)
    AnyMind Group
    Head of Digital Marketing
    JSW
    CEO
    Momentus Digital Media Private Ltd.
    Managing Director - India
    Teads
    Managing Editor
    MediaNews4U
    Founder
    Tailwind
    MMA India Board Member; Director Marketing
    Adobe
    Co-Founder & CMO
    Trackier
    Director
    Flipkart Ads
    Country Manager-South Asia
    PubMatic
    AVP & Head, Consumer Vertical
    Performics India


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