Jury - OAA 2024

Jury Chairman

Santosh Padhi (PADDY)

Chief Creative Officer
Wieden+Kennedy India
Popularly known as 'Paddy', Santosh Padhi started his advertising career 25 years back. An art graduate from Mumbai, he started his advertising carrier with DDB followed by Leo Burnett, after 13 years of industry experience he decided to create his own path, culture and approach towards advertising, he co-

Co Jury Chairman

Azazul Haque

Group CCO
CreativeLand Asia
Azazul is the Group CCO for CreativeLand Asia. In a remarkably distinguished career, Azazul has worked with the top advertising agencies and brands. He started his career with Lintas Group back in 2001. Since then, he has worked with

Jury Members

Aatika Ansari

Head of Marketing and Digital
Pernod Ricard India
Aatika is the Head of Media and Digital at Pernod Ricard India. She is a new age marketer with expertise in developing and implementing consumer first strategies, driving efficiencies through marketing, media process transformation that strengthens brand play amongst the young affluent consumers. Previously she has worked with companies like

Ambika Mehrotra

Senior media manager
Nestle
Ambika is the senior media manager at Nestle. She is a passionate and self-driven marketing professional with expertise across FMCG, Telecom and automotive sectors. Her primary responsibilities comprise of creating integrated, multi-channel marketing and customer experience strategies to drive business growth.    

Amit Sinha

Associate Director Brand & Marketing
PNB MetLife India Insurance
A marketing professional with over two decades of multi-industry experience in Sales,Research, Strategy, Digital Marketing, Customer Experience, Product Marketing & Branding. A strong believer of continuous improvement as it helps me challenge the status -quo & it germinates innovation.   Have had the opportunity to

Ammar Millwala

Head- Integrated Media
Aditya Birla Capital
Ammar Millwala is an integrated media professional having 15 years of experience in leading media both at brand and agency end. He is currently associated with Aditya Birla Capital

Anirban Paul Chaudhary

National Marketing Head
Skipper Pipes
Anirban Paul Chaudhary is a seasoned marketing professional with over 25 years of experience in launching and building major brands in various segments such as FMCG, Telecom, and Home building solutions.   Currently serving as the National Marketing Head at Skipper Pipes

Ankur Malhotra

Head of Marketing
Bridgestone
Ankur Malhotra, a distinguished business leader and the Head of Marketing & Retail at Bridgestone India, boasts a remarkable career spanning over 20 years. With a strong foundation in sales and marketing, Ankur has immersed himself across India, South Asia, and Brazil in

Archana Aggarwal

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Ex-Airtel
With 25 years of experience behind her, Archana is an accomplished media professional. Prior to Airtel, she was the Country Media Manager at P&G and has done stints with leading agencies like Group M & McCann-Erickson, across key clients like HUL, Kellogg’s, Bajaj Auto, Coca-Cola and many more. She helped launch brands like Airtel

Arkaprava Ray

Head of marketing strategy
HSBC India
Arkaprava Ray, also known as Arko is a Marketing professional and an innovator having worked globally and across markets in India handling key marketing projects for HSBC in India. He currently heads the Marketing Strategy for HSBC in India and leads a team of senior marketers who provide innovative and disruptive solutions to complex business

Ashish Morone

Sr VP and Head- Brand Marketing Communications
HDFC Bank
Ashish Morone is a passionate marketer with over 22 years of experience. He believes in investing in brand building with a very sharp focus on the consumer as a centre point. He is very keen on digital transformation in marketing

Ashish Pawar

Head of Marketing
Tata Asset Management
Ashish Pawar is the Head - Marketing at Tata Asset Management. Prior to his tenure at Aditya Birla Health Insurance , Ashish was with ICICI Prudential life for more than 10 years, where he handled various roles across marketing . He has also worked with advertising and marketing agencies like Ogilvy & Mather, Times infotainment media. Ashish

Geetanjali Sachwani

VP- Head and Marketing
Franklin Tempelton India
An accomplished marketing professional with over 16 years of experience in the financial sector, Geetanjali’s expertise lies in designing marketing strategies, visualizing digital-social media marketing road map, conceptualizing creatives, and business-intelligence driven campaigns by leveraging video, voice and vernacular for an all-

Girish Ahuja

Head of Marketing
H&R Johnson
Girish Ahuja, has overseen the Cult brand 'Milton' along with other notable brands like Treo, Milton ProCook, Spotzero, Euroline, and Claro. With a rich background in marketing, Girish has held significant roles such as CMO at TVS Tyres (now Eurogrip Tyres) and Greaves Cotton Ltd. He also led the Television business for Philips

Goldee Patnaik

CMO, Vice President
Itel Mobile
Over 2 decades of rich experience in driving Brand, Marketing and Corporate Communication functions leading critical roles for Telenor India, Bharti Airtel India, Reliance Communications, Times of India. Spent Important stints with top notch Communication Agency firms like Perfect Relations, Clea PR providing advisory to brands like Godfrey

Jignesh Dawda

Marketing and Advertising Expert
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Jignesh has over fifteen years of rich experience, spanning Sales and Marketing. He has a strong track-record of crafting innovative and differentiated campaigns, centered on brand building.   Jignesh started his career in the Platinum Credit Card division of American Express, where he focused on sourcing premium credit

Mukesh Ghuraiya

Chief Marketing Officer
Modi Naturals Ltd
Mukesh is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for Modi Naturals Ltd, an Indian FMCG company in F&B space. Mukesh is an experienced sales & marketing professional with more than 14 years of expertise in Brand and marketing management. He brings with him diverse knowledge owning to exposure to different sectors and industries. He has

Pramod Patil

Vice President and Head of Media
Kotak Mahindra Group
Pramod Patil is part of the marketing team at Kotak Mahindra Bank and manages the media strategy for the Group.     In his current role, he is responsible for planning media strategy, efficient buying of media inventory for campaigns across the Group and across media, and ensuring timely and error-free execution.

Preetam Patnaik

Head of Consumer Marketing
Continental Coffee
Preetam Patnaik is Head of Consumer Marketing of Continental Coffee (CCL Products India Ltd), leading Indian coffee company with global and operating in various coffee businesses including Coffee Exports, Private label manufacturing and Continental Coffee branded coffees. An Alumnus of IBS, Mumbai with a master’s degree in business

Rajesh Srivastava

Head- Marketing Communications
Nissan India
Rajesh Srivastava is the Head – Marketing Communications, Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd. (NMIPL). In his current role, he is responsible for developing marketing strategies to maximize the company’s overall performance. Develop marketing roadmap & implementing marketing

Ritu Mittal

Head of Marketing and Digital
Bayer Consumer Health, Division in India
Ritu currently heads Marketing and Digital at Bayer Consumer Health Division in India. A transformative, consumer-centric brand builder, she has a track record to deliver consistent double-digit growth across diverse businesses in FMCG, Consumer Health and Tech over close to two decades.   She joined Bayer India in June 2020

Rohan Ekbote

Head of media and PR
Croma
Rohan is an experienced media professional with 15 years of experience in media planning, campaign amplification and media buying in both digital & traditional media spaces. In his current role he manages the media campaign for brand Vi, ensuring 360 degree campaigns that reach their target audiences as effectively as possible. 

Ruchika Gupta

Marketing Director
Indigo
Among the youngest marketing top talents in Indian alco-bev currently, Ruchika brings over 15 years of experience

Saket Agrawal

General Manager- Brand and Marketing
D’Decor
Saket is a seasoned marketing professional with 15+ years’ experience, having started his career in FCB Ulka’s brand consulting division and building a strong foundation in consumer behaviour, brand strategy, business strategy and brand building through great brand narratives.     Currently, Saket

Shawn Chandy

Chief Marketing Officer
Paragon
Shawn Chandy serves as the Chief Marketing Officer at Paragon, bringing to the role a wealth of experience and a strong focus on driving growth. With over two decades of expertise spanning Marketing, Brand Management, Promotions, and Advertising, Shawn has consistently delivered outstanding results. His distinguished career is underscored by a

Shwetal Basu

Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Shoppers Stop
Shwetal Basu is the Customer Care Associate and Chief of Marketing and Communication at Shoppers Stop Ltd. Shwetal has a strong experience of 20 years in customer behavior, marketing, and communications, across multiple industries such as FMCG, telecom, security services, banking, and retail. She brings to the table a deep understanding of the

Siddharth Anand Jha

Senior General Manager – Marcom
Havells India
Siddharth brings with him over 22 years of marketing expertise, specialising in media management. With notable roles at Havells India, Samsung Group, Dentsu Aegis Network, and Tata Group, he has contributed significantly to brand building and strategic communication. His tenure at Havells, spanning over six years, underscored his adeptness in

Sounak Bhowmick

Brand Marketing Lead
USDC Global
Sounak has 15 years of experience in end-to-end integrated marketing communication with a strong track record of accomplishments. Passionate about building consumer-obsessed brands & scalable businesses that are profitable & have meaning for the consumers. Since 2007, Sounak has been establishing/launching brands in Media, Sports Retail

Urvashi Arya

Senior Brand Manager
Bausch & Lomb
Holding an MBA from IIM Calcutta, Urvashi has 8 years of experience in strategic marketing and brand management in FMCG companies, primarily in personal care and healthcare space.Currently she is the Senior Brand Manager at Bausch & Lomb, the market leader in the contact lens industry in India. Urvashi spearheads marketing for vision care

Vipul Mishra

AVP Marketing
Paytm
Vipul comes with close to two decades of core consumer marketing experience. He has worked across 5 different industries, namely FMCG, Telecom, Automobile, Fashion Retail and now the Fintech industry. He started his career with Unilever where he worked on brands like Knorr and Kissan. He then moved to 3M on scotch brite brand to work on managing