At the AGM of the International Advertising Association (IAA) India Chapter, Avinash Pandey, CEO ABP Network was elected President for the YEAR 2022-23.

Abhishek Karnani (Director, Free Press Journal Group) was elected as Vice President while media veteran Nandini Dias was elected as Hon. Secretary and Jaideep Gandhi (Chairman, Another Idea) as Hon. Treasurer. Immediate Past President is Megha Tata, who till recently was the MD, Discovery Networks South Asia.

The members elected to the Managing Committee were Srinivasan K Swamy (Chairman & Managing Director, R K Swamy Pvt Ltd), Shreyams Kumar (Managing Director, Mathrubhumi Group), Prasanth Kumar (CEO-South Asia, GroupM), Anant Goenka (Executive Director, The Indian Express Group) and Janak Sarda (Managing Director, Deshdoot Media Group).

The members co-opted at the first managing committee meeting were Nina Elavia Jaipuria (Head – Hindi and Kids TV Network, Viacom18), Neeraj Roy, (Founder, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment), Pradeep Dwivedi (Group CEO, Eros Media World PLC), Kranti Gada (President – New Business Opportunities Shemaroo Entertainment) and I.Venkat (Director, Eenadu Group.)

The invitees to the Managing Committee include the following:

Ramesh Narayan, Founder Canco Advertising Pvt. Ltd.

Neena Dasgupta, CEO & Director Zirca Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Rana Barua, Chief Executive Officer, Havas Group India

Partha Sinha, President, The Times of India Group

Dr Bhaskar Das

Mitrajit Bhattacharya, Founder & President, The Horologists

Sam Balsara, Chairman & Managing Director, Madison Communications Pvt. Ltd.

Alok Jalan, Managing Director, Laqshya Media Group

Rahul Johri, President -Business South Asia, ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd

Rajeev Beotra, Executive Director, HT Media Ltd

Kevin Vaz, Head – Network Entertainment Channels ,Disney Star

Kunal Lalani, Managing Director, Crayons Advertising Pvt Ltd

Ashok Venkatramani, Founder, Intelligent Insights Pvt Ltd

Rani Reddy, Director, Indira Television Ltd.

Monica Nayyar Patnaik, Managing Director, Sambad Group

The International Advertising Association is the world’s only globally-focused integrated advertising trade association with membership representing advertising agencies and the media. The IAA has 56 Chapters with individual members and young professionals from 76 countries, including the top 10 economies in the world. IAA is over 80 years’ old and is headquartered in New York.