The suspense is finally over. Dr Vijay Mallya, the dynamic Chairman of the UB Group and Kingfisher Airlines, Rajya Sabha member and the soon-to-be Chairman and CEO of the Deccan-Kingfisher merged entity, has been unanimously adjudged the ‘impact Person of the Year 2007’. The ‘impact Person of the Year 2007’ was unveiled at a glittering ceremony held in Mumbai on December 20, attended by the who’s who of the media, advertising and marketing industry.
Celebrating excellence on its way, the ‘impact Person of the Year’ has evolved in its third edition. This year, 25 industry stalwarts reached the nomination list after incisive research by research partner ACNielsen. These include the likes of Anil Ambani, Vineet Jain, Subhash Chandra, Kalanidhi Maran, Shobhana Bhartia, Harit Nagpal, Rajdeep Sardesai, Peter Mukerjea, Piyush Pandey, Prasoon Joshi, R Balki, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Vijay Mallya, Pradeep Guha, Prannoy Roy, Kishore Biyani, Harish Thawani, Colvyn Harris, Sam Balsara, Haresh Chawla, Raghav Behl, Ronnie Screwvala, Jagdish Khattar, Santosh Desai and Tarun Tejpal.
In its first edition in 2005, the industry had raised a toast to Peter Mukerjea as the ‘impact Person of the Year’. The industry chose CNN-IBN’s Rajdeep Sardesai for the title in 2006.
In keeping with the philosophy of the property – which is a poll of, by and for industry practitioners across media, advertising and marketing – the list of nominees was suggested and short-listed by industry practitioners themselves.
The sponsors for the event are Red FM as the presenting sponsor and DSN (Digital Signage Networks) as co-sponsor. The associate sponsors are Bindass, Vikatan Group and Times OOH. Other sponsors for the event include Encompass, Business Standard, ACNielsen, FMCC, 24 Frames Digital and i2eye interactive.