IMPACT 50 Most Influential Women enters its 11th year
The jury meet for the prestigious list is scheduled to be held today in Mumbai. Stay tuned for the final 50 list, and until then, here is a look at what to expect this year
IMPACT 50 Most Influential Women enters its 11th year, and today marks an important milestone for this edition as the jury meet is scheduled shortly in Mumbai. This year, like the years before, the long list will be carefully studied by esteemed jury members, chaired by Sam Balsara, Chairman of Madison World, before arriving at the final 50.
IMPACT 50 Most Influential Women has been an important platform to celebrate women achievers this past decade, with significant names from the advertising, media, and marketing industries. Last year, the list saw Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBCTV18, Network18 Group top it. This year too, we have many influential names, who have made a significant impact in their respective fields of work.
Here are the jury members for this year’s IMPACT 50 Most Influential Women –
- Anuj Poddar, MD & CEO, Bajaj Electricals Ltd.
- Bhaskar Sharma, CEO – India, Redbull
- Amin Lakhani, CEO, Mindshare, South Asia
- Shalini Kamath, Founder & CEO, SK & Associates
- Josy Paul, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India
- Jasneet Bachal, CEO & Co- Founder, Earthworm
- Paritosh Srivastava, CEO, L&K Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis Worldwide, Saatchi Propagate & Publicis Beehive
- Uttam Malani, Executive Director, Centuary Mattresses
- Gour Gupta, Chairman & MD, Tribes Communications
- Anjana Ghosh, ex- CEO, Xotik Frujus & ex-Director, Bisleri
- Hareesh Tibrewala, Joint CEO, Mirum India
- CK Kumaravel, CEO, Natural Salons
- Nina Elavia Jaipuria, Head - Hindi & Kids TV Network, Viacom18
The list recognises and acknowledges the immense contribution, inspiring leadership and remarkable body of work of these trail-blazing women achievers from Advertising, Media and Marketing. Some previous winners were – Kalli Purie, Vice Chairperson, India Today Group (2020); Tanya Dubash, Executive Director and Chief Brand Officer, Godrej Industries (2019), Nadia Chauhan, Joint Managing Director & Chief Marketing Officer, Parle Agro (2018), Malini Agarwal, Founder & Creative Director, MissMalini Entertainment (2017), Ekta Kapoor, Joint Managing Director and Creative Director, Balaji Telefilms (2016), Kirthiga Reddy, then Managing Director of Facebook India (2015), Rama Bijapurkar, market strategy consultant and acclaimed business author (2014), Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson and Editorial Director HT Media Group (2013) and Vinita Bali, then Managing Director of Britannia (2012).
The process takes note of some pertinent parameters when arriving on the final list. These include contributions to her role, the size of the business she heads/leads, the impact of her work on the profession/industry, and any other notable achievements.
