e4m IMA South 2024: Jury meet for 4th edition to be held today

The much-awaited Indian Marketing Awards (IMA) South by the exchange4media Group is back! Ahead of the big day, the virtual jury meet for the fourth edition of IMA South will be held on Wednesday, July 17. An esteemed jury panel comprising of industry luminaries and distinguished leaders from marketing and advertising world will come together under one roof and finalise the winners. This year, the IMA South 2024 jury is chaired by Anupam Katheriya, Chief Executive Officer, Cholayil Private Limited. The other jury members included industry leaders, seasoned professionals, and renowned personalities from the industry. e4m IMA South 2024 will be held on August 23, 2024 in Bengaluru.

The other jury members of e4m IMA South 2024 bring together a wealth of experience from diverse fields. The awards celebrate the best organisations, individuals and teams working in South India who have taken confident and innovative steps towards finding ways to enter or expand their presence across the region/ country. It recognises and celebrates a diverse set of companies who either have their corporate office and/ or have a marketing division headquartered in South India. The awards are also open to companies that are headquartered in PAN India but have created and run a campaign for the South market.

Expressing delight on being the jury chair this year, Anupam Katheriya said, “It's a privilege and an honour to be invited as a jury chair for Indian Marketing Award South 2024. Given the velocity at which emerging media is changing, consumer attention span is reducing, and the business environment has become far more competitive, it's not easy for marketer to survive. For a marketer to thrive in this environment, one has to continuously innovate and be creative. I look forward to joining the esteemed jury panel and evaluate some of the finest campaigns. I'm excited to be part of this program, and I look forward to seeing all the nominations. Wishing the very best to all the participants”.

The prestigious awards recognise and celebrate exceptional marketing achievements in India across 5 prime categories which are further divided into sub-categories. The Gold Partner of the awards is The Hindu while it is powered by Laqshya Media Group.

Our jury members include:

• Abhishek Mehrotra, Vice President and Head of Marketing, Aashirvaad - ITC Limited
• Ahmed Rahimtoola, Chief Marketing Officer, Tilaknagar Industries Ltd
• Akash Deep Batra, Executive Director & Head of Marketing, Customer Experience &
• Analytics, DBS Bank
• Anil Gurnani, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, TTK Prestige
• Arvind Naidu, Head of Marketing, KTV Health FOOD
• Ashish Tiwari, Chief Marketing Officer, Home credit
• Ayushman Chiranewala, Chief Marketing Officer, Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospitals
• Chandrahas Shetty, Head of Demand, Magnite
• Dr. Ashish Bajaj, Chief Marketing Officer, Narayana Health
• Eiti Singhal, Chief Marketing Officer, Vega Industries Pvt. Ltd.
• Eshita Anil, Marketing Head, boAt (Imagine Marketing Limited)
• Gaurav Barjatya, Chief Marketing Officer, NDTV
• Kranthi Kumar, Director Marketing- ProManage, Sulekha
• M K Machaiah (Mac), Chief Client Officer & Office Head – South, Wavemaker
• Mukesh Ghuraiya, Former -Chief Marketing Officer, Modi Naturals
• Nishant Nayyar, Vice President and Head of Marketing, Kaya Ltd
• Nitin Khanna, Vice President -Marketing, Acko General Insurance
• Pallavi Chopra, Chief Marketing Officer, RedBus
• Piyush Pandey, Head of Marketing, Montra Electric (TICMPL)
• Prasanna Rai, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Head of Ecommerce Business, Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting
• Prassanna S, Vice President Marketing, MGM Healthcare
• Pratip Francis, General Manager - Brand Marketing, MRF
• Puneet Kusumbia, VP Marketing, Heritage Foods Ltd
• Raj Gopal Iyer, Former- Head -Growth Marketing, Croma
• Rajesh Mani, Head Marketing and Corporate Communication, Ashok Leyland Ltd
• Raju Menon, Managing Director, Maitri Advertising Works Pvt. Ltd.
• Ranjani Krishnaswamy, General Manager Marketing, Titan Company Limited
• Ruchira Jaitly, Chief Marketing Officer, Diageo
• Samir Sethi, Head of Brand Marketing, Policybazaar
• Seenivasan Subramanian PhD, Head of Marketing - Colors Kannada Cluster & Colors Tamil, Viacom18 Media Private Limited
• Shubham Shukla, Head of Marketing, Ghodawat Consumers
• Shyam sunder Nalluri, Chief Marketing Officer, Coromandel International Ltd
• Sirajudheen Nellur, Head of Brand Marketing, Partnership & Growth, Practo
• Sudhanshu Tripathi, Chief Marketing Officer & Head ESG, Quick Heal
• Swati Nathani, Co-Founder, Team Pumpkin