The Maddies 2023 Jury meet to be held today in Mumbai

The much-awaited Maddies Awards is back! The ninth edition of the Mobile Marketing Awards 2023 will be held on Wednesday, November 29 in Mumbai. Ahead of the main event, an esteemed jury panel comprising industry heads and experts will deliberate and choose the final winners across categories on Thursday, November 16. This year, the Maddies 2023 jury is chaired by Prabha Narasimhan, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Colgate Palmolive (India). The Presenting Partner of the event is ABP Live, the Gold Partner is Shemaroo while the Growth Partner is Mobavenue.

Talking about Maddies, Narasimhan said, “India’s digital journey continues to advance rapidly and the phone has become the primary screen for millions of consumers. Several brands have either been born in this environment or have pivoted to meet this shift. Maddies 2023 will allow us to see and judge the best of the industry's marketing masterminds and it is my honour to be the Jury Chair”.

The Maddies awards recognizes and honours marketing stories that use effective mobile marketing strategies. The four main categories of Maddies 2023 include Marketing Strategy, Channel/Media Strategy, Enabling Technologies and Hall of Fame Awards which are further divided into several sub-categories. The Grand Jury that selected the winners comprised 23 industry leaders and innovators, who have propelled the advertising and marketing industry.

The exchange4media Mobile Awards – The Maddies acknowledges and recognizes all such marketing stories that employ an effective mobile marketing strategy done in India and will be equally judged on innovation, concept, execution and results by a highly experienced independent panel of the industry. These awards are open to all industries linked to Mobile Marketing (Clients, Creative, Media Agencies, Digital Agencies and Publishers, etc).

The jury members include Roshni Das, General Manager, Regional Marketing, Asia Pacific and Japan, Intel Corporation; Deepali Naair, Group CMO, CK Birla Group; Shwetal Basu, Chief of Marketing and Communication, Shoppers Stop; Abhiroop Chatterjea, Director – Marketing, Cipla Health Ltd.; Abhishek Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance; Ajay Dang, President, Head- Marketing, UltraTech Cement - Aditya Birla Group; Ashish Bajaj, Chief Marketing Officer, Narayana Health; Debojo Maharshi, Chief Marketing Officer, Spicejet; Himanshu Khanna, Chief Marketing Officer, Raymond; Kapil Grover, Chief Marketing and Digital Officer, Burger King India; Manish Dubey, CMO, Pidilite Industries Limited.

The other jury members are Punit Dharamsi, Sr. Vice President - Marketing and Investor Education, Association of Mutual Funds in India; Rohit Raina, Head - Group Marketing, L&T Finance; Nishant Nayyar, Vice President and Head of Marketing, Kaya Limited; Sanjay Adesara, Head of Marketing, Adani Wilmar Limited; Shuvadip Banerjee, Chief Digital Marketing Officer, ITC Ltd; Sooraj Balakrishnan, Head of Marketing, Acer; Tejas Rathod, Co-Founder & COO, Mobavenue; Viral Oza, CMO, Mahindra Lifespaces; Mustufa Arsiwalla, Trade Marketing Director, Ferrero India Private Limited; Sunil Narula, Sr Vice President - Sales & Marketing, Panasonic; Saket Jha Saurabh, Growth Advisor.