e4m Media Ace Awards 2024: GroupM, Wavemaker, Interactive Avenues take home top honours

The exchange4media Group hosted the eighth edition of e4m Media Ace Awards at a star-studded ceremony in Mumbai on Monday, November 11. The prestigious awards recognise and celebrate Indian media agencies and their professionals for their exemplary work and their contribution to the advertising industry.

Shashi Sinha, IPG MediaBrands, was conferred the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’. Among other key winners of the night were Prasanth Kumar, GroupM, who was bestowed the ‘Network Head of The Year’ honour; Amin Lakhani, Chief Executive Officer, Mindshare South Asia, was honoured with ‘Media Agency Head of the Year’ award for his outstanding work, dedication and innovation while Rathi Gangappa, Chief Executive Officer, Starcom, was the runner-up in this category. Vikram Sakhuja, CEO, Madison Media and OOH, Madison World won the ‘Independent Agency Head of the Year’ honour.

Amardeep Singh, Co-Founder & CEO at Interactive Avenues, won the ‘Network Digital Agency Head of the Year’ title while Lalatendu Das, Performics and Shibu Shivanandan, Pivotroots were the runners up in the category. Meanwhile, Harshil Karia, Schbang won the ‘Non-Network Digital Agency Head of the Year’ award while Sowmya Iyer, DVIO Digital and Shradha Agarwal, Grapes Worldwide were the runners-up in this category.

 Chirag Chandiramani, Starcom was the winner in the ‘Client Lead’ category while Lynette Dsouza, Interactive Avenues and Adhir Anand, Wavemaker, were the runners up in this category. In the ‘Rising Star’ category, Kirundanda Bopanna, Interactive Avenues was the winner while Preksha Kotian, Havas, Sudhanshu Singh, PHD Media and Ayushi Patil, PHD Media were the runner ups in this category.

Among the media agencies who were celebrated, GroupM took home the ‘Network of The Year’ title, Wavemaker was adjudged ‘Media Agency of the Year’ while EssenceMediacom and Mindshare were runners-up in this category. On the other hand, while Interactive Avenues bagged the ‘Network Digital Agency of the Year’ title, Performics and Wavemaker were the runners-up in this category.

LS Digital took home the ‘Non-Network Digital Agency of the Year’ award while Grapes Worldwide and Schbang were the runners-up in this category. The ‘Independent Agency of the Year’ award was given to Madison Media while Maitri Advertising Works was the runner-up; Mindshare was awarded the ‘Content Marketing Agency of the Year- Large’ honour while Havas Play and Schbang were the runner-ups.

The ‘Content Marketing Agency of the Year- Medium’ was awarded to Team Pumpkin with Yellow Seed- The Content Company and Scatter being the runner-ups; Hypothesis by OML took home the ‘Influencer Marketing Agency of the Year’ award with Chtrbox and White Rivers Media being the runner ups.' Laqshya Media Limited (LML) took home the ‘Out of Home Agency of the Year’ award while Connect Network Inc and Rapport Outdoor Advertising were the runner-ups in this category. GroupM Esp bagged the ‘Sports and Entertainment Agency of the Year’ award while Havas Play and White Rivers Media were the runner-ups.

Madison Turnt and Laqshya Live Experiences took home the ‘Experiential Agency of the Year’ award while Shobiz was the runner up; Sokrati, a dentsu company won the ‘Programmatic Agency of the Year’ award while mediasmart powered by Affle and MobAvenue Media Pvt Ltd were the runners up in this category. Brandcare won the ‘Health and Wellness Agency of the Year’ award while SPAG FINN Partners was the runner-up in this category.

The e4m Media Ace Awards is a prestigious accolade in the advertising industry, celebrating the exceptional work of media agencies and individuals who are making significant contributions in the advertising realm. Over the years, the e4m Media Ace Awards has become an important platform for encouraging excellence and nurturing talent in the Indian advertising sector. This year, the awards showcased award-winning work for the period April 01, 2023 to March 31, 2024.

The e4m Media Ace Awards was powered by ABP News, Zee, Sakal and Dangal TV while the Gold Partner was LinkedIn.

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