Havas takes home 8 metals at e4m IMA South 2025

The agency bagged 4 golds, 3 silvers and 1 bronze metals across categories for its creative brilliance and innovation

by e4m Desk
Published: Aug 1, 2025 10:23 PM | 2 min read

The exchange4media Group hosted the fifth edition of the Indian Marketing Awards (IMA) South in Bengaluru on Friday, August 1. The awards honoured and celebrated brands and agencies of South India for their excellence, innovation and creativity. At the awards night, Havas bagged 8 metals across categories including 4 golds, 3 silvers and 1 bronze metals.

Among the other key winners that won the most metals were Lulu Group, Maitri Advertising Works, Flipkart Internet, Divo, Hiveminds, Amazon Prime Video, Wipro, ShareChat and Jio Star India - Star Vijay. The event acknowledged excellence across categories, shining a spotlight on those driving innovation and setting new benchmarks in the industry.

The prestigious awards recognise and celebrate exceptional marketing achievements in India across 4 prime categories and one excellence category, which are further divided into sub-categories. The broad categories are - South Awards for Stages of Brand Building; South Awards for Communication, South Awards for Special Marketing, South Awards for Start-Ups/Emerging Players, and South Awards for Excellence/Special Recognition.

IMA South recognises, honours and celebrates a diverse set of companies, which have their corporate office or have a marketing division headquartered in South India. The awards were also open to firms headquartered in other states, but have created and run a campaign for the South market.

The jury chair this year was Sridhar Balakrishnan, Group CEO, Duroflex Group. The other jury members were some of the distinguished industry leaders, seasoned professionals, and experts from diverse fields.