IMPACT’s Top 30 Under 30 list reflects industry’s most promising young achievers
IMPACT of the exchange4media Group unveiled the third edition of its ‘Top 30 Under 30’ initiative to pick the 30 most talented individuals under the age of 30 in the Indian Media and Advertising industry on Thursday. The addition to the list this year is Digital agencies on the back of strong industry feedback, as opposed to just Creative and Media agencies in the last two years.

IMPACT of the exchange4media Group unveiled the third edition of its ‘Top 30 Under 30’initiative to pick the 30 most talented individuals under the age of 30 in the Indian Media and Advertising industry on Thursday. The addition to the list this year is Digital agencies on the back of strong industry feedback, as opposed to just Creative and Media agencies in the last two years.
A high-powered jury led by Raj Nayak, CEO of Colors as Jury Chair, met in Mumbai on August 26 last year to select IMPACT’s Top 30 Under 30 for the year 2015. The other members of the Jury were Tushar Vyas, Chief Strategy Officer, GroupM South Asia, KV Sridhar, Chief Creative Officer, SapientNitro India, Ashish Sehgal, Chief Sales Officer, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, Satbir Singh, Founder and CCO, 'Thinkstr', Karthik Lakshminarayan, VP Media Planning & Strategy, Vibrant Media, Samrat Bedi, Head of Office, Soho Square, Mumbai, Charulata Ravikumar, CEO, Razorfish, Shamsuddin Jasani, Managing Director, Isobar India and Suresh Balakrishna, Chief Executive Officer, Kinetic.
The jury was presented with a database of 145 shortlisted profiles obtained through online submission of entries. The Jury members first brought this list down to 50 in the first round of judging, and then deliberated on the 50 profiles in detail to arrive at the final list of Top 30 Under 30.
Raj Nayak, along with other jury members and Rajesh Iyer, business head of &TV, unveiled the much-awaited IMPACT’s Top 30 Under 30 list 2015 formally at a well attended event.
Here is the complete list in alphabetical order (designations as submitted in entries):
AALAP DESAI
COPYWRITER, LEO BURNETT
ALMAS SHAFIQ AHMED
STRATEGIC PLANNER, CONTRACT ADVERTISING
ANIRUDDHA ATUL BHAGWAT
CO-FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR, IDEOSPHERE CONSULTING
ARNAB MANNA
COPY SUPERVISOR, OGILVY AND MATHER
BHARADWAJ
BUSINESS MANAGER, MAXUS
DIVYA MURUGESHAN NAIR
DIRECTOR-THE EXCHANGE, MINDSHARE
GARIMA BIJLANI
GROUP MANAGER-DIGITAL MEDIA, FCB ULKA
GURPREET SINGH
AVP-PAID MEDIA, RESULTRIX
HARDIK SENJALIA
INVESTMENT MANAGER, MEDIACOM
HARSH VORA
ACCOUNT CONTROLLER, MADISON
INDERJEET SINGH
SENIOR BUSINESS MANAGER, MEDIACOM
KALPESH CHAVAN
SENIOR BUSINESS MANAGER - PLANNING, MEDIACOM
KRISHNAKANT MISHRA
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, GEOMETRY GLOBAL/OGILVY ACTION
KRUTIKKA SUDHAKAR PAWAR
BUSINESS MANAGER, MEDIACOM
MALLIKA SURESH
STRATEGIC PLANNER, CONTRACT ADVERTISING
MIHIR KARKARE
CO-FOUNDER AND VP, SOCIAL WAVELENGTH
NANDAN AJIT JOSHI
COPY SUPERVISOR, OGILVY ONE WORLDWIDE
NEHA BANSAL
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR-DIGITAL STRATEGY, PHD INDIA
PRACHETA MAZUMDAR
GROUP ACCOUNT MANAGER, OGILVY AND MATHER
RAHIL SHAH
CREATIVE TRAINEE, FCB ULKA
RITIK SACHDEV
SENIOR ART DIRECTOR, OGILVY AND MATHER
RIYA SHAH
BUSINESS MANAGER, MEDIACOM
SAKSHI CHOUDHURY
COPY SUPERVISOR, OGILVY AND MATHER
SAMEER MALIK
SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER, INTERACTIVE AVENUES
SANGEETHA MAHADEVAN
BUSINESS GROUP HEAD, MAXUS
SERENA PAES
GROUP ACCOUNT MANAGER, OGILVY ONE WORLDWIDE
SHOBHIT PARMAR
BUSINESS MANAGER, MEDIACOM
SNEHA AGARWAL
SENIOR PLANNING MANAGER, MADISON MEDIA-PINNACLE
SOUMI BANERJEE
BUSINESS EXECUTIVE, MEDIACOM
VIKESH JAIN
BUSINESS MANAGER, MAXUS
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