Santosh Iyer named Jury Chair for e4m Media Ace Awards 2025

The much-awaited e4m Media Ace Awards is back with its ninth edition to celebrate excellence in Indian media agencies and the exceptional people who power them. The e4m Media Ace Awards honour agencies and professionals for their outstanding work, creativity, and invaluable contributions to the advertising and media industry. This year, the jury is chaired by Santosh Iyer, MD & CEO at Mercedes-Benz India, while the Co-Jury Chair is Dr. Annurag Batra, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of BW Businessworld and exchange4media. The other jury members include some of the renowned personalities, industry leaders and experts from the media world.

The prestigious awards not only recognise innovation and excellence of agencies but also applaud leadership and strategic thinking that shape the future of the sector. Staying true to its vision of celebrating the achievements of today while nurturing leaders for tomorrow, the e4m Media Ace Awards 2025 is all set to celebrate the most remarkable work of agencies and professionals in the past year.

The jury members include Sumeet Narang, President- Marketing, Bajaj Auto; Tejas Apte, General Manager- Media & DMC, South Asia, Unilever; Ashwin Moorthy, Chief Marketing Officer, Godrej Consumer Products; Suresh Chand, Vice President Marketing & Executive Committee Member - Snacks, Noodles & Pasta, ITC;  Inderpreet Singh, Head Marketing, Birla Opus Paints; Lakshmi Narayanan B, Chief Marketing Officer, CEAT; Priyanka Mehra, Regional Director South Asia & India, COMvergence; Milind Shah, Head, MG Select; Jiten Mahendra, Chief Marketing Officer, Shopper Stop; Priyanka Verma, Chief Marketing Officer, Danone; Ruchi Mehta, Brand Head – American Tourister, Samsonite; Anagha Bhojane, Director, Integrated Brand Experience, Colgate Palmolive India Ltd and Sunil Gadgil, General Manager India, Duracell Company.

From exceptional leadership to path-breaking innovations, the awards will serve as a recognition to the talent and vision driving the Indian advertising and media ecosystem forward. The winners of e4m Media Ace Awards 2025 will be awarded in three main categories - Agency Awards, Specialist Agencies, and People Awards which are further divided into several sub-categories. This year, the awards will honour and celebrate exceptional performances for the period April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025 and recognise leadership and direction that has helped mould India's media landscape.