Earlier, Purandare served as Secretary General at The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) for a six-year-long tenure

exchange4media Staff Oct 29, 2020 2:37 PM

Kapoor has been part of ASCI’s Consumer Complaints Council for the past five years

exchange4media Staff Aug 31, 2020 12:24 PM

The number of complaints on ASCI’s WhatsApp facility has tripled

exchange4media Staff Mar 31, 2020 5:25 PM

While most of the ads were evaluated for making misleading claims, the Consumer Complaints Council also upheld complaints against a couple of advertisements for encouraging disregard to safety

exchange4media Staff Feb 20, 2020 3:26 PM

The most common reason for upholding complaints was superlative claims by advertisers, especially for education sector advertisements

exchange4media Staff Nov 5, 2018 5:47 PM

One of the biggest criticisms of this move has been the stifling of creative liberty. There has also been an overwhelming reaction to this ban order with many equating it with moral policing

Ruhail Amin Dec 19, 2017 8:53 AM

Purandare, currently COO of ASCI, has over 22 years of industry experience. Ashutosh Geedh has been appointed for the newly created post of Chief Administrative Officer

exchange4media Staff May 28, 2014 7:46 AM

ASCI, through National Advertising Monitoring Service, has now started tracking advertisements in print and TV nationally against which complaints are upheld

exchange4media Staff May 24, 2013 7:23 PM