Mumbai, September 30, 2024: Advertising, Marketing and Media industry’s apex body – The Advertising Club has announced the Managing Committee for the current fiscal, i.e., F.Y. 2024-2025, at its 70th Annual General Meeting. Rana Barua, Group CEO, Havas India, South East & North Asia (Japan & South Korea) Havas Group – India has been re-elected to lead the body.
Speaking about the appointment, Rana Barua, President, The Advertising Club said, “I am truly honoured to lead the prestigious Advertising Club for a second term. This past year has been an enriching journey, marked by significant milestones in a dynamic, ever-evolving industry. Together with my esteemed committee, we have made remarkable strides, and I look forward to building on this momentum in the year ahead with a fresh team and ambitious goals.”
The below members were elected unopposed. The Office Bearers of The Advertising Club for 2024-2025 are –
- Rana Barua – President
- Dheeraj Sinha – Vice President
- Dr. Bhaskar Das – Secretary
- Punitha Arumugam – Jt. Secretary
- Mitrajit Bhattacharya – Treasurer
Managing Committee Members include the below industry leaders who will play a decisive role in driving synergies and ensuring the success of all The Advertising Club initiatives:
- Avinash Kaul
- Malcolm Raphael
- Prasanth Kumar
- Mansha Tandon
- Ajay Kakar
- Sonia Huria
- Subramanyeswar S.
In addition, given below is the list of co-opted industry professionals:
- Mayur Hola
- Pradeep Dwivedi
- Sagnik Ghosh
The below list of leaders are special invitees and bring immense value to The Advertising Club through their expertise and deep understanding of the respective industry segments:
- Ajay Chandwani
- Alok Lall
- Amitesh Rao
- Lulu Raghavan
- Ashit Kukian
- Raj Nayak
- Satyanarayan Raghavan
- Vikas Khanchandani
- Vaishali Verma
Partha Sinha will continue as a member of the Managing Committee as the Immediate Past President for the ensuing year.
ABOUT THE ADVERTISING CLUB:
The Advertising Club, incorporated in the year 1954, is arguably the biggest Advertising Club of its kind in the world. And according to many, also the busiest. It has over 1600 members drawn from media organizations, marketing companies, advertising agencies and allied professional bodies. The Club organizes seminars, quizzes, award ceremonies and training workshops, publishes a Club magazine and hosts a comprehensive website.
The endeavour of the Advertising Club is to help raise the professional standards of the Indian Advertising Industry”, and the Club attempts to do this through awards, seminars, meetings and more.
Over the years, Ad Club has become a catalyst in developing the industry. It has become a dynamic platform for professionals from different fields to interact and gain from each other’s expertise.
Some of the major awards of Advertising Club include Creative & Media Abby at Goafest, EMVIEs, EFFIEs, MARQUEES and Young Achievers Awards besides having other popular programmes such as D-CODE – Digital Review, Social Projects, Ad Review, Media Review, M.Ad Quiz, Vice & Versa on its annual roller coaster. The Ad Club has over the years performed the role of a nodal body for the International event AdAsia and helped in mobilizing big delegations.
It has also started a Leadership Development Programme in association with MICA. The Ad Club has forged a special deal with IPA – The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising with the purpose of raising the bar for the talent in our industry.
