Top-level jury panel for PrintWeek India Awards
Coming at a time when the industry is recovering from the hang-over of Drupa, PrintWeek India Awards hopes to offer a welcome respite.
24 Jul 2012 | By Rahul Kumar
For those who don’t know, PrintWeek India Awards is not merely an awards show, we aim to increase awareness of the print industry amongst the community that matters: the one who buy and consume print.
As Noel D'cunha, deputy editor of PrintWeek India and main brain of the Awards said, "The goal of the Awards is to build links between print firms and print buyers and top brands."
D'cunha added, "Of course, in a world where measurable outcomes mean everything, it’s difficult to quantify the direct impact the Awards has on ultimately attracting print buyers and print production managers to print. More importantly, the Awards offer a tangible feel-good factor to firms involved."
The ensemble of entries and print firms will be evaluated at the Canon presented PrintWeek India Awards judging process at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai on 28 July.
The high-powered jury, an all-new independent panel will sift through entries in 19 Quality Awards and six Performance Awards categories.
“We've the biggest names in the industry who are part of the panel - and in an attempt to shout about the legitimacy and validity of our Awards, we have published the list prior to the Jury Day,” said D'cunha.
The Awards Night and a full day Conclave which include a match-making session between print buyers and print firms will be hosted on 30 August at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai, where the winners will be honoured.
The Jury Panel for PrintWeek India Awards 2012
Arun Malkani | Chief marketing officer, Birla Sun Life Insurance |
Ashwini Ashish Deshpande | Founder director & design practice head, Elephant Design |
Farooqui Fazal | Packaging development manager, Heinz India |
Gayatri Jayaraman | Writer, Mint Lounge |
Geetanjali Bhattacharji | Chief executive officer, Spatial Access |
Hemal Kapadia | Founder and design director, Olive Design |
Hitesh Pravin Shah | Studio manager, BBDO India |
Huzefa Kanorwala | India and ME country manager, HH Print Management India |
Indrajit Sen | Executive director, Indian Outdoor Advertising Association |
Indranil Roy | President, Outlook Group at Outlook Publishing |
Jayshree Joshi | Programme officer, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai |
Karan Rawat | Executive creative director, Grey |
Kiran Prabhakar Prayagi | Director, Graphic Arts Technology & Education |
Madan Mohapatra | Chief marketing, Future Group |
Nandini Dias | Chief operating officer, Lodestar |
Nitin Nair | Godrej CP |
Oona Dhabhar | Marketing director, Condè Nast India |
Paroma Sadhana | Production and design supervisor, Majlis |
Paulose Parakkadan | Operations director, r-pac India |
Pratap Bose | Chief operating officer, ddbmudragroup.com |
Pronoti Datta | Assistant editor, Times of India |
Raja Sanyal | Head of marketing - India, Barclays |
Runali Sawant | Assistant manager- packaging development, Hindustan Unilever Limited |
Saurav Roy | Director, Idea Spice Design |
Shaziya Khan | Executive planning director and vice president, JWT |
Sheetal Dandekar | Senior product manager, Lupin India |
Shormista Mukherjee | Founder, Rickshaw |
Soma Roy | Packaging executive-quality, Marico |
Sridhar Kondiparthi (POPS) | National creative director, Leo Burnett |
Vijay Sampath | Chief executive officer, ACK Media |
Vijay Sawant | Group creative director, Ogilvy and Mather |
Yogesh Bambal | Packaging development manager, Cadbury India |