Sudhanshu Vats is chief guest on Awards Night

This year, PrintWeek received an overwhelming response from 112 companies with thousand print samples judged by 24 eminent jury members representing print users and print buyers. The Awards Night will see the culmination of a six month process. The Awards Night will culminate with the PrintWeek Company of the Year Award being presented by Sudhanshu Vats,

Sudhanva Jategaonkar, b2b - business head said, "The Awards Night returns to the Hyatt after a gap of a few years. For this purpose, Sudhanshu Vats, the deputy managing director at Pidilite Industries will be the chief guest of the PrintWeek Awards celebrations. Luke Kenny, the Indian actor, music creator and former VJ is the host for the evening."

Vats is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, he has a career spanning 30 years across the FMCG and media sectors with a track record of propelling significant business growth and creating long-term value for all stakeholders of the company.

Sudhanshu Vats was the managing director and CEO at EPL Limited. Under his leadership the company grew in double digits in FY 21 despite Covid-19 headwinds. His clearly articulated strategy of “Leading the Pack” with sustainability at its core and well-defined five must-win battles will help EPL maintain its strong run in the years ahead.

Vats spent eight years as the MD and Group CEO of Viacom18 Media. He profitably grew the company 3X to USD600 mn. By building a strong portfolio of direct to consumer digital offerings under Voot brand and strengthening data science and analytics capability, he has future proofed the media company that is admired for its culture, quality of talent and progressive people policies.

He spent about 20 years at Unilever in India in sales, marketing and general management roles. His last role in Unilever was VP Laundry (South Asia) and Global VP – Radiant brand. During his long tenure at Unilever, he shaped many popular household brands, most notably Lipton, Vim, Wheel, Surf, Rin, Lifebuoy and Lux.

During 2004-2005, Sudhanshu worked with BP in India as vice president marketing and led the Castrol Master brand re-launch.

He has been the chairman of the National Media and Entertainment Committee of CII, as well as vice president of Indian Broadcasting Foundation and the director at Broadcast Audience Research Council. He is on the board of Tata Play and Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). He is also on the global advisory board of Columbia University, New York.

Vats is an inspirational leader and mentors a lot of young CXOs, many of whom started their career with him. He is a sub-four hours marathon runner. Education is his giving space. He serves on the advisory board of a number of NGOs.

Most of the 112 print and packaging firms, who submitted their Award entries, have turnovers from Rs 10-crore to Rs 5,000-crore. This includes top print firms (national and international).
 
As PrintWeek readers are aware, PrintWeek’s Jury Day for the PrintWeek Awards 2022 was held at Hilton Sahar in Mumbai on 28 September 2022. Juries from different streams of printing and packaging sector scrutinised the trove of packaging and print marvel sent by the contestants. The tally was: 112 companies, 362 entries, 1000-plus samples and 24 Jury members.

Sudhanva Jategaonkar, added, "Raahil Chopra, managing editor of Campaign India and Noel D'Cunha, managing editor of PrintWeek have curated a three hour Show & Tell session at the Grand Hyatt on 2 November. There will be one panel discussion and 12 presentations between 2:30 pm and 5:30 pm. The discussants will look at how to free print and packaging from its outdated shackles."

If you are keen to be part of this knowledge-session as a delegate; please contact Kalpak Shah, senior executive - awards and events at kalpak.shah@haymarketsac.com