Kyoorius announces full jury line-up for the Indian 2025 Kyoorius Creative Awards
Kyoorius has announced the jury for the Kyoorius Creative Awards to be presented in Mumbai on May 24th, 2025. The Kyoorius Creative Awards has built a reputation and credibility in India for its rigorous and impartial judging process.
Since 2014, the Kyoorius Creative Awards have recognised creative excellence across India’s advertising, marketing, and communications industries.
Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder and CEO of Kyoorius, said each jury member is carefully selected for their expertise, experience, and commitment to pushing the boundaries of creativity.
“The Kyoorius Creative Awards have always stood for integrity and creative excellence. We take the time to get the jury right, ensuring an inclusive panel that truly represents the breadth of talent in the industry. With diverse perspectives coming together, we’re excited to see how this year’s jury upholds our commitment to recognising work that truly leaves its mark,” said Kejriwal.
The overall jury by the disciplines is listed below
Integrated, Commerce, Media, PR, B2B:
Chair: Prasoon Joshi, Chairperson, McCann Worldgroup
Co-Chair: Sandipan Bhattacharyya, CCO – SA & Managing Director – India, Grey Worldwide India Pvt Ltd
Hephzibah Pathak, Executive Chairperson, Ogilvy India
Vikram Pandey, CCO, Leo India
Kavita Chaturvedi, Chief Operating Officer – Snacks, Noodles & Pasta, ITC Foods Division
Theresa Ong, Head of Creative Shop, SEA & India, Meta
Aalap Desai, Co-Founder & CCO, tgthr
Gautam Reghunath, Co-Founder & CEO, Talented
Prajato Guha Thakurta, Co-Founder & CCO, Manja
Branded Content, Gaming, Direct, Experimental:
Chair: Paul Nagy, CCO – APAC, VML
Co-Chair: Jung A Kim, CCO, Innocean Worldwide
Vasudha Misra, President, MullenLowe Lintas Group
Umma Saini, CCO, Schbang
Shriram Iyer, Co-Founder, ZeroFifty Mediaworks
Giamaria Fernandes, NCD – West, Dentsu Creative Webchutney
Pallavi Chakravarti, Founder & CCO, Fundamental
Hemant Sharma, Executive Creative Director (Copy), Ogilvy India
Kali Sayak Mukherjee, Creative Marketing Head, Amazon Prime Video India
Digital + Social + Tech, Digital Craft:
Chair: Rajdeepak Das, CCO Publicis Groupe SA & Chairman, Leo, SA
Co-Chair: Binaifer Dulani, Creative & Founding Partner, Talented
Julie Jihyun Kang, CEO & Managing Partner, Serviceplan Korea
Kartikeya Tiwari, Digital Creative Partner, FCB Group India
Shikha Gupta, Independent Creative Director, Self Employed
Ajeet Shukla, NCD, Dentsu Creative Webchutney West
Pooja Ambulkar, Creative Director, Accenture GN Song
Sidharth Singh, Sr Manager – Countlines & Gifting, Mondelez India
Soven Mandal, ECD, Mediamonks India
Film, Broadcast:
Chair: Kainaz Karmakar, CCO, Ogilvy India
Co-Chair: Swati Bhattacharya, Global Head, Godrej Creative Lab
Kalpesh Patankar, Group Chief Creative Officer – VML India, VML
Adarsh Atal, Group Chief Creative Officer, Tilt Brand Solutions
Garima Khandelwal, Founder and Creative Director, BusyPeople
Mayuresh Dubhashi, CCO, FCB India
Roshni Kavina, NCD, Saatchi & Saatchi India
Sumeli Chatterjee, Category Head, Sparkling Flavours, India & Southwest Asia, The Coca Cola Company
Veronica Copestake, Creative Director, DDB Aotearoa
Film Craft:
Chair: Ashish Khazanchi, Managing Partner & CCO, Enormous
Co-Chair: Rahul Mathew, CCO, DDB Mudra Group
Afshan Hussain Shaikh, Director & Founder, Not Bad Films
Akanksha Seda, Director, Good Morning Film
Shirsha Guha Thakurta, Founder & Director, Oink Films
Surya Balakrishnan, Co-Founder & Director, Footloose Films
Aakash Bhatia, Co-Founder & Director, LoudMouth
Dilshara Jayamanna, CCO & Film Director, DEFY
Rajay Singh, Film Director & Founder, Think Tank Group of Companies (S.E.A)
Press, Outdoor, Radio + Audio, Regional, Industry Craft:
Chair: Surjo Dutt, CCO, Dentsu Creative India
Co-Chair: Mayur Hola, VP Brand, Swiggy
Raj Kamble, Founder & CCO, Famous Innovations
Suchitra Gahlot, NCD, FCB Ulka
Shruthi Subramaniam, Sr. Creative Director, BBDO India
Chockalingam S, Co-Founder & Director, Opn Advertising Pvt Ltd
Nilay Moonje, Creative Head & ECD, Sideways
Yash Kulshresth, Co-Founder & CCO, ^a t o m network
Yash Modi, Copywriter & Senior Creative Director, VML
Health & Pharma:
Chair: Geet Rathi, Independent Creative Director and Design Director, Self Employed
Praful Akali, MD, Medulla Communications
Juneston Mathana, ECD, Ogilvy
Lyndon Louis, ECD, McCann Health India
Sachin Talwalkar, CCO, Havas Life India
Creativity for Good, ZEE Equality Award:
Chair: Anupama Ramaswamy, Jt MD & CCO, Havas Creative India
Co-Chair: Manish Bhatt, Founder Director, Scarecrow M&C Saatchi
Asha Kharga, Chief Customer & Brand Officer and Member of the Group Executive Board, Mahindra Group
Harshada Menon, ECD, DDB India
Oindrila Roy, Managing Director, Publicis India
Rohan Mehta, CEO, FCB Kinnect and FCB/SIX India
Yatnesh Pandey, VP-Marketing, Greenply Industries Limited
Judging is set to begin on 24 April 2025. The winners will be announced at the Kyoorius Creative Awards Night on 24 May 2025 at the Jio World Convention Centre, BKC, Mumbai.
Entries to the Kyoorius Creative Awards 2025 are currently open. See kca.kyoorius.com.