Kyoorius Announces Jury for Kyoorius Creative Awards 2025

Mumbai, 2^nd April 2025 – Kyoorius has announced the jury for the Kyoorius Creative Awards 2025.

The Kyoorius Creative Awards has built a reputation and credibility for its rigorous and impartial judging process, ensuring that only the most deserving work is honoured.

Each jury member is carefully selected for their expertise, experience, and commitment to pushing the boundaries of creativity.

Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder and CEO of Kyoorius, said, “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.”

Here’s the list of the overall jury, by the disciplines they’ll be judging:

Integrated, Commerce, Media, PR, B2B:

Prasoon Joshi, Chairperson, McCann Worldgroup

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:

Paul Nagy, CCO – APAC, VML

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:

Rajdeepak Das, CCO Publicis Groupe SA & Chairman, Leo, SA

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:

Kainaz Karmakar, CCO, Ogilvy India

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:

Ashish Khazanchi, Managing Partner & CCO, Enormous

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:

Surjo Dutt, CCO, Dentsu Creative India

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:

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:

Anupama Ramaswamy, Jt MD & CCO, Havas Creative India

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. For more details on categories, eligibility, submission guidelines, and key dates, visit kca.kyoorius.com.