Grand Jury · 2021 archive
Amardeep Singh
CEO
Interactive Avenues — A Reprise Network Company
2021 jury archive
DMAasia ECHO CREATEFFECT Awards 2021
The judgement behind the 2021 ECHO.
Meet the Grand Jury, mentors, Program Council and final-round panels whose judgement shaped the 2021 ECHO. Roles and organisations reflect that year.
16individual cards
12Grand Jury
3mentors
1Program Council
8final-round panels
Grand Jury
The final judgement.
Twelve leaders formed the 2021 Grand Jury. Open a profile to see each person’s role and organisation for that edition.
Grand Jury · 2021 archive
Amer Jaleel
Group Chief Creative Officer and Chairman
MullenLowe Lintas Group
Grand Jury · 2021 archive
Avinash Pandey
CEO
ABP Network
Grand Jury · 2021 archive
Bhaskar Sharma
CEO
Red Bull India
Grand Jury · 2021 archive
Gaurav Gupta
Chief Commercial Officer
MG Motor India
Grand Jury · 2021 archive
Lara Balsara Vajifdar
Executive Director
Madison World
Grand Jury · 2021 archive
Lulu Raghavan
MD
Landor
Grand Jury · 2021 archive
Megha Tata
MD — South Asia
Discovery, Inc.
Grand Jury · 2021 archive
Partha Sinha
President — Response
Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd
Grand Jury · 2021 archive
Rajdeepak Das
Chief Creative Officer & CEO
Leo Burnett
Grand Jury · 2021 archive
Raji Ramaswamy
CEO
Contract India
Grand Jury · 2021 archive
Rana Barua
Group CEO
Havas GroupGuidance & governance
Mentors and Program Council.
Mentors and Program Council members brought specialist perspective and programme stewardship to the 2021 edition.
Mentor · 2021 archive
Ajay Chandwani
Former ED
Percept/H
Mentor · 2021 archive
Ajay Row
Managing Partner
The Row Partnership
Mentor · 2021 archive
Ramesh Iyengar
Chairman Managing Director
Select Direct Marketing
Program Council · 2021 archive
Pops K.V. Sridhar
Global Chief Creative Officer
Nihilent LimitedHighest distinction
Diamond Jury.
Nineteen senior leaders formed the 2021 Diamond Jury across two published group cards.
Vatsal AsherPops K.V. SridharAjay RowRamesh IyengarLara Balsara VajifdarLulu RaghavanAmer JaleelAmardeep SinghGaurav GuptaBhaskar SharmaPartha SinhaRajdeepak DasShelly SinghMegha TataRaji RamaswamyRubeena SinghRana BaruaAjay ChandwaniAvinash Pandey
Final round
The category panels.
Eight specialist panels evaluated work across sectors, channels and disciplines in the final round.
Final round · 2021
F&B; Retail and Health, Wellness & Pharmaceutical
Panel roster · 8
Binda Dey · Gopa Kumar · Jayati Singh · Kunal Dubey · Mahadev Srivatsa · Monisha Sahu · Parikshit Choudhury · Sayan Banerjee
Final round · 2021
Travel, Not-for-Profit, Technology & Communication, Automotive, Utilities, Publishing, Entertainment, Media & Sports
Panel roster · 9
Amit Sethiya · Imran Qadri · Jiten Mahendra · Manoj Jain · Mona Jain · Pooja Baid · Ritu Gupta · Sabyasachi Mitter · Smita Murarka
Final round · 2021
CSR, Low Budget, Data-Driven & CRM Campaigns
Panel roster · 11
Archana Aggarwal · Burzin Mehta · GovindaRaj Avasarala · Navin Kansal · Puneet Vidyarthi · Ramakant Khandelwal · Ravi M Jaswani · Ruchira Jaitly · Saurabh Srivastava · Saurabh Jha · Shrishail Deshnur
Final round · 2021
Financial, Consumer Products & Services
Panel roster · 9
Anand Bhatia · Gaurav Suri · Hemal Gathani · Megha Manchanda · Purnima Menon · Sachin Uppal · Sarthak Seth · Surabhee Gupta · Vishwajeet Parashar
Final round · 2021
Social Media & Branded Content Campaigns
Panel roster · 9
Abhishek Gupta · Arvind Saxena · Chandni Shah · Hemant Kumar · Manan Shah · Nikhil Dhar · Nischala Murthy Kaushik · Snehil Khanor · Vivek Malhotra
Final round · 2021
Display/Search, Experiential, Mobile, Email & B2B Campaigns — Panel A
Panel roster · 9
Abhilasha Mathur · Amit Sinha Roy · Eashwari Deshpande · Kaushal Thakkar · Kaushik Chakraborty · Kiran Washindkar · Navneet Kaushal · Peeyush Bachlaus · Prabhakar Tiwari
Final round · 2021
Display/Search, Experiential, Mobile, Email & B2B Campaigns — Panel B
Panel roster · 7
Pratik Mazumder · Punit Chahar · Shalini Rao · Shirish Agarwal · Suman Varma · Suryadeep Verma · Vipul Oberoi
Final round · 2021
Video Content & Integrated Campaigns
Panel roster · 9
Akhilesh Sabharwal · Heeru Dingra · Karthik Nagarajan · Pankaj Singh Parihar · Mohit Kumar · Prasad Shejale · Rajnish Kumar · Shilpa Dureja · Sumeet Puri Singh
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