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