Meet The Jury
Aditya currently heads the creative function at Schbang, Mumbai. Having joined Schbang in its infancy years, he has helped it grow from a quiet newborn to a noisy 7-year-old that sits on lists such as India's Top 25 Startups (Linkedin 2021) and India's Growth Champions (Economic Times 2020).
Aniruddh Mehta is a graphic designer and the founder of Studio Bigfat - a multi-disciplinary design studio based in Mumbai. His work ranges from traditional Graphic Design where he works with brands to help actualise their vision as well as practicing Visual Arts across multiple mediums. Through his work he attempts to explore the organisation of things whilst also making a mess.
Anu Joseph is the Chief Creative Officer at Creativeland Asia. Over the years, Anu has worked on brands like Frooti, Audi, Micromax, United Colors of Benetton, Appy Fizz, Hippo, Deutsche Bank, Cinthol, Godrej Expert, Medimix, Kinetic to name a few. His work has been awarded at both International and Indian shows, and he has been on awards juries often.
She loves the advertising industry and wants to change it for the better. Better for business, more fulfilling for everyone working on the brand and a catalyst for society at large. Through her body of work, Binaifer has tried to unlock purpose in brands - by making them champions of progressive discourse.
Chandni Shah is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Kinnect. Having envisaged the great potential in the digital space at a very young age, she co-founded Kinnect at just 22. She is the youngest and most successful woman achiever in the digital marketing space.
Charles Victor stumbled into Advertising about 25 years ago while looking for a part-time job to fuel his lifestyle while we postponed deciding what he wanted to do with his life. Throughout his career, he has worn all possible hats in the business and refuses to stop juggling a few of them even now.
Juhi Vishnani is a Graphic Designer and Art Director and co-founder of the plural design practice November (with Shiva Nallaperumal). Through November she has created Identity systems, books, publications, brand strategy, packaging and art direction for a wide variety of international clientele including Apple Music, Uber, Nicobar, Bodice, Eka, Kyoorius, Indian Institute of Architects, Ensemble and Domino's.
Lokesh Karekar is founder-director of LOCOPOPO Design and a visual artist specialising in illustration and brand design. His design and illustration work has been featured and awarded by well-known Indian and international publications and awards juries. His work reflects simplicity of form and draws inspiration from traditional and contemporary India, with a unique aesthetic.
An alumnus of the prestigious National Institute of Design, Pari Purohit has two decades of experience in branding, communication and design strategy. With Glyph, Pari is on a mission to reinforce that good design is a critical tool, instrumental to the success of business. It is as much aesthetic as it is cerebral.
Shivani Parasnis is a typographer and graphic designer from Mumbai, India, currently based out of Baltimore, USA. Parasnis moved to the States to pursue an MFA in Graphic Design at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2018, and is presently working as a designer in the Brand & Creative team at Spotify, NY. She's previously worked for clients including the New York Times, WIRED, Adobe, WeTransfer, Pentagram, Bando and many others, and her projects have been recognised by the Type Directors' Club, Art Directors' Club, Adobe and AIGA; and featured in numerous publications globally.
Shweta Malhotra is a graphic designer/artist based in Mumbai. After working across ad agencies and design studios for close to 8 years, she branched out on her own and currently works independently.
Sohini has over 2 decades of experience in brands and communication and has worked in top advertising and digital agencies of the country. She is a passionate evangelist and practitioner of the art of weaving brand stories. She believes that the most interesting thing about building brands, especially in this new media scenario is that everyone is at square one, every day.