The India Chapter of International Advertising Association at the Annual General Meeting held on 23th September, elected Neeraj Roy, Managing Director and CEO, Hungama Digital Media as its President. Speaking about the development Neeraj Roy said, “International Advertising Association in India over the past few years has played a key role in bringing the Media, Marketing and Advertising community together and I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to serve as President. On behalf of our new team and management committee we would like to thank Srinivasan K Swamy for his stellar leadership over the past few years and we look forward to serving the ever changing needs of the marketing and advertising fraternity as India is at the cusp of a digital transformation that will impact

Blood Banking, an initiative by the Indian Red Cross Society which was conceptualised and created by J Walter Thompson wins a coveted Pencil at the prestigious D&AD Impact Awards. The award ceremony will take place on 27th September 2016 at PlayStation Theatre, New York City. Blood Banking revolutionized the way people look at blood donation with one simple change – people could now save their own blood, just the way they would save money in a bank. And just like a savings account, one could withdraw their units whenever required, or transfer to someone in need, all at the click of a button – through the Blood Banking App. With an interface similar to that of net banking, all account holders enjoyed a familiar and seamless experience. After launching on the 3rd of April 2016, the

Vikram Sakhuja as Vice President, Ajay Kakkar as Secretary, Bhaskar Das as Jt Secretary and Shashi Sinha as Treasurer. At the recently concluded annual general meeting, The Advertising Club unanimously elected Raj Nayak, CEO COLORS, as its President for the second consecutive term. The New Managing Committee is as follows: • President| Raj Nayak, CEO, COLORS, Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd.• Vice President| Vikram Sakhuja, Group CEO, Media and OOH, Madison Communications Pvt. Ltd. • Secretary | Ajay Kakar, Chief Marketing Officer, Financial Services, Aditya Birla Group • Jt. Secretary | Bhaskar Das, Group CEO, Zee Media Corporation Ltd.• Treasurer| Shashi Sinha, CEO, IPG Mediabrands• Office Bearer | Ashish Sehgal, COO, Zee Unimedia Ltd.• Member |Mitrajit Bhattacharya, President and

Vivek Dhyani has joined Havas formerly Havas Worldwide in Gurgaon as Group Creative Director from August Communications, where he was, till recently, one of the founder-directors. Vivek, who started off as a scriptwriter with the All India Radio, Najibabad, has spent over 19 years in the advertising industry with Saatchi & Saatchi, Capital Advertising, Grey Worldwide, McCann-Erickson and August Communications. He has worked on brands such as Hyundai Santro, Panasonic, Maruti Suzuki WagonR, Maruti Suzuki Corporate, Escotel Mobile Communications, LG, LML Motorcycles, Samsung, Aviva Life Insurance, Wrigley’s, Incredible India, Nescafe, Coca-Cola, Perfetti Van Melle, General Motors, Dabur and MetLife, amongst others. Says Nima Namchu, CCO Havas India: “I bumped into Vivek during my