Madras Advertising Club has announced ‘MADDYS 2022’ to be held on 25th June, in Chennai at the Taj Coromandel. The award in its 41st edition primarily recognizes the exceptional work in the highest order of creativity by advertisers, creative agencies.
MADDYS 2022 celebrations are for the advertisers who went the extra mile, worked the extra hours, put the extra effort to create the extraordinary.
The entries had opened on 2nd May and closed on 25th May. The judging opened on 27th May and will end on 10th June. Around 600+ entries have been received from 100+ agencies, from Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Thrissur, Trivandrum, Cochin, Kanpur and Kolkata.
Paul Anthony, The President of the Advertising Club of Madras, stated, “The response from the Ad industry all over India was overwhelming and really excited to see the no. of entries received after the Pandemic. The quality of work received from the Industry is very good. The winning entries from different categories will be selected by an eclectic jury panel.”
The Grand Jury members include, Agnello Dias (Ex Creative Chairman, Dentsu India & Co-Founder, Taproot Dentsu), Ali Shabaz (Chief Creative Officer, M&C Saatchi Group Singapore), Arun Iyer (Co-Founder & Creative Partner, Spring Marketing Capital, Mumbai), Joji Jacob (Co-Founder & Creative Partner at BLKJ, Singapore), Narayan Devanathan (Ex Chief Client Officer- Dentsu International, India), Niranjan (Creative Director, Why Axis), Oliver Oest (Managing Partner Tinkerbelle Germany), Prathap Suthan (Co-Founder & CCO Bang), D Ramakrishna (Founder, Cartwheel Creative Consultancy), Robby Mathew (Vice Chairman & CCO, FCB Interface), Shridhar G S (Former Executive Vice President & Creative Director: Lowe Lintas Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad), K V Sridhar (Founder & CCO- Hyper Collective), Vishnu Srivatsav (Creative Head- South, DDB Mudra Group), Yesudas S (Co-Founder & Managing Director – Y & A Transformation).