Present
8th Annual
India Content Leadership Awards and Conference - ICL 2025
Content as a Product
TV Shows
In this category of awards, we wish to acknowledge the great content being produced and provided to the consumers on Television
View Sub-CategoriesWeb Show (OTT)
In this category of awards, we wish to acknowledge the great content being produced and provided to the consumers on Web Shows (OTT)
View Sub-CategoriesSocial Platforms
In this category of awards, we wish to acknowledge the great content being produced and provided to the consumers on Social Platforms (YouTube / Facebook / Instagram / LinkedIn / Blogs, etc.)
View Sub-CategoriesIn this category of awards, we wish to acknowledge the great content being published and provided to the consumers in Print (Daily/Periodical/Magazine/Report)
View Sub-CategoriesAudio
In this category of awards, we wish to acknowledge the great Audio (Radio/Podcast) content being produced and provided to the consumers
View Sub-CategoriesContent as a Service
Content Marketing - Traditional Media
In this category of awards, we wish to acknowledge the exemplary work being done in the content marketing space through traditional, non-digital media including inter-alia Television, Radio, Print, OOH, BTL, etc.
View Sub-CategoriesContent Marketing - Digital Media
In this category of awards, we wish to acknowledge the exemplary work being done in the content marketing space through digital media, channels and platforms
View Sub-CategoriesContent Marketing - Sector-Specific
In this category of awards, we wish to acknowledge the exemplary work being done by enterprises/agencies from various industry sectors in the content marketing space through ATL (above the line), BTL (below the line) as well as digital media, channels and platforms
View Sub-CategoriesContent as an Enabler
Website/Blog
In this category of awards, we wish to acknowledge the great content being produced and provided to the consumers by enterprises/agencies from various industry sectors specifically through their websites/blogs
View Sub-CategoriesMobile App
In this category of awards, we wish to acknowledge the great content being produced and provided to the consumers by enterprises/agencies from various industry sectors specifically through their mobile applications
View Sub-CategoriesOverall Content Excellence
Apex Awards
This category shall acknowledge the content professionals, enterprises and agencies which created/developed/published and/or enabled the distribution of impactful, influential and unique content over and over again with a significant quantum of success.
View Sub-CategoriesLeadership League
This category shall recognize the Top exemplary professionals, brands/enterprises and agencies which are leading the Indian Industry in areas of content creation/marketing/publishing and/or distribution with significant impact, influence, uniqueness, and success.
View Sub-CategoriesICL 2019 Highlights
Gaurav Wadhwa
Gaurav Wadhwa is the co-founder and CEO of India’s leading pop culture-driven music label, Big Bang Music (BGBNG Music). Built with a fresh Gen Z team, he is rewriting how hits are made by combining music with Bollywood, marketing, gaming, and more.
When Gaurav started BGBNG Music, the company’s aim was to bridge the gap between mainstream Bollywood music and the then rapidly emerging Indian hip-hop space. The early iteration of BGBGNG Music saw the label signing up hip-hop rapper Naezy (on whom the film Gully Boy is based) and playback singer Shalmali Kholgade to bridge these worlds.
During the pandemic, with the complete disappearance of live shows, Gaurav turned BGBNG Music more nimble through alternative models, making it one of few companies still producing music and videos.
Under his leadership, huge deals were cracked which include the launch of Triller after partnering with Instagram for the project Born on Instagram, the UNBollywood Approach which provided alternative musical careers for Bollywood stars including Tiger Shroff and Sonakshi Sinha.
Simultaneously, the label’s focus started to shift towards promoting up and coming indie artists through the Big Indie Bang IP. The new initiative saw Big Bang Music release ten songs with ten different indie artists over a year, seeing the viral sensation Khwaab come from it.
Gaurav Wadhwa has always had his hand on the pulse of the nation’s youth. Through pioneering collaborations with Indian influencers and Bollywood stars, chartbusters like Chup, Jhoome, and Kinni Kinni Vaari were born. Big Bang Music has also been able to turn a brand anthem into a viral sensation. Kill Chori, a Diwali campaign for the mobile game Garena Free Fire, featuring Shraddha Kapoor and Bhuvan Bam, trended at #1 on YouTube and earned a spot in Spotify Top 200 in India.
In 2022, Gaurav started Betting on Young Artists: Building Social Superstars, a platform to promote younger and newer artists under Big Bang 2.0.
In an illustrious career spanning over 15 years, Gaurav Wadhwa has earned many feathers in his cap, championing brands including Red Bull, PepsiCo, and MTV (Viacom Network). He was also the founding head of the Originals & Entertainment division at JioSaavn.
In his free time, Gaurav is a travel enthusiast who loves exploring different places and is always on the lookout for new talent. Through BGBNG Music, he aims to veer away from the established roles and functions of a music label and hopes to transform and disrupt India’s musical ecosystem while building future superstars.
Previous Speakers
A Digital evangelist and Integrated Marketing professional having 18+ years of diverse experience at
various organizations in making strategies, plans and driving execution for achieving business goals.
She is one of the pioneers in the Digital world and started her Digital marketing journey in early
2000s. She is currently Steering Digital Marketing at Usha International working as Senior Vice
President-Marketing and Digital. Prior to Usha International, she worked with leading companies like
PHILIPS, Dr Reddy’s, DuPont, GroupM, Hindustan Times, Indiamart etc. and has successfully
delivered on various digital and integrated initiatives globally across various markets.
Being the change agent, she has been involved in bringing Digital transformation to companies
across a range of industries, sectors, markets and brands. She truly believes in amalgamating
marketing and technology to build customer centricity in organizations
Akshansh Yadav
CEO
ITV Digital (NewsX, India News, The Daily Guardian)
Akshansh Yadav
CEO | ITV Digital (NewsX, India News, The Daily Guardian)Akshansh Yadav is one of India’s leading digital transformation leaders, operating at the intersection of media and fintech. With over a decade of experience, he has driven large-scale digital growth across organisations such as ABP News, Zee (ZEE5), Aaj Tak, InsuranceDekho, and Canara HSBC. Educated in AI & Machine Learning (Harvard) and Business & Marketing (MICA), Akshansh combines deep technology expertise with strong commercial execution. Currently CEO of ITV Digital, he is scaling a high-growth digital news ecosystem. An active startup investor and influential LinkedIn voice, he regularly shares insights on leadership, media, and technology.
Aradhika S Mehta
Chief Strategy Officer
Brand Architects
Aradhika S Mehta
Chief Strategy Officer | Brand ArchitectsDr. Ankoor Dasguupta
Chief Experience Officer
Garage Collective
Dr. Ankoor Dasguupta
Chief Experience Officer | Garage CollectiveMihir Bagga
Market Lead- India
UNiDAYS
Mihir Bagga
Market Lead- India | UNiDAYSA senior marketing and partnerships leader with 13+ years of experience across UNiDAYS, JioSaavn, Paytm, and HCL, bringing deep expertise in youth engagement, partnership innovation, and data-driven brand growth within India’s digital economy. As Country Head at UNiDAYS, he built and scaled India’s first verified student affinity ecosystem, enabling brands to engage Gen Z audiences through measurable, performance-led and purpose-driven programs.
Across his career, he has architected high-impact partnership and growth frameworks that have redefined how youth commerce, performance marketing, and attribution operate in India. His leadership has consistently delivered sustainable revenue growth, stronger consumer trust, and long-term brand equity. Prior roles at JioSaavn and Paytm saw him unlock new monetization models, drive category expansion, and execute data-led engagement strategies, while his early foundation at HCL instilled strong capabilities in enterprise digital transformation and operational excell
Vikram Singh
Head - Digitak Marketing
Vikram Singh
Head - Digitak Marketing |Vikram is a strategic digital marketing leader with over 18 years of experience driving brand growth, digital transformation, and customer engagement across leading global organisations. Currently with ITC Hotels, [he/she] leads digital strategy and innovation, building data-driven, omni-channel ecosystems that enhance brand visibility, drive direct bookings, and deliver measurable business impact. Previously, [Name] served as Director of Digital Marketing – India & SWA at Hyatt Hotels, led digital and creative operations at Wieden+Kennedy for global brands including Audi, Nike, and Airbnb, and headed Digital & Brand Marketing at OYO across India and SEA. [His/Her] expertise spans digital strategy, performance marketing, analytics, MarTech & AI, UX/CX, and SEO.
Vivek Satya Mitram
CEO
Semicolons
Vivek Satya Mitram
CEO | SemicolonsZahara Kanchwalla
Co-founder & CEO
Rite KnowledgeLabs
Zahara Kanchwalla
Co-founder & CEO | Rite KnowledgeLabsZahara Kanchwalla is the Co-founder & CEO of Rite KnowledgeLabs.
With over 20 years of experience, her expertise is rooted in thought leadership content, business communications, technology & BFSI content. Having founded Rite KnowledgeLabs – one of India’s leading digital content agencies – 10 years ago, she has successfully built a robust client base with deep, multinational customer engagements across industry sectors.
Zahara is a content thought leader and regularly shares her insights on the Op-Ed pages of leading publications. Having started her career in IT programming, Zahara has a passion for technology. She made the shift from coding to content in her earlier role Tech Mahindra, where she worked in Marketing & Communications and was responsible for global content and knowledge management.
Zahara is a plastics engineer and holds a Post Diploma in Computer Applications. She has attended an Executive Education Programme at the Indian School of
Previous Jurors
Adityan Kayalakal
Head of Marketing
Jupiter Money
Adityan Kayalakal
Head of Marketing | Jupiter MoneyAdityan is a seasoned marketing professional with over 15 years of experience across traditional and digital media and communication. He has been a specialist at launching brands for a large part of this time having worked on launches for brands ranging from Jio, Mercedes-Benz, Hasbro, Tata Cliq, Tata Motors, Lodha, Parle Agro, Skoda, Jeep, Anheuser-Busch InBev to name a few.
The work he’s done across these and other brands has won him over two dozen honours local and global and has got him listed in 30 under 30 and 40 under 40 marketing lists in the past.
Prior to this, he was at the NBA where he was the lead for content and distribution partnerships. He led the licensing of NBA rights to Star India and then most recently to Viacom18. He also licensed the NBA 2K League (esports) rights to Loco through 2 cycles, created their first digital weekly basketball analysis show, led the rollout of their first branded content property (which won 2 Promax awards) and signed a partnership with the national broadcaster for non-live content.
He is currently part of the global brand team at BYJU’S where he heads social media, digital brand marketing and brand partnerships across geographies. His focus is to build the brand’s personality and build brand love on digital platforms.
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Amitabh Biswas
MARKETING HEAD - IPs, ENTERTAINMENT, NETWORK, OTT
Times Network
Amitabh Biswas
MARKETING HEAD - IPs, ENTERTAINMENT, NETWORK, OTT | Times NetworkOver the last 18 years, Amitabh Biswas has worked in the field of Brand Management and Business Consultancy across Fortune 100 companies to shuddh Desi companies in Advertising, Telecom and Television. He has practiced, developed and innovated across every specialization of Marketing Communications. With a deep first-hand insight of Indian consumers ranging from BPL to global icons, he has seen up close how brands are built, nurtured and disrupted to catapult into newer orbits. A regular jury member for Indian and International Content and Marketing Awards competitions, he also co-founded a startup manufacturing India’s first street-legal chopper motorcycles.
Amiya Swarup
Partner, Marketing Advisory Services
Ernst & Young LLP
Amiya Swarup
Partner, Marketing Advisory Services | Ernst & Young LLPAmiya Swarup Heads Marketing Advisory and is Partner for Ernst & Young. He has nearly two decades of experience in fostering collaboration within the intricate web of marketers, media agencies, martech partners, and media houses, building a better working world
Anshuman Chkravarty
Head of Marketing & Communication
SOMANY CEREMICS
Anshuman Chkravarty
Head of Marketing & Communication | SOMANY CEREMICSBrand Management and Marketing Communications practitioner with experience in working in India and international markets (Asia & Europe), with exposure in B2C & B2B domains. An MBA in Marketing & Post Graduate in Journalism & Mass-comm., with over 20 years experience in strategizing and executing brand launches, re-positioning strategies, media planning and buying, internal and external communication, social & digital marketing, PR & reputation management, crisis communication, events and celebrity management & supporting financial PR & IR.
Balaji Vaidyanathan
Marketing Director – CEEMEA
Franklin Templeton
Balaji Vaidyanathan
Marketing Director – CEEMEA | Franklin TempletonBalaji is an integrated marketing communication professional with over 16 years of extensive experience in building brands for both global and Indian companies.
In his current role as Marketing Director, CEEMEA for Franklin Templeton, Balaji is responsible for marketing strategy and building brand SOV for the CEEMEA region. The region covers over 20 countries across Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa and focuses both on institutional and retail businesses.
Prior to this role, Balaji was Deputy Head – Marketing for Franklin Templeton India and was responsible for leading all key brand initiatives. Balaji has been one of the early adopters of leveraging gamification, video content and storytelling in the mutual fund industry to promote investor education in the online space. His deep understanding of consumer marketing and customer lifecycle journeys have won him multiple awards in India and globally across creativity, content, innovation and effectiveness. Very recently, he was conferred with the citation of “Marketing Influencer of the Year” by DMA Asia at the 2018 DMA Asia Echo Awards.
Devang Mehta
Head of Marketing
Anand Rathi Group
Devang Mehta
Head of Marketing | Anand Rathi GroupDr. Ankoor Dasguupta
Chief Experience Officer
Garage Collective
Dr. Ankoor Dasguupta
Chief Experience Officer | Garage CollectiveA Digital immigrant, driven by passion, Ankoor believes in the power of Energy and Energize while bringing to the table a pedigree of 22 years across the spectrum of media – print, digital , mobile, event productions , some successful marquee pilot projects. Having worked across multiple functions – ad operations, business operations, content, strategy, sales, event design, media planning & buying, Ankoor has also learnt from the experience of having worked in different cultures and set-ups in national and international environments along with working at cross-functional roles. Ankoor is working with the vibrant and wonderful team at Arm Worldwide and driving the Content Marketing vertical.
Gaurav Soni
Head Of Media
Perfetti van melle
Gaurav Soni
Head Of Media | Perfetti van melle
Previous Partners
Why Should You Attend?
Learn about the key industry trends,best practices and the way forward by the content industry veterans,evangelists and business leaders.
Discuss your challenges and issues related to content management with our expert speakers and panelists
Network and connect with the senior officials from the leading brands,publishers and agencies
Meet and liaise with the Content Champions of the current era and understand insights from the winning campaigns and intellectual properties
Establish an informal personal connect with the potential clients at our exclusive Cocktail Celebrations post the summit
Gain industry knowledge through the successful case studies being presented
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