ACEF Asian Leadership Award Winners (2018)
Excellence in Branding & Marketing


 Standing  Main Category  Name  Company
 Marketing Leader of The Year for 2018  Mr. Nikhil Rastogi, Director Marketing & Digital Business  Citibank India
 Marketing Leader of The Year for 2018  Mr. Rubeena Singh, CEO  iProspect
 ACEF Award for Asian Marketing Leadership 2018  Mr. Karan Kumar, Head of Brand and Marketing Strategy  Fabindia Overseas Private Limited
 ACEF Award for Asian Marketing Leadership 2018  Mr. Navin Thakur, Head Marketing  Vascon Engineers Ltd.
 ACEF Award for Asian Marketing Leadership 2018  Mr. Sujan Roy, Head International Business  Passenger Vehicle, Tata Motors
 Most Admired Business Leader 2018  Mr. Samrat Gupta – CEO  Tata Motors Finance
 Most Admired Business Leader 2018  Mr. Amit Saxena, CEO & MD  Unimoni Financial Services Ltd.
 Excellence in Business Development  Mr Umesh N. Jhawar, VP – Strategy & IR  Arihant Superstructures Ltd
 Most Admired Brand Manager 2018  Mr. Abhijan Roy, Brand Manager  Emami Navratna Oil
 Most Admired Brand Manager 2018  Mr. Mandeep Singh Gulati, Deputy VP-Marketing  Aegon Life Insurance Company Limited
 Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2018  Mr. Arvind Jain  Netbiz
 Young Marketing Leader of the Year 2018  Mr. Siddharth Bhatia, Chief Marketing Officer  Radius Developers
 Young Marketing Leader of the Year 2018  Ms. NEHA GUPTA DE  HIL LIMITED
 Young Marketing Leader of the Year 2018  Mr. RISHI BARUAH, DIRECTOR  Pratidin Group

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Marketing Campaign of the Year  Godrej Properties Limited  Godrej Air Launch
 Marketing Campaign of the Year  Fastrack (Titan Industries Ltd.)  Fastrack Reflex
 Marketing Campaign of the Year  Godrej Appliances  Edge Duo - #IndiaKaNayaFridge
 Most Admired Brand of the Year  Reliance Digital  Personalizing Technology
 Marketing Team of the Year  Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd  
 Marketing Effective Agency of the Year  THINK XQ  
 Ambient Marketing Agency of the Year  Khushi Advertising  
 Most Admired Upcoming Agency of the Year  FreshBox Media Pvt. Ltd.  

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Best Brand Loyalty Marketing Campaign  Dainik Bhaskar Group  Jeeto 15 Crore
 Best Brand Loyalty Marketing Campaign  Sony Pictures Network  MERE SAI CONTEST FINAL
 Best Brand Loyalty Marketing Campaign  SPAR India Hypermarket  Season of Joy Campaign; Supermom Campaign

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Most Admired Social Campaign in BFSI Sector  Reliance Nippon  Friend and Funds for life

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Best in Cultural Marketing  SPAR India Hypermarket  Celebrate India

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Best in Customer Loyalty  SPAR India Hypermarket  Driving Customer Loyalty through advanced analytics

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Best Use of Customer Analytics  SPAR India Hypermarket  Fresh Fish Fest by Webenza

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Best Use of Data & Research  Dell India Pvt. Ltd  PC Literacy Days - Location Based Ads
 Best Use of Data & Research  Dainik Bhaskar Group  Maharashtra Swatantra Vrittpatra

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Best use of Digital Marketing for Rebranding  NetBiz  Shapoorji Pallonji Group

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Best Use of Video Content  IndiaFirst Life Insurance  Facebook Live’s
 Best Use of Video Content  Digital Radio (Mumbai) Broadcasting Limited  Mera Boss Mujhe Jine Na De – MAGIC 106.4 FM
 Best Use of Video Content  Nickelodeon India  Radha Music Video Ft. Motu Patlu and SRK
 Best Use of Video Content  Future Generali India Life Insurance  #AapkiHealthMereLiye Father’s Day Campaign by AdLift
 Best Use of Video Content  AAJ TAK  So Sorry

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Excellence in Brand Awareness  NetBiz / Radius Developers  
 Excellence in Brand Awareness  Reliance Digital  Personalizing Technology
 Excellence in Brand Awareness  Logicserve Digital Pvt. Ltd  Video Marketing Stirs up Search Queries to increase ROI by 122%

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Excellence in Brand Management  THINK XQ  NESTLE NUTRINATION
 Excellence in Brand Management  iProspect India  #inLOVEwithSWITZERLAND
 Excellence in Brand Management  THINK XQ  NESTLE SLC 2018
 Excellence in Brand Management  ITC B Natural  B Natural’s Not from Concentrate Journey – Only Pulp No Fiction

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Excellence in Brand Revitalization  ITC B Natural  B Natural’s Not from Concentrate Journey–Only Pulp No Fiction

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Excellence in Brand Strategy  THINK XQ  NESTLE SLC 2018
 Excellence in Brand Strategy  Dell India Pvt. Ltd  Dell Anti Rote Day
 Excellence in Brand Strategy  THINK XQ  NESTLE NUTRINATION

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Excellence in Consumer Insight - Market Research  Dainik Bhaskar Group  Maharashtra Swatantra Vrittpatra
 Excellence in Consumer Insight - Market Research  iProspect India  Khushiyon Ka Upgrade
 Excellence in Consumer Insight - Market Research  RCI India  RCI INDIA TRAVEL SURVEY 2017

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Excellence in Corporate Reputation  Dainik Bhaskar Group  Jeeto 15 Crore
 Excellence in Corporate Reputation  Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd  PR/Corporate Communication activities

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Excellence in Customer Experience  Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt. Ltd.  Dus Ka Dum
 Excellence in Customer Experience  Tata AIA Life  
 Excellence in Customer Experience  Titan Company Ltd  Make Hearts Beat Programme

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Excellence in Customer Service Strategy  iProspect India  WhatsApp Campaign
 Excellence in Customer Service Strategy  Karix Mobile  Karix Mobile’s Customer Service Philosophy

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Excellence in Digital Transformation  Concorde Motors  Taking Concorde Motors to the next level! by Eggfirst Advertising
 Excellence in Digital Transformation  Dell India Pvt. Ltd  Retail Media Network by Dell
 Excellence in Digital Transformation  Tata AIA Life  

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Excellence in Launch Marketing  NetBiz/The Wadhwa Group  
 Excellence in Launch Marketing  iProspect India  WhatsApp Campaign
 Excellence in Launch Marketing  Vascon Engineers Ltd  Vascon Goodlife

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Excellence in Media Strategy  Logicserve Digital Pvt. Ltd  Crompton: The Slayer - Innovation propels the business by 7.2X
 Excellence in Media Strategy  Godrej Appliances  AIR CONDITIONER
 Excellence in Media Strategy  ITC B Natural  B Natural’s Beyond 30 seconds

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Excellence in Partner Marketing  iProspect India + Dentsu X  Mutual Funds Sahi Hai
 Excellence in Partner Marketing  Birla White Pvt Ltd  Collaterals that create a lasting impression by Eggfirst Advertising
 Excellence in Partner Marketing  Citibank India  CITI DEBIT 20 YEARS
 Excellence in Partner Marketing  Liberty General Insurance Limited  Flames of Liberty

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Integrated Marketing Campaign  Snickers India  Snickers – Hunger Bars launch by Hashtag
 Integrated Marketing Campaign  SPAR India Hypermarket  SPAR Supermom
 Integrated Marketing Campaign  Ogilvy  You to the Power of IBM

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Marketing Performance Measurement  iProspect India + Dentsu X  #MarchToInvest
 Marketing Performance Measurement  iProspect India  Khushiyon Ka Upgrade
 Marketing Performance Measurement  Dainik Bhaskar Group  Jeeto 15 Crore

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Most Admired B2B Marketing  Ogilvy  You to the Power of IBM
 Most Admired B2B Marketing  TV18 Broadcast Limited  News18 Network Leadership Campaign
 Most Admired B2B Marketing  MY FM - Radio Division - DB Corp  Just Because It Fits, Doesn’t Mean It Works Campaign
 Most Admired B2B Marketing  Shell India Markets Private Limited  Power of Partnerships

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Most Admired B2C Marketing  Dainik Bhaskar Group  
 Most Admired B2C Marketing  Dell India Pvt. Ltd  Real Celebration with Dell
 Most Admired B2C Marketing  ADMORA SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED  ARL INFRATECH LTD. “ ANKUR UNCLE THAKHTI WALA

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Most Admired Brand Activation Campaign  Digital Radio (Mumbai) Broadcasting Limited  HPCL SWACHH BHARAT – MAGIC 106.4 FM
 Most Admired Brand Activation Campaign  DHFL  DHFL Griha Utsav
 Most Admired Brand Activation Campaign  MY FM - Radio Division - DB Corp  MY FM Ke Rangrezz
 Most Admired Brand Activation Campaign  Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt. Ltd.  KBC Jio Play Along

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Most Admired Brand Activation Campaign in BFSI Sector  Reliance Nippon  Soya Dhan Muktiwala

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Most Admired Branded Content  Franklin Templeton Investments  The Marathon of Life
 Most Admired Branded Content  ITC MOM’S Magic  Just Like Mom
 Most Admired Branded Content  Asian Paints  
 Most Admired Branded Content  IndiaFirst Life Insurance  CertaintyOfLife

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Most Admired Campaign for Brand Revitalization  iProspect India + Dentsu X  Mutual Funds Sahi Hai
 Most Admired Campaign for Brand Revitalization  Dainik Bhaskar Group  Jeeto 15 Crore
 Most Admired Campaign for Brand Revitalization  Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd  Think Equity. Think Motilal Oswal

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Most Admired Customer Engagement Campaign  SPAR India Hypermarket  SPAR Supermom
 Most Admired Customer Engagement Campaign  CNN-News18  CNN-News18 If I Were FM Challenge
 Most Admired Customer Engagement Campaign  Panorama Television Private Limited  News18 Punjab-Haryana-Himachal Anniversary Contest

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Most Admired Not For Profit Marketing Campaign  iProspect India  Look Good, Do Good
 Most Admired Not For Profit Marketing Campaign  Axis Bank Ltd  A Million Thanks

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Most Effective Use of Sponsorship and Event Marketing  HIL LIMITED  MARKETING AND BRANDING INITIATIVE WITH CSK AS SPONSORS
 Most Effective Use of Sponsorship and Event Marketing  Ogilvy  Cognitive Fashion for IBM
 Most Effective Use of Sponsorship and Event Marketing  JK Tyre & Industries Ltd  JK Tyre – Auto Expo 2018

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Most Innovative Marketing Strategy  Zydus Healthcare Ltd (Zydus Medica Division)  Tenglyn Premier League

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Most Admired Marketing Campaign(Healthcare Sector)  Zydus Healthcare Ltd  "National Lipid Day"

 Standing  Main Category  Company  Campaign
 Excellence in Marketing Innovation  Godrej Consumer Products Limited  Goodknight Power Chip Launch Campaign’18
 Excellence in Marketing Innovation  Starpick  Campus Stars of StarPick
 Excellence in Marketing Innovation  Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd  Truck and Bus Division