13 Indians on jury of 62nd Cannes Lions

MUMBAI: Thirteen Indians have been selected to the jury of the 62nd Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

The names include Abhijit Avasthi, former Ogilvy NCD, for Films; KV Sridhar, CCO of SapientNitro India, for Press; Prasoon Pandey, director at Corcoise Films, for Film Craft; Jasmin Sohrabji, CEO, Southeast Asia at OMG, for Media; Sajan Raj Kurup, founder of Creativeland Asia, for Outdoor; Riya Mukherjee, former Radio Mirchi EVP, for Radio; and Sidharth Rao, CEO of Webchutney, for Cyber.

Jury members for other categories include Ashima Avasthi, creative director at BBC Worldwide, for Branded Content & Entertainment; Ashwini Deshpande, co-founder of Elephant Strategy+ Design, for Design; Vinoo Samuel, creative director at Accentiv, for Direct; Sanjay Mehta, joint CEO at Social Wavelength, for Mobile; Saurabh Dasgupta, ECD at Innocean Worldwide, for Promo & Activation; and Ashwani Singla, MD & CEO at Penn Schoen Berland, for PR.

To be held from June 21-27, 2015, the fest has introduced a new category, Creative Data, that will reward creative breakthroughs that stemmed from the use of Big Data.