Bobby Pawar, Managing Director & Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Communications will chair the print Communication Jury of Creative Abby. Before joining Publicis, Pawarhe was the Chief Creative Officer at JWT, where he curated some iconic campaigns. Prior to that, he spent 4 years as the Chief Creative Officer of the DDB Mudra Group. Earlier Pawar was earlier Creative Director at Ogilvy, New York and Group Creative Director at BBDO, Chicago.
Ashish Chakravarty, National Creative Director, Contract Advertising will chair the Radio/ Radio Craft jury.Chakravarty holds over 2 decades of experience and he has created some of the biggest brands in the country and is recognized as amongst the top 10 Creative Directors in India and amongst t top 50 Creative Directors in the world.
Manish Bhatt, Founder & Director of Scarecrow Communications of will chair the jury for Brand Activation vertical. Bhatt started his career as a Civil Engineer at Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation. But, soon he decided to enter the world of advertising and went on create one of India’s most sought after independent ad agencies Scarecrow. He has worked in Ad World for more than 15 years and has been associated with agencies like Contract, Ogilvy & Mather (Delhi, Mumbai & Malaysia), Ambience Publicis and McCann Erickson. Bhatt has received recognition for his creative work across platforms like Cannes Lions, D&AD London, The One Show, Clios and the Abbys.
The Jury Chairs for the remaining Creative Abby verticals will be announced shortly.
