IMPACT
CELEBRATES THE 'FUTURE STARS'
THE TALENT
OF TODAY,
THE LEADERS
OF TOMORROW
CELEBRATES THE 'FUTURE STARS'
THE TALENT
OF TODAY,
THE LEADERS
OF TOMORROW
About Us
IMPACT celebrates the young talent of today and leaders of tomorrow with the 'Top 30 Under 30' initiative, now in its 12th year. It is a unique forum for young talent to be appreciated, encouraged and applauded by their peers and seniors by way of an exclusive listing after a rigorous jury process involving top names in the industry.
- IMPACT 30 Under Thirty is for you if you are the top advertising performers under the age of 30.
- The goal is here to put the spotlight on the young guns from the Creative, Design, Media, Digital Agencies in the country
Previous Jury
Jury Chair
Prasoon Joshi
CEO and CCO, McCann Worldgroup India & Chairman
McCann Asia Pacific
Co-Jury Chair
Dr. Annurag Batra
Chairman and Editor in Chief, BW BusinessWorld and Founder
exchange4media
Aalap Desai
CCO and Founder
Tgthr
Abhijat Bharadwaj
CCO
Dentsu Creative Isobar
Aditya Kanthy
CEO
Omnicom Advertising Services
Atique Kazi
President - Data, Performance and Digital Products
GroupM
Avinash Pandey
Former CEO
ABP Network
Azazul Haque
Group CCO
Creativeland Asia
Himanshu Pandey
Co-Founder & COO
Admattic
Kainaz Karmakar
CCO
Ogilvy India
Mukund Olety
CCO
VML
Pallavi Chakravarti
CCO and Founder
Fundamental
Shradha Agarwal
Co-Founder & CEO
Grapes
Shubhra Saraf
EVP and Head of Product,
Revenue Strategy and
Customer Marketing - Sports
Disney Star
Subramanyeswar S (Subbu)
Group CEO, MullenLowe
Lintas Group & Chief Strategy
Officer - APAC
MullenLowe Global
Vaishali Verma
CEO
Initiative India
Varun Mohan
Head - Growth &
Revenue, India &
SAARC
MiQ
Rules & Regulations
- Final Entry Submission Deadline: 1st April 2025
- Applicant should be under the age of 30 years as on 31st April 2025
- Professionals who are based in India.
- Multiple names from the same agency can be nominated
- All nominations are paid and submitted online
- All questions with asterisks are mandatory
- Deletion & omission of any questions in the form will lead to disqualification
- All information furnished should be correct & up to date it is critical for adequate assessment
- All answers should not be more than 250 Characters.
- The final form should be submitted in a prescribed format.
- It is mandatory to share your latest picture not heavier than 2MB
- Cost of Each Nomination is 10,000 + GST
Nominations will only be considered if payment is made in advance, prior to the jury evaluation. e4m reserves the right to reject any nominations if the full fee is not submitted.
Judging Criteria
Entries will be judged on the basis of
- Body of work
- Creativity
- Leadership ability
- Recognition by peers
