 We are now going to begin with our first set of awards. The first category is social contributors. Can you please have the AV for all the nominees. When you look at social contributor what possibly the jury was looking at is what's the scale, what's the real impact and what's the effort going to be sustainable or not. When you triangulate all three together and start looking at brand through that angle it made a sense and I was surprised in fact some of the entries were some of the efforts done by brands and companies which I was not aware of personally but I think on ground a lot of work has happened and it has in fact impacted communities so it's not surprising to see that lot of you know entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship rather is happening from the side of corporate India and they are taking it really seriously now and this is an important part of business now so it was quite an interesting category. I think it's not easy to crack it but when you apply all the three lenses it becomes much clearer. Ladies and gentlemen the first award for the evening, the first award for this category and the winner is Ambuja Cement creates sustainable prosperous rural communities where villagers have the livelihood, resources and dignity to prosper in life. Mr. Deepak Mehra, CMO, Ambuja Sir in this category is this award. Evenvise has created an ecosystem of non-profit philanthropists, NGOs, companies, governments and specialists to consolidate capital ideas and expertise in the social sector. Sheena Kapoor VP marketing this category is HDFC Bank corporate social responsibility is all about developing a business model that not only creates economic value but also contributes to a healthy ecosystem and strong communities. Excellent clapping, the finance minister is not yet tax clapping, in fact if you clap it's good for your health because Vivek it does relax your heart muscles right so you should clap for yourself. Third, when you are up here if you don't clap other people won't clap for you so can you clap louder for yourself Vivek and me are thinking of starting a clapping company and lend to event managers okay. And the next winner in this category is S.C.L. takes pride in being the company with a strong social conscience and this ideology stems out of the fact that they are closely linked to the communities we operate in. Ladies and gentlemen moving forward in the same category the next winner is for over 50 years Hindalco has worked in the hinterlands of India to better the quality of life of the underprivileged sections of society. To collect this award we have D.K. Das CMO. The next winner in this category and the winner is Hindustan Unilever their vision is to grow our business whilst reducing the environmental impact of their operations and increasing their positive social impact. We are social contributors and the winner is Reliance Industries they have always considered sustainable development the cornerstone of their business strategy. Tanu Ja Pradhan gentlemen for joining us now moving forward to our next category and to give away awards for this category I would like to invite on stage Mr. Kamal Krishnan National Head Media Solutions Matrabhoomi and Mr. Shushant Longkar Marketing Manager Media Solutions Matrabhoomi our second category of awards are for Evergreen's category so can we please have the AV for all the nominees of this category. Evergreen Brands category was the most difficult to arrive at in form of conclusions and it was really really difficult to arrive at the definition of top 5 Evergreen Brands because the Evergreen aspect of brand was looked at by jury members in different differing ways is it Evergreen in terms of the share the market or loyalty or equity or how many innovations brand has done or the vibrancy of the brand or the distribution footprint of the brand therefore the discussion about the Evergreen Brands was very very animated and long because each member brought their own experience and knowledge in the table and discussed which brand is Evergreen which brand has retained the Evergreen aspect and which brand is refreshed more and we kept on discussing that which brand deserves to be there because there are many iconic brands in India which all deserve to be there and ultimately we arrived at the fact that the Evergreen Brands are the one which managed to retain their brand equity and customer and consumer loyalty and at the same time bring an angle of innovation and refreshing aspect into rejuvenation of the brand so that they're able to get new consumers and able to appear in new light and new form to the consumers every month every day therefore this this decision was difficult but the same time it was the most interesting discussion we've had. Ladies and gentlemen and the first winner for this category is give them a bigger round of applause. The Amul brand is not only a product but also a movement. It is in one way the representation of the economic freedom of farmers. Good way of chairing in case if you don't feel like laughing anymore. Next winner for this category is Cadbury Dairy Milk quickly became the market leader after it was launched in the early 1900s. Cadbury Dairy Milk is now enjoyed in 33 countries. Next winner in this category has started simply good initiative in line with Nestle's global commitment which is firmly embedded in their purpose and values which is to enhance quality of life and contribute to a healthier future. The next winner for this category is Maruti Suzuki. From the day the iconic Maruti 800 was launched in 1983. The company has been spearheading a revolution of change. Turning an entire country's need for driving into its love for driving. The next winner for this category is Brittleite's biggest bond is through the Fevicol family of products. Fevicol has become a household name that is today's synonymous with adhesives. Moving forward the next winner for this category is Deceptive in 1925. Raymond has been synonymous with trust, quality and excellence. Along with Miss Madhudatta head marketing, Raymond. Next winner in this category is The Times of India. The world's largest broadsheet English daily providing exclusive news from past many years. We'll move forward. The next winner for this category is The fifth largest integrated own brand watch manufacturer. Brittleite and company has created and sold more than 150 million pieces the world over. With this we have come to an end for this category but before we move forward I would request Mr. Kamal Krishnan to please say a few words to everybody. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. It's great to see Exchange Family has taken initiative to create a platform to recognize marketers and brands and we are extremely glad to associate with this initiative. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to Exchange for Media for making us one of the partners in this wonderful initiative. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Quick question ladies and gentlemen, very important. Are you all having a good time? Yes. Are you happy? And cheering not only for yourself and not only for your victory but for your colleagues and everyone else who's here. Yes? No? Exactly. So the celebration has just started ladies and gentlemen you can let loose. The nine to five is over. We are all here to celebrate. Exactly. So keep that going every time we have people on the stage collecting awards. That was it from my side. Without any further ado ladies and gentlemen, now moving forward to our third category and to give away the awards for this category I would like to invite on stage Shanti Surupanda CMO Raymond along with Prajesh Kumar Singh editor Z Hindustan I request both of you to please come and join me on stage for our third set of awards impactful debuts. Can you please play the AV for all the nominees of this category? Impactful debut category. We looked at not just figures but also a qualitative sense of how the brands really made an impact on the consumer touch their hearts and really transformed their lives. So that was really the whole experience and really really looking forward to the final announcement of the top 50 brands. And now beginning with this category. The first winner for this category is G Compass 23000 plus happy owners India's most awarded SUV and it's only been a year since its launch. And the next winner is with the introduction of the Tata Nexon Hyperdrive SSG the Nexon has become a game changer for Tata Motors. I request you both to please take your seats. With this we have come to an end towards our third category of awards. 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today and how brands are trying to be able to communicate to their users, customers across various media segments the challenge with the category was that because it's not an apples to apples comparison there's different spaces and genres in which the brands operate to be able to kind of bring them on the same playing field and evaluate the top brands in this category so you've got a spectrum digital brands in the space you've got a spectrum of offline brands in the space and I think the jury did a fantastic kind of discussion to figure out which were the worthy candidates to win this award category alright ladies and gentlemen the first winner for this category is Hotstar offers over 50,000 hours of TV content and movies across eight languages and every major sport covered live our next winner for this category and the winner is it's a concept, it's a solution can we please give them a big round of applause ladies and gentlemen, thank you it's all the three it's a new concept for owners a solution for tenants and it is fixing the youth housing crisis in cities the next winner for this category is being India's largest e-commerce store for fashion and lifestyle products Mentra aims at providing hassle free and enjoyable shopping experience to shoppers across the country with the widest range of brands and products on its portal the next winner for this category is have come to the last winner for this category and the winner is Gio, voice calling free for live for its customers bringing voice communication and the power of data to every Indian across economic and social classes so this category thank you so much for joining us now moving to our next category, our fifth category for tonight, digital strategies and to give away these awards I would like to invite on stage Mr. Vivek Sharma, CMO Bell Light Industries along with Mr. Ajay Bedi VP Sales and TV I request both of you to please come and join me on stage the nominees for the category of digital strategies can we please have the nominees digital strategies go of course all of you know how dynamic digital is as a medium and how so many new things are coming up how technology is disrupting that space on a very regular basis so needless to say that category had the largest number of entries and the largest number of shortlist and you would be surprised and I was surprised to see the fact that the shortlist included startups as well as very very established brands and what was interesting for us was to see you know the scale of impact and the kind of change that you know large players and some of these small players have had across diverse industries starting from something niche like medical care to financial services to of course e-commerce and even you know core consumer products so it is very interesting lot of debate but at the end of it it was also quite obvious that there were some winners who really stood out by the scale of the impact that they had and the kind of transformation they did for their respective categories the first award in this category goes to and the winner is one of the first new generation private sector banks to have bigger operations in 1994 Axis Bank has targeted non interest users by launching Axis OK a mobile app based on SMS or missed calls congratulations and our next winner in this category is focused on leveraging the best of technology and building innovative solutions ground up that are relevant at global scale anybody here from the Ola team okay moving forward last winner for this category and the winner is for joining us we have come to an end for this category now moving forward to our next category our sixth category which is resurgence and to give away the awards I would like to invite on stage Rajiv Raja founder brand music along with Mr. Karan Kumar head brand and marketing Fab India welcome to both of you in the meanwhile ladies and gentlemen let's take a look at all the nominees for this category so for the resurgence category is concerned the necessity of that category cannot be overemphasized where competitive dynamics regulatory environment technological change and change of consumer behavior continuously creating new kind of complexities and one can take success for granted it is in that context the evaluation took time short listing took time and complexities that they not only confronted but overcame them successfully and then came out winner and became a resurgent winner also it was a great learning experience and I wish all the best to all the winners and thanks to you for him for continuing this exercise for the ninth year also well we have one winner in this category and the winner is Nestle the company launched over two dozen products under milk and nutrition confectionery and beverages portfolio apart from expanding its Maggie noodles variants now we are moving forward to our next category the seventh category master connectors and both of you are requested to stay back to give away awards in this category let's take a look at all the nominees for master connectors can we please have the AV for nominees the master connectors was one of the most ambitious all brands are supposed to be master connectors so the discussion really was is it master, is it connectors and then I think there was some consensus after a lot of confusion on choosing brands which have scale which tried empathy with consumers and which also stand out seeing the last year's entries and looking at the impact they made within their own companies and with the consumers and so there was some consensus to sort from to the winning one thank you and now the first winner for this category is Asian Pains driven by its strong consumer focus and innovative spirit the company has been the market leader in Pains since 1967 winner in this category is winner for this category and our winner is the launch of Paytm Payments Bank they aim to bring banking and financial services for billion unserved and under served Indians congratulations, moving forward to our next winner for this category and the last winner for this category Samsung has some of the best tech support in the business the company employs a large number of resources to assist people with any ongoing issues gentlemen for joining us called the Globe Trotters and to give away awards I would like to invite Sumit Sehgal CMO Comeo India along with Satya Prathadas Head Strategic Alliance's Lakshya Media Group Mr. Ankit Bhargava Associate VP Nickelodeon to join me on stage to give away the next set of awards welcome to all of you and now let's take a look at all the nominees for this category called Globe Trotters we had an amazing discussion on Globe Trotters I think the times have changed certainly for reverse innovation that is happening in the world today it is no longer the time of global brands entering India but now the time has come for Indian brands to expand globally the discussion was heated because there were so many brands very exciting who have made that initial bid into creating a global footprint it was a very very debatable kind of situation but we finalized the top brands which we feel are truly deserving and actually we feel these are the brands that will pave the way for many more Globe Trotters for Indian origin brands in the future the winner the first winner in this category is Apollo Tires their products are available in countries across the globe through a vast network of branded exclusive and multi product outlets next winner is Bajaj Auto is ranked as the world's 4th largest 3 and 2 wheeler manufacturer and the Bajaj brand is well known across several countries in Latin America Africa, Middle East, South and Southeast Asia congratulations moving forward to our next winner and the winner is currently present in 25 countries across emerging markets of Asia and Africa Mariko has nurtured multiple brands in various FNCG categories us winner for this category is motorcycle company Royal Enfield has entered into Vietnam the world's 4th largest 2 wheeler manufacturer congratulations to all the winners and now moving forward to our 9th category which is bottom of the pyramid to give away these awards I would like to now invite on stage Sylvia Tal on senior director of marketing India Reebok along with Mr. Deepak Mehra and in the meanwhile let's take a look at all the nominees for this category for the bottom of the pyramid set of brands in India it was very exciting it perhaps took the longest time because the definition of the bottom of the pyramid went through a change or through an evolution given the fact that demographics in India have changed a lot since then and now so it was great learning exciting to be part I think all brands have done phenomenally well great quality and great work by exchange for media all the best to all the brands and for me every brand is one thank you and now moving forward to our first winner for this category and the winner is Ashirwad an urban brand sought to be built upon the company's rural edifice and then expanded into small towns and rural markets with its motto of making India beautiful Big Bazaar ensures that all the products are of good quality and offered at the lowest prices some things in life are irreplaceable which is why very quick is formulated to bring them back to life in just five seconds before that ladies and gentlemen let me tell you the name of those a trip to Kerala courtesy Master Boomi one of these five people if you're here we'll clap for you and the team from Master Boomi will get in touch with you so worry not and the winners are Dilpreet Singh Gandhi Neha Taneja Tata Global Beverages Limited Mayank Shah from Parle Products Private Limited yes your name is called you can be seated the team from Master Boomi will get in touch with you but now we know you're one of those people who are going to Kerala so congratulations to you on that and we have Manoj ji Bandhopadhyay from Mondaliz International pardon and the last winner is Preeti Sharma from GEO Reliance GEO so these are the the men we have come to our tenth and the last category of awards this category is Gender Equitable and to give away these set of awards I would like to invite on stage Mr. Anupam Bokeh VP Marketing R.P. Sanjeev Goyankar Group I have a request Ms. Shivani Malik Marketing Director Damilano and Mr. Narendra Bairiwal Head of Future Retail to please come and join me on stage Avaivam welcome to all of you all in the meanwhile let's take a look at all the nominees for this category of Gender Equitable Gender equality and the kind of work that various brands have done and to be very honest it was a very heartening session because there was some really really good work a lot of brands very typically do tokenism in the name of gender equality and gender equality communication but the kind of entries that we had and the shortlisted entries that we had in front of the jury actually each and every entry created over and over again for its thoroughness and for the sincerity of the effort that was being put across so quite honestly a very enjoyable session a lot of discussion a lot of debate and I'm sure one or two will win but I have to say that all four or five entries that we saw were absolutely fantastic Ladies and gentlemen the first winner for this category and the winner is Bajaj Auto Brand stands for Liberation and we always try to find the larger purpose of the brand in context to liberation Now for this category is Prega News The brand wants hashtag your second home platform to become one stand alone point wherein any working mother or a pregnant lady can get their answers to whatever difficulties they are facing That's what to talk Brand Whisper has been behind changing initiatives Please we want you to show all your love and affection and you can use all those props that are provided for you on the table and the second last winner for tonight and the winner of course from this category and the next winner The idea of a fitness brand speaking for the real strength of women rather than promoting their own product range Tata T Jagore This 1.1 million on gender sensitization also inspired the youth to be part of the change this country has seen in the past decade All the winners to join me on the stage right now I'll entering you must have seen that we have a very beautiful set up outside for food of course that's courtesy Maath Raboomi they have some of their local delicacies from Kerala so please also enjoy that and once again congratulations to all of those 5 lucky winners who are now going to be visiting God's own country Kerala once again courtesy Maath Raboomi and also to my lovely audience who took out their very precious time and joined us here today for this very special evening for us Congratulations to all the winners and before closing once again I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our partners co-powered our presenting partner and TV co-powered by partner Maath Raboomi the national daily and Malayalam co-powered by partner Z Hindustan co-goal partner Nickelodeon knowledge partner Lakshya media group India's leading integrated media and communication company co-partner BTVI business television India India's premier English business news channel co-partner Pratara TV world's first Punjabi movie satellite channel co-partner and batch partner the next several times luxury partner Dha Milano validation partner Kantar IMRB research knowledge partner decode research and analytics registration partner smart events and in the end to thank you I would like to thank all my audience thank you so much for being a lovely audience and once again congratulations to all the winners let's give them a big round of applause ladies and gentlemen please join us for dinner and have a lovely lovely evening ahead thank you so much