Sonal Dabral only Indian on LIA
30 Sep 2009
Sonal Dabral, regional executive director, Bates 141, Singapore and chairperson, Bates 141 India is the only Indian on the jury of the prestigious London International Awards. Last year KV Sridhar, national creative director, Leo Burnett, India; Santosh Padhi, currently chief creative officer, TapRoot India; and Sajan Raj Kurup, chairperson and chief creative officer, Creativeland Asia represented India.
Dabral will judge entries in two categories – Integrated and television/cinema/digital/web/mobile. Tham Khai Meng, worldwide creative director, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide is the president of both categories.
Some of the world's top creatives, including Eric Jannon of Marcel Paris, Steve Mykolyn of Taxi Toronto, D'rte Spengler-Ahrens of Jung von Matt Hamburg; Toby Talbot of DDB Auckland, and Guillermo Vega of Y&R Latin America and New York are among the jury members.
Dabral has been on the London International Awards panel for the last two years. In addition, Dabral judged the Singapore Media Awards in 2006. In the past, he has also been a part of the juries in the International Andy Awards 2005 and the Times Asia Pacific Advertising Awards 2003.
The categories this year are billboard, poster, design, print, digital, radio, integrated, television/cinema/digital/web/mobile, non-traditional, package design and the 'NEW' category. Of these, only the design and package design finalists have been announced.
Leo Burnett, Mumbai has a single finalist in the Design category for Tide Detergent.
The London International Awards was conceived in London in 1986. It has established itself as a global leader honouring advertising, design and digital media. For the past 24 years, the iconic LIA has been raised worldwide, celebrating the power of ideas, and recognising the legends, iconoclasts, and avatars of creative excellence.
