#IPOY2017

Every Year, THE IMPACT PERSON OF YEAR award is presented to one person or group of people chosen by their peers in the industry for having made maximum impact and having influenced the industry by contributing significantly in the domain of media, and marketing. The person who you nominate should have made a substantial contribution to his/her own business as well as industry bodies and the practice adopted by him/her should have had far reaching effects in the foreseeable future.

SHORTLIST OF 2017

PRASOON JOSHI
CEO, India and Chairman (Asia Pacific), McCann Worldgroup

A national award winning lyricist, eminent screenwriter, poet, and CEO of McCann WorldGroup India and chairman of McCann Asia Pacific, Prasoon Joshi is also the newly appointed Censor Board Chief. Under his leadership McCann WorldGroup shone at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity 2017 and brought back 15 metals along with a coveted Grand Prix. The 2015 Padma Shri awardee is also an active ambassador of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, and is passionately lending his expertise to the cause. Additionally, the ad guru has also contributed to campaigns for women’s emancipation.