Management

The AAAI functions through the active, voluntary services of a President, a Vice-President, an Honorary Secretary, an Honorary Treasurer and an Executive Committee assisted by a full-time Secretary General and his staff. 

Home Management

The AAAI functions through the active, voluntary services of a President, a Vice-President, an Honorary Secretary, an Honorary Treasurer and an Board of Directors assisted by a full-time Secretary General and his staff. The President and other office-bearers are elected every year by the General Body, which comprises of one representative of each agency-member of the Association. In addition, some members are co-opted to the Board of Directors and all zones and groups of agencies (by size) are represented on this committee. Assisting the above group are various Sub-Committees/ Task Committees, each looking after specific activity areas of the Association, and Regional Convenors who co-ordinate members’ activities in different regions of the country.

Srinivasan K Swamy

President

R K Swamy Ltd

skswamy@rkswamy.com

Jaydeep R Gandhi

Vice President


gandhi.jaideep@gmail.com

Chandramouli Muthu

Hon. Secretary & Regional Convenor South

Maitri Advertising Works Pvt Ltd
muthumaitri@gmail.com

Shashidhar Sinha

Hon. Treasurer

Initiative Media (India) Pvt Ltd
Shashi.Sinha@mbww.com

Prasanth Kumar

Imm. Past President

WPP Media India Pvt Ltd
Prasanth.Kumar@wppmedia.com

Anupriya Acharya

Director

Leo Burnett (TLG India Pvt Ltd)
anupriya.acharya@publicisgroupe.com

Sam Balsara

Director

Madison Communications Pvt Ltd
sam@madisonindia.com

Babita Baruah

Director

VML India
babita.baruah@vml.com

Priyanka Chatterjee

Director & Regional Convenor East

Standard Publicity Pvt Ltd
priyanka@standardpublicity.in

Tanya Goyal

Director

Everest Brand Solutions Pvt Ltd
tanya@goyalmail.com

Tapas Gupta

Director

BEI Confluence Communication Ltd
tapas@confluencecommunication.com

Vishandas Hardasani

Director

Matrix Publicities And Media India Pvt Ltd
vishandas.hardasani@wppmedia.com

Mohit Joshi

Director

Havas Media India Pvt Ltd
mohit.joshi@havasmedia.com

Santosh Kumar

Director

Innocean Worldwide Communication Pvt Ltd
santosh@innoceanindia.com

Kunal Lalani

Director & Regional Convenor North

Crayons Advertising Ltd
kunal@groupmega.in

Hephzibah Pathak

Director

Ogilvy & Mather Pvt Ltd
hephzibah.pathak@ogilvy.com

Kartik Sharma

Director

Omnicom Media Group India Pvt Ltd
Kartik.Sharma@omnicommediagroup.com

Anusha Shetty

Director

Grey Worldwide (India) Pvt Ltd
anusha.shetty@grey.com

Dheeraj Sinha

Director

FCB Ulka Advertising Pvt Ltd
Dheeraj.Sinha@fcbgroupindia.com

K Srinivas

Director

Sloka Advertising Pvt Ltd
slokaadvertising@gmail.com

Paritosh Srivastava

Director

Law & Kenneth Saatchi & Saatchi Pvt Ltd
paritosh.srivastava@publicisgroupe.com

Ajit Varghese

Director

Platinum Advertising Pvt Ltd
ajit.varghese@madisonindia.com

Akshar Peerbhoy

Special Invitee

MAA Communications Ltd
akshar@maa.co.in

CommitteeChairpersonMembers
Business Practices & Government RelationsPrasanth KumarAnupriya Acharya, Sam Balsara, Vishandas Hardasani, Kunal Lalani, Shashidhar Sinha
Legal, Taxation &
Constitution
Vishandas HardasaniTanya Goyal, Kunal Lalani, K Srinivas
Client Agency
Reconciliation/
Disputes Committee
Kunal LalaniVishandas Hardasani, Santosh Kumar, C Muthu, Anusha Shetty
Talent, Training &
Professional
Development
Anupriya AcharyaJaydeep R Gandhi, Tapas Gupta, Kartik Sharma, Anusha Shetty, Hephzibah Pathak
Media (Print/TV/
Research)
Sam BalsaraAnupriya Acharya, Kartik Sharma, Shashidhar Sinha
Membership Expansion
Committee
Jaydeep R GandhiKunal Lalani, C Muthu, Tapas Gupta, K Srinivas
Young Creative/Media
Contests
Dheeraj SinhaTapas Gupta, Santosh Kumar, Anusha Shetty, Paritosh Srivastava
Creative GroupAnusha ShettyTanya Goyal, Santosh Kumar, C Muthu, Paritosh Srivastava, Babita Baruah, Hephzibah Pathak
Lifetime Achievement
Award
Jaydeep R GandhiSam Balsara, Anupriya Acharya, Shashidhar Sinha, Prasanth Kumar
GoafestJaydeep R GandhiAnupriya Acharya, Sam Balsara, Kartik Sharma, Anusha Shetty, Shashidhar Sinha, K Srinivas, Prasanth Kumar
Digital Evolution on
Agency Ecosystem
Anusha ShettyAnupriya Acharya, Vishandas Hardasani, Mohit Joshi, Kartik Sharma
ASCI ActivitiesSam BalsaraAnusha Shetty, Shashidhar Sinha, Babita Baruah

President would be ex-officio member of all the committees.

AAAI Members on Joint Committees and Other Industry Bodies (2025-26)

Members of Advertising Council of India (ACI)

Shashidhar Sinha

Prasanth Kumar

AAAI Nominees on Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) Board

Anupriya Acharya

Prasanth Kumar

Committee for Reviewing Programmes and Advertising Codes, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

Srinivasan K Swamy

Prasanth Kumar

Tanya Goyal

Anusha Shetty

BIS – Technical Committee: Advertising Standards

Sam Balsara

Tanya Goyal

Santosh Kumar

Tapas Gupta

Mr. M. H. Broom

1945-49

Mr. Jagan Nath Jaini

1949-50

Mr. D. H. McGill

1950-51

Mr. A. M. Patel

1951-52

Mr. W. F. Dyer

1952-53

Mr. E. J. Feilden

1953-55

Mr. S. K. Bose

1955-57

Mr. A. M. Patel

1956-58

Mr. J. Kurien

1958-59

Mr. R. F. Hardcastle

1958-59

Mr. H. N. Robinson

1959-60

Mr. S. N. Banerjee

1959-61

Mr. A. K. Gupta

1961

Mr. Harish C. Jain

1961-62

Mr. S. N. Banerjee

1962-63

Mr. I. Premnarayen

1963-65

Mr. R. Ahmed

1965-67

Mr. J. Chakravarthy

1967-69

Mr. A. S. Peerbhoy

1969-71

Mr. Bhasker B. Mundkur

1971-72

Mr. J. L. Mainthia

1972-74

Mr. P. Sanyal

1974-75

Mr Kailash C. Jain

1975-76

Mrs. N. V. Wadia

1976-77

Mr. S. Ghosal

1977-79

Mr. Ahmed Ibrahim

1979-80

Mr. S. R. Ayer

1980-82

Mr. R. K. Swamy

1982-84

Mr. R. C. B. Pereira

1984

Mrs. Tara Sinha

1984-85

Mr. Avinash Jain

1985-86

Mr. Bal Mundkur

1986-88

Mr K. Premnarayen

1988-89

Mr. M. K. Khanna

1989-90

Mr. Goutam Rakshit

1994-95

Diwan Arun Nanda

1992-94

Mr. Goutam Rakshit

1994-95

Mr. Anil Kapoor

1995-97

Mr. Ram Sehgal

1997-99

Diwan Arun Nanda

1999-2000

Mr. Ramesh Narayan

2000-2002

Mr. Sam Balsara

2002-2004

Mr. Srinivasan K Swamy

2004-2007

Mr. Madhukar Kamath

2007-2009

Mr. Colvyn Harris

2009-2010

Mr. Nagesh Alai

2010-2012

Mr Arvind Sharma

2012-14

Dr M G Parameswaran

2014-2016

Mr. Nakul Chopra

2016-2018

Mr. Ashish Bhasin

2018-2020

Ms Anupriya Acharya

2020-22

Mr. Prasanth Kumar

2022- 2025