The Advertising Club re-elects Partho Dasgupta as President for 2020-21

Advertising, marketing and media industry’s apex body- The Advertising Club (TAC) today announced the managing committee for the year 2020-21 at its 66th annual general meeting.

The current President Partho Dasgupta has been re-elected to lead the body. It is believed that under his leadership, in the past one year, TAC has enabled Indian advertising industry to imbibe global best practices, innovate and garner global recognition. Also, he has come out in support of the industry in these unprecedented times by proactively refunding entry fees for the ABBY Awards 2020.  

Vikram Sakhuja will continue as a member of the managing committee as the immediate past President for the ensuing year.  

Speaking about his re-appointment as President, TAC, Partho Dasgupta said,“It has been an honor to serve and be re-elected as the President of one of the most prestigious advertising clubs in the country. I am truly humbled by the faith and trust that my industry peers and seniors have bestowed upon me. This is a difficult year for all of us and I look forward to doing our best for the club in the forthcoming year. As expressed in the beginning of the year, the committee has gone beyond our Marquee events and tried to do new things this year. Initiatives like Leadership Development Programme is something we would like to push forward this year too.” 

The office bearers of The Advertising Club for 2020-2021 are: 

• Partho Dasgupta: President 
• Partha Sinha: Vice President 
• Dr. Bhaskar Das: Secretary   
• Aditya Swamy: Jt. Secretary   
• Shashi Sinha: Treasurer 

The managing committee members include the below industry leaders who will play a decisive role in driving synergies and ensuring the success of all The Advertising Club initiatives: 

• Vikas Khanchandani 
• Pradeep Dwivedi 
• Sonia Huria 
• Mitrajit Bhattacharya 
• Sidharth Rao 
• Punitha Arumugam 
• Raj Nayak 

 Additional below is the list of co-opted industry professionals: 

• Ajay Kakar 
• Rana Barua 
• Sabbas Joseph