The year-ender issue of Manifest is now available to purchase. 

For the lead feature of the issue, we pick six major happenings from 2025 and speak with experts about how they have impacted the advertising, media and marketing industry.

There's a chat with Prasoon Joshi, chairperson - APAC, McCann Worldgroup, CEO and CCO, McCann India, after AAAI announced that he'll be bagging the Lifetime Achievement Award.

After hosting the first gathering of the Cannes Lions' 'See It Be It' in India, we have in-depth coverage from the event, with speakers sharing their learnings.

Harsha Razdan, CEO, South Asia, dentsu, chats about the morale in the team a year after the network was in the news for various reasons including layoffs, sales, CCI raids, and more.

Stan Group's Felicity Fellows, who was in India for the See It Be It event, discussed how big conglomerates will struggle moving forward and why it's a great time to be a young, boutique agency.

In the 'marketer' section, Puneeth Bekal, EVP and CMO, HDFC Securities, reveals how marketers don't need to act serious just because they are operating in the BFSI segment. 

Condé Nast's Sandeep Lodha, and Architectural Digest's Amy Astley, discussed how India's design industry is gaining momentum, on the sidelines of the AD Design Show in Mumbai.

Sahil Shah and Shriram Iyer debate whether long-form print ads are making a comeback and their effectiveness.

There's a special focus on how Adfactors PR and Fortune Kachi Ghani Mustard Oil turned Bengal's monsoon nostalgia into measurable brand momentum.

We analyse how Havas Media India and Magicbricks aim to redefine the home-buying narrative with 'Pata Badlo. Life Badlo' campaign.

Further, Studio Zuno's Harshhik Suraiya, gives us a behind-the-scenes view of Natural Ice Cream's 'Tree to Treat' campaign, and what he's attempting to create at the production house.

In the 'Healthcare and Pharma' section, we cover the Nicholas-Hall Asia-Pacific Conference, with the stand-out quotes from the event. 

Along with our data partner, COMvergence, we reveal the top media agencies in terms of business wins in the first three quarters of the year in India, with an analysis of the Asia Pacific and global markets.

Adyasha Roy Tomar and Ruchi Sharma continue with their monthly columns, while Sarah Thomas features in the 'Her take: Unfiltered' series. 

Vinay Joshi, director-marketing, Indian Sub Continent and Maldives, Brown-Forman India, features in the 'Rapid Fire' series.

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