Good Ads Matter Awards 2026: First set of jurors announced

The early bird deadline for the award entries extended to 6 March.

Manifest Media Staff

Mar 4, 2026, 10:47 am

The awards are scheduled to be held on 29 May in Mumbai

The organisers of the Good Ads Matter Awards have announced the first set of jurors.

Entries for the awards are currently open with the early bird pricing available now available till 6 March. Manifest continues as the knowledge partner for the second edition of the awards.

The jurors for the 'Culture and Collab' category are:

  • Dolly Singh, creator, actor, and Storyteller
  • Mayur Hola, vice president - brand, Swiggy
  • Neville Shah, chief creative officer, Kinnect
  • PG Aditiya, co-founder and chief creative officer, Talented.Agency
  • Rekha Rane, marketing director - film and series, Netflix India
  • Roshan Abbas, entrepreneur, former TV and radio host, founder, Kommune India
  • Sahiba Bali, actor, marketeer, sports presenter

The sub-categories for this category include:

  • GenZ Culture Code
  • Best Use of Celebrity
  • Best Use of Influencer
  • Best Use of User-Generated Content
  • Branded Content

The jurors for production design are:

  • Anupam Mishra, director and founder, Belief Films
  • Carol Ozzi, production designer, Brazil 
  • Kousik Sarkar, director and founder, Kitchen.Video
  • Lucie Libotte, production designer, France
  • Satchith Paulose, cinematographer
  • Vinita Chaitanya, interior designer and founder, Prism

Subcategories for production design include:

  • Best Production Design
  • Creative Use of Budget

The jurors for print are:

Aparajita Biswas, head - marketing, The Hindu Group 
Ashish Khazanchi, managing partner, Enormous Brands
Bhupal Ramnathkar, founder and managing director, Umbrella Design
Felicity Fellows, co-founder and chief strategy officer, Stan Group and founder, Stan Paris, France
Geet Nazir, managing director, Landor
Lewis Blackwell, director, Lürzer's Archive, and chief executive officer, Cresta Awards, UK
Prashant Godbole, founder and creative director, Ideas@Work Advertising
Swati Bhattacharya, brand whisperer, storyteller, culture nudger

Subcategories include:

  • Press Advertising
  • Outdoor Advertising
  • Topical Advertising
  • Use of Humour in Advertising
  • Use of AI
  • Innovation
  • Ambient & Point of Purchase
  • Best Writing
  • Best Art Direction
  • Social Impact

The jury for the 'Casting and Performance' category is:

  • Devaiah Bopanna, co-founder, Moonshot
  • Kani Kusruti, actor
  • Mahesh Gharat, director, Hungry Films
  • Mona Singh, actor
  • Nandini Shrikent, casting director 
  • Richa Chadha, actor

Subcategories include:

  • Best casting
  • Best performance - male
  • Best performance - female
  • Best performance - LGBTQIA+
  • Best voice-over

The title sponsor for this edition of the awards is invideo, while Morphic is the co-sponsor.

Source: MANIFEST MEDIA

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