India increased its shortlist tally at Spikes Asia 2026 to 76, by adding 43 shortlists across nine categories on 10 March.
Leo continued to dominate the tally by adding 14 shortlists across these categories.

Creative Strategy

All four Indian shortlists in this category were for Leo. It received two each for Sting's 'Unofficial Sound of F1' and 'Project Early Periods' for Whisper Sanitary Napkins.

Design 

India received a total of five shortlists in this category. 22feet Tribal Worldwide got three of them, two of which were for Godawan 173 Collector's Edition for Diageo. The other shortlist was for Battleground Mobile India's 'The Great Indian Wedding'.

Ogilvy got a shortlist for Amazon's 'Box to Beds' entry, as did Juice for Air India Express' 'Inglish Dictionary'.

Film Craft

India got a total of 12 shortlists in this category, the highest-scoring so far.

Studio Zuno got three for 'Tree to Treat' for Naturals Ice Cream. The same entry entered by Subhajit Mukheree was also shortlisted. 

Fundamental got two for WhatsApp's 'Baatan Hi Baatan Mein' as did Mothership for Sleepycat's 'Slap Facial'. Studio Eeksaurus also earned two shortlists for Centre For Pastoralism's 'Desi Oon'.

Bang Bang Mediacorp and Hungry Films got a shortlist each for Flipkart's 'Sa Sa Le Le' and St. Jude India Childcare Centres' 'Renu Vs The City' respectively.

Gaming

22Feet Tribal Worldwide got India's only shortlist for Battleground Mobile India's 'The Great In-Game Wedding'.

Healthcare

Lowe Lintas got three shortlists for Alkem Laboratories' 'Dawai Reader'. 

Leo got two - one each for Acko 'Tailor' and Whisper's 'Project Early Periods'.

Ogilvy and Hungry Films got one each for Tata Eye Plus' 'Ek Tara' and St Jude India Childcare Centres 'Renu vs The City'.

Media

Dentsu Creative (Garuda Raksha - DSP Mutual Funds), Leo (The Unofficial Sound of F1 - Sting), and Saatchi & Saatchi (Hero Prayers for Safety - Hero Motocorp) earned a shortlist each.

Music

Ogilvy and Mothership got a shortlist each for Taj Mahal Tea's 'Chai Bansuri - The Tea Flute' and Johnson Baby's 'Golden Minute'.

PR 

Leo's 'The Unoffical Sound of F1' got two shortlists for Sting.

Social & Creator

Leo got five shortlists in this category.  Three of these were for Sting's 'The Unofficial Sound of F1', and two for Lenovo's 'Games on Duty'.

BBH India got a shortlist for Garnier's 'Bassi vs Garnier'.

TBWA\ India also was among the shortlists for Apple's 'Shifting Shapes'.

Winners will be revealed on 12 March in Singapore.

Also read:

Spikes Asia 2026: 31 more shortlists for India

Spikes Asia 2026: Two shortlists for India