Cannes Lions 2025: 11 Indians on the jury

Currently there are two Indians listed among the speaker line-up.

Manifest Media Staff

Apr 18, 2025, 1:20 pm

The 12 jurors

The organisers of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity have announced the jurors for the 2024 edition.

India has a total of 12 representatives, which include Josy Paul, chairperson and CCO, BBDO India, as jury president of the 'Social and Creator' category.

The jurors from India are:

  • Brand Experience & Activation Lions: Russell Barrett, chief creative experience officer, TBWA\India
  • Creative Data Lions: Vikram Pandey, chief creative officer, Leo, India
  • Design Lions: Mahima Mathur, creative director, DDB Mudra Group, India
  • Entertainment Lions: Prasoon Joshi, chairperson - APAC, McCann Worldgroup, CEO and CCO, McCann India
  • Entertainment Lions for Music: Harshad Rajadhyaksha, chief creative officer, Ogilvy, India
  • Entertainment Lions for Sport: Murtuza Madraswala, head - marketing, content and communications, NBA, India
  • Glass: The Lion for Change: Harman Dhillon, executive director, beauty and wellbeing, Hindustan Unilever
  • Media Lions: Prasanth Kumar, CEO South Asia, GroupM Media South Asia
  • Outdoor Lions: Pallavi Chakravarti, founder and chief creative officer, Fundamental, India
  • PR Lions: Archana Jain, CEO, PR Pundit Havas Red, India
  • Social & Creator Lions: Mayuresh Dubhashi, chief creative officer, FCB, India

The Indian speakers on the list so far include Josy Paul, Ananya Srikanth Rao, brand director - strategy, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Gurbaksh Singh, chief creative officer and chief innovation officer, Dentsu Creative India.

Source: MANIFEST MEDIA

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