Arvind Sharma, Chairman & CEO of India Subcontinent, Leo Burnett (TLG India Pvt Ltd), was elected President of Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for the year 2012-2013 at its Annual General Body Meeting held today. M G Parameswaran, Executive Director & CEO-Mumbai, Draftfcb+Ulka Advertising Pvt Ltd, was elected Vice-President of the Association.

Other elected members of the Executive Committee for the ensuing year:

Ganesh Baliga                   Fifth Estate Communications Pvt Ltd

Ashish Bhasin                   Aegis Media India Pvt Ltd

Nakul Chopra                    Publicis Communications Pvt Ltd

Tanya Goyal                     Dentsu Marcom Pvt Ltd

Kunal Lalani                    Crayons Advertising Ltd

Vinod Nair                      Network Advertising Pvt Ltd

Pranav Premnarayen Prem  Associates Advertising & Marketing

Sridhar Ramasubramanian   Matrix Publicities and Media India Pvt Ltd

Vikram Sakhuja            Group M Media India Pvt Ltd

Umesh Shrikhande             Contract Advertising (India) Pvt Ltd

Srinivasan K Swamy           R K SWAMY BBDO Pvt Ltd

Immediate Past President, Nagesh Alai, Director, Interface Communications Pvt Ltd, will be the ex-officio member of the new AAAI Executive Committee.

The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) is the official, national organisation of advertising agencies, formed to promote their industry interests so that they continue to make an essential and ever-increasing contribution to the nation. The AAAI today is truly representative, with a very large number of small, medium and large-sized agencies as its members, who together account for almost 80% of the advertising business placed in the country.