Entries of 24 categories are open for submissions from July 18th till August 31st
July 18th, 2022: The second edition of Velocity Awards organised by CommsNews is now accepting submissions from July 18th till August 31st2022. The awards will acknowledge and celebrate the work of a brand or an organisation or an individual that has used digital mediums for outreach, between April 2021 and March 2022.
The Velocity Awards have 24 sub-categories that recognise the digital work done by professionals, teams, and organisations. These fall under the two main categories.
Best of Digital Awards: There are 18 sub categories that will recognise various facets of digital communication that have been used successfully by entities for their outreach. This section will have three awards – Gold, Silver, Bronze. In addition to a form which needs to be filled in using not more than two pages, entries for this category will have to be supported by an A4 size storyboard that outlines the Objective, Strategy, Idea, Tactic and Result. To make the submission process seamless, read the rules and regulations here.
Team Awards: There are six sub categories under this category that will judge outstanding entities and honour individuals. This will have one award per sub-category. This category requires a form that has four to five questions to be filled. The same can be downloaded from the categories page. No storyboard is required for this category.
The jury has been curated to leverage their experience in order to ensure the awards become the most credible. The jury members, as of now, include 15 Chief Marketing Officers and Chief Digital Officers. The jury is chaired by Anisha Motwani – Independent Brand, Digital & Innovation Consultant, STORM and NORM Ventures. The process of judging will take place through a structured two-stage process, including individual pre-scoring to determine the first shortlist and a virtual Jury Meet on October 11th, 2022.
Papa CJ, a famous comedian and management consultant is our storytelling partner and the anchor of the Awards.
Velocity Awards are supported by Kritical Edge as Marketing Partner; Ants Digital as Technology Partner and PRomise Foundation as Supporting Partner.
Please note : The sponsorship opportunities are open only to those who do not participate in the awards directly or indirectly/The winning entries will get published on the Comms News ‘campaigns’ section.
The Jury :
| S.No | Name | Organisation | Designation |
| 1 | Anuj Bhagia | Head, Digital Marketing & Corporate Communications | Policybazaar.com |
| 2 | Deepti Sampat | Vice President | Vistara |
| 3 | Jasrita Dhir | Head – Brand, Marketing and CSR | Antara Senior Care |
| 4 | Kavita G Rao | CMO | Findability Sciences |
| 5 | Lubna Markar | Director Revenue Marketing, Asia-Pacific & Japan | Forescout Technologies Inc. |
| 6 | Manan Shah | Head of Marketing – India and SAARC | Truecaller |
| 7 | Raka Khashu | Head, Marketing & Communication, India, South East Asia, Middle East & North Africa | CBRE |
| 8 | Rohit Gulati | Director Marketing | Johnson & Johnson |
| 9 | Sandeep Gambhir | Head Marketing and Digital | ICICI Home Finance |
| 10 | Sapangeet Rajwant | Senior President – Marketing | Viacom18 Media Private Limited |
| 11 | Sarika Naik | EVP &Chief Marketing Officer,chairperson Diversity & Inclusion | Capgemini India |
| 12 | Saurabh Khullar | Head – Digital Marketing, Product & CX | TVS Motor |
| 13 | Shagun Seda | Marketing Director | Netflix |
| 14 | Shuvadip Banerjee | Chief Digital Marketing | ITC Ltd |
| 15 | Sushma Bharath | Head – Brand & Partnerships | Hero Vired |
Contact: Hina Issar Huria |Awards Director | director@velocityawards.in | +91-98110 25258
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