IFA Awardees 2025

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing & Promotions Campaign of the Year: Festival Sales

Received by:

Abhishek Raj, COO and Tarun Kumar, Regional Operations Head – South, Lacoste India

Presented by:

Sadique Ahmed Mohammed, Founder & CEO, Pathfi nder

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing & Promotions Campaign of the Year: Festival Sales

Received by:

Smridhi Arya, Brand Manager, Taneira

Presented by:

Sadique Ahmed Mohammed, Founder & CEO, Pathfi nder

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing & Promotions Campaign of the Year: Multi-Media

Received by:

Vivek Sandhwar, COO and Utsaa Roy, Director Marketing, Being Human Clothing and team

Presented by:

Sadique Ahmed, Mohammed, Founder & CEO, Pathfi nder

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing & Promotions Campaign of the Year: Multi-Media

Received by:

Jiten Mahendra, Chief Marketing Officer, Shoppers Stop & team

Presented by:

Sadique Ahmed, Mohammed, Founder & CEO, Pathfi nder

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing & Promotions Campaign of the Year: Digital/ Social Media - Winner

Received by:

Lakshmi Subramaniam Murugesh, Head- Innovation & Product Development, Zivame

Presented by:

Ajay Rao, Founder & CEO, Emiza

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing & Promotions Campaign of the Year: Digital/ Social Media - RUNNER UP

Received by:

Bhavin Devpuria, Head of Marketing- IN & LK and Shruti Pawaskar, Brand Manager -IN & LK, Triumph

Presented by:

Ajay Rao, Founder & CEO, Emiza

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing & Promotions Campaign of the Year: Digital/ Social Media - RUNNER UP

Received by:

Abdus Samad, Founder & CEO, Sam & Marshall

Presented by:

Ajay Rao, Founder & CEO, Emiza

IMAGES Most Admired Marketing & Promotions Campaign of the Year: Celebrity Endorsement

Received by:

Harish Ramaswamy, GM - Marketing, Flying Machine & team

Presented by:

Shailesh Chaturvedi, MD & CEO, Arvind Fashions Ltd.

IMAGES Most Admired Experiential Store Design of the Year

Received by:

Mayank Mohan, Partner & CEO and Prerna Mohan, Head Retail Design & VM, Mohanlal Sons

Presented by:

Rishi Suri, Business Development Director (South Asia), The LYCRA Company

IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Market Expansion - For New Market Penetration

Received by:

Uplaksh Tewary, CBO; Abhinav Dogra, GM- Sales Retail Ops. and Gaurav Sharma, CMO, Campus Shoes

Presented by:

Rishi Suri, Business Development Director (South Asia) and R Thiruvengadam, Commercial Director South Asia, The LYCRA Company

IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Market Expansion - For Store Count Augmentation

Received by:

Tapapriyo Maitra, Business Lead, Fashion World

Presented by:

Rishi Suri, Business Development Director (South Asia) and R Thiruvengadam, Commercial Director South Asia, The LYCRA Company

IMAGES Most Admired Retailer of the Year: Market Expansion - For Trading Density Growth

Received by:

Uplaksh TewaryTeam Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein

Presented by:

Rishi Suri, Business Development Director (South Asia) and R Thiruvengadam, Commercial Director South Asia, The LYCRA Company

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Innovation of the Year: Visual Merchandising

Received by:

Kapil Yadav, Vice President - Visual Merchandising and Footwear & Accessories, Louis Philippe

Presented by:

Rima Reji, General Manager - Leasing, Lulu Malls

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Innovation of the Year: Product Design - For Product Design

Received by:

Harita Choudhary Kaul, Chief Product Offi cer, United Colors of Benetton & team

Presented by:

Meghna Apparao, Director - E-commerce & Retail, Meta India

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Innovation of the Year: Product Design - For Technical Product

Received by:

Nisha Gulati , VP- Business, Mahina

Presented by:

Meghna Apparao, Director - E-commerce & Retail, Meta India

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Innovation of the Year: Visual Merchandising

Received by:

Hemamalini Padmanabhan, CEO & Founder, Seven Sarees

Presented by:

Atul Ujagar, Former MD, Nike Sourcing, India and Sri Lanka

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Innovation of the Year: Buying Strategies

Received by:

Rajesh Seth, Business Head and Deepak Dobhal, Regional Head – Karnataka, Style Union

Presented by:

Anuradha Chandrashekhar & Kanika Vohra, CoFounders, ICH Creative

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Innovation of the Year: Innovative Use of Sustainable Fabrics

Received by:

Vivek Jain, Vice President – Retail and Utsaa Roy, Director Marketing, Being Human Clothing & team

Presented by:

Anuradha Chandrashekhar & Kanika Vohra, Co-Founders, ICH Creative

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Innovation of the Year: Innovative Use of Sustainable Fabrics

Received by:

Team R|Elan™

Presented by:

Anuradha Chandrashekhar & Kanika Vohra, Co-Founders, ICH Creative

IMAGES Most Admired No-barrier Fashion Innovation of the Year: Adaptive Fashion Design

Received by:

Lakshmi Subramaniam Murugesh, Head- Innovation and Product Development, Zivame

Presented by:

Jermina Menon, Brand & Marketing Strategist, Bhartiya Urban Pvt. Ltd. and Smita Bhatia, Business Consultant, Third Eyesight

IMAGES Most Admired No-barrier Fashion Innovation of the Year: Adaptive Fashion Design

Received by:

Mehul Kumar Pancholi, Co-Founder & Chief Experimentation Offi cer, Multifly Lifestyle

Presented by:

Jermina Menon, Brand & Marketing Strategist, Bhartiya Urban Pvt. Ltd. and Smita Bhatia, Business Consultant, Third Eyesight

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Innovation of the Year: Pioneering Use of Fashion Technology

Received by:

Nitin Kapoor, CEO & Co-Founder, Moomaya

Presented by:

Ankit Mahajan, Sales Head, Wooqer Nominees: Aquarelle India, CIEL Group P

IMAGES Most Admired CRM Initiative of the Year:

Received by:

Lakshmi Subramaniam Murugesh, Head- Innovation and Product Development, Zivame

Presented by:

Jermina Menon, Brand & Marketing Strategist, Bhartiya Urban Pvt. Ltd. and Smita Bhatia, Business Consultant, Third Eyesight

IMAGES Most Admired ESG Initiative of the Year

Received by:

Vivek Sandhwar, COO, Being Human Clothing

Presented by:

Navin Joshua, Founder & Director, GreenHonchos

IMAGES Most Admired Brand Debut of the Year

Received by:

Sandeep Shah, General Manager - Brand Lead and Anirban Chakraborty, Sr. Brand Manager, Max URB_N & team

Presented by:

Nikhil Bhel, CEO- Food & Fashion and Lokesh Chopra, COO - Fashion, IMAGES Group

IMAGES Most Admired Concept Store Launch of the Year

Received by:

Akhil KV, Creative Head, Sai Silks Kalamandir Ltd.

Presented by:

Nikhil Bhel, CEO- Food & Fashion and Lokesh Chopra, COO - Fashion, IMAGES Group

IMAGES Most Admired Concept Store Launch of the Year

Received by:

Shyam S Prasad, CEO, Brand Studio Lifestyle Pvt. Ltd.

Presented by:

Nikhil Bhel, CEO- Food & Fashion and Lokesh Chopra, COO - Fashion, IMAGES Group

IMAGES Most Admired Flagship Store Launch of the Year - For EBO’s

Received by:

Vivek Jain, VP- Retail, Being Human Clothing & team

Presented by:

Nikhil Bhel, CEO- Food & Fashion and Lokesh Chopra, COO - Fashion, IMAGES Group

IMAGES Most Admired Flagship Store Launch of the Year - For MBO’s

Received by:

Akash Kumar, VM Head, Neha Jaiswal, Senior Brand Manager and Somreeta Ghosh, VM Creative Lead, Lifestyle

Presented by:

Nikhil Bhel, CEO- Food & Fashion and Lokesh Chopra, COO - Fashion, IMAGES Group

Forum IMAGES Business of Fashion Leader of the Year

Received by:

Vishak Kumar, CEO, Madura Fashion & Lifestyle, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd.

Presented by:

Muhammad Ali, CEO, Forum Malls, Prestige Group

Being Human Awards

Yoda Animal Wellness

Being Human Awards - Animal Rescue

Beach Warriors

Being Human Awards - Beach Cleaning

Chetna Organic Agriculture Producer Company Ltd.

Being Human Awards - Fairtrade Farming Practice

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