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Objectives

The ASCI Academy is a flagship program of the Advertising Standards Council of India to build the capacity of all stakeholders in creating responsible and progressive advertising. ASCI Academy aims to raise standards of advertising content through training, education, outreach, and research on the preventive aspects of advertising self-regulation. Be it advertisers, agencies, industry bodies, educational institutions, consumer bodies, government and research and insight organisations, all are joining hands to create a more responsible future!

Vision

The Academy aims to create an advertising ecosystem that takes responsibility, as seriously as it does creativity

Mission

  • To enable all stakeholders to have a better understanding of their rights, roles and responsibilities with regard to advertising
  • To support a constant engagement of stakeholders with the preventive and proactive aspects of self-regulation in advertising through training and research

We are grateful to the following corporates for their generous contributions to establish ASCI Academy

The ASCI Academy councils comprise senior and experienced stakeholders who provide guidance and direction to the programs of the Academy

Apex Council

Chandan Mukherji

Sr. Vice President & Director, Nestle

Karthi Marshan

Principal, Marshan.Ink (Invitee)

Nitin Saini

Vice President Marketing, Mondelez

Partha Sinha

President Response, Bennett Coleman & ASCI Board Representative

Ruchira Jaitly

CMO, Diageo India

Shri Vikram Sahay (Invitee)

Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

Srinandan Sundaram

Executive Director, Hindustan Unilever

Subhash Kamath

Special Invitee

Vertical Council

Each vertical will spearhead activities tailored to a specific audience. The Council members will provide strategic guidance and counsel for the activities with their individual expertise and experience.

Apoorva Bapna

Chief Culture Officer, WPP (Invitee)

Arnab Roy

VP & Marketing Head, The Coca-Cola Company

Dhruv Chitgopekar

Co-Founder, Big Bang Social (Invitee)

Kamal Batra

Director, Learning Services OpenText Inc. (Invitee)

Lipika Kumaran

Senior VP, Futurebrands (Invitee)

Om Jha

Director, Media, Mktg, Partnerships, Pepsico

Prabha Narasimhan

Managing Director, Colgate Palmolive India Ltd.

P.N. Vasanti

Director General, Centre for Media Studies (Invitee)

Several organisations and academic institutions have come together to support ASCI Academy and the agenda for responsible advertising

Academic Institutions

Knowledge & Research Organisations

Consumer Organisations

Industry Associates

Namrata Bachani

Director- ASCI Academy

Shruti Sen Diwan

Senior Manager- Alliances and Outreach

Hilda Macwan

Senior Manager- Thought Leadership and Events