About Us

Madison World is a diversified Communications Group founded in 1988 that today boasts of 25 Business Units across 11 specialized functions of Creative & Strategy, Media, Business Analytics, Digital, Outdoor, Activation, Events, PR, Retail, Entertainment and Sports. The Group employs over 1,250 communication professionals across offices in India. Madison World has a gross billing of about Rs 4,000 crores.

our Vision

Our vision is simply to be the best Communications Agency by using our insights, experience, expertise, creativity, environment knowledge and business sense to increase our clients' profits in a sustainable way.

We will achieve this by:

our Values

What makes Madison unique and binds all Madisonites across units together are the Madison Values:

Leadership

Our dynamic teams comprising of over 1250 communication professionals,
are led by some of the Industry’s most revered personalities.

  • SAM BALSARA

    SAM BALSARA

    Chairman

    Madison World

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  • VIKRAM SAKHUJA

    VIKRAM SAKHUJA

    Partner & Group CEO

    Madison Media & OOH

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  • LARA BALSARA VAJIFDAR

    LARA BALSARA VAJIFDAR

    Executive Director

    Madison World

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  • VANITA KESWANI

    VANITA KESWANI

    CEO

    Madison Media Sigma

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  • Amol Dighe

    Amol Dighe

    CEO

    Investments & Business Development

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  • DINESH RATHOD

    DINESH RATHOD

    CEO

    Madison Media Omega

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  • VISHAL CHINCHANKAR

    VISHAL CHINCHANKAR

    CEO

    Madison Digital and Madison Media Alpha

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  • NAGARAJ

    NAGARAJ

    Chief Strategy & Analytics Officer

    Madison Media

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  • Abhik Banerjee

    Abhik Banerjee

    Chief Operating Officer

    Madison Media Infinity & Plus

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  • Vandana Ramakrishna

    Vandana Ramakrishna

    Chief Operating Officer

    Madison Media Ace

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  • Jolene Fernandes Solanki

    Jolene Fernandes Solanki

    Chief Operating Officer

    Madison Media Ultra

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  • VINAY HEGDE

    VINAY HEGDE

    Chief Buying Officer

    Madison Media

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  • Dipankar Sanyal

    Dipankar Sanyal

    CEO

    Platinum Outdoor & MRP

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  • Jayesh Yagnik

    Jayesh Yagnik

    CEO

    MOMS

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  • Sunny Vohra

    Sunny Vohra

    CEO

    Madison Turnt & Anugrah Madison

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  • Abhinav Srivastava

    Abhinav Srivastava

    CEO

    Madison PR

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Sam has around 45 years of experience in marketing, advertising and media. Before setting up Madison in 1988, he spent 16 years working across companies like Sarabhai’s, Cadbury, Contract and Mudra. He has been rated the most influential person in media by The Economic Times Brand Equity Ad Agency Reckoner since the inception of the report. He is also the recipient of the AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award.

Contact SAM BALSARA at

An IIT Delhi and IIM Kolkata alumni, Vikram has over 28 years experience in Marketing (P&G, Coca Cola), Media (Star TV) and Advertising (Group M, Maxus). Some of his previous positions include - Global CEO, Maxus Worldwide based in New York; Group Strategic Director, Group M, London and Managing Director/CEO, Mindshare, South Asia. He has been on the shortlist thrice for Impact Person of the Year and was also part of Mumbai’s 50 most influential people by DNA in 2007.

Contact VIKRAM SAKHUJA at

Lara completed her Masters in Marketing from Bristol in UK and joined Madison in 2004 as a Management Trainee.  Having worked across Madison’s various functions, she has played a pivotal role in diversifying the Group into newer areas of Communication. She is also in charge of organization building.

Contact LARA BALSARA VAJIFDAR at

Vanita started her media career with Madison 24 years ago. Today, she heads a diverse portfolio of marquee brands in the Mumbai office ranging from McDonald’s, Ceat to Blue Star, Indian Oil and Lodha, among others. She has been ranked amongst the Top 50 most influential women in Media in the country by Impact Magazine.

 

Contact VANITA KESWANI at

Amol Dighe has worked with companies like Mindshare, Unilever, Star TV, Amagi and CA Media among others. With 22 years of experience across agency, client, broadcast and content companies, Amol joined Madison Media in April 2019 as CEO. Amol heads investments and new business for Madison Media Group.

Contact Amol Dighe at

Dinesh has over 20 years of experience in media having worked with agencies like Starcom MediaVest and Mudra before joining Madison. Dinesh joined Madison 6 years ago as the head of the Agency’s Bengaluru office, which today looks after Titan, TVS, Acer, Xiaomi, Sri Sri Tattva, Nestaway and several others.

 

Contact DINESH RATHOD at

Vishal has over 20 years of experience in the digital space having held agency & marketing roles in companies like Group M, Mediaturf and Reliance Group. He is a passionate Digital Marketer and an active speaker in Digital Marketing forums like Ad-tech, Nasscom, IAMAI and B-schools. Vishal has won multiple awards including 'STAR YOUTH ACHIEVER AWARD' & 'DIGITAL MARKETER OF THE YEAR'. 

Contact VISHAL CHINCHANKAR at

Nagaraj is passionate about driving outcomes for advertisers by using his diverse experience across technology, strategic media planning, and analytics. He has been associated with Madison for nearly twenty years across different functions. During his stint with GroupM, he was solution architect with their analytics specialist unit.

Contact NAGARAJ at

Abhik has overall 17 years of experience and joined Madison Media in 2012. Over the years, he has played a key role in Madison Media’s Mumbai office to lead accounts such as Asian Paints, Abbott and Leibherr, amongst others. He has been responsible for making his clients win several awards including Client of the Year!

Contact Abhik Banerjee at

Vandana is a media and communication planning specialist with over 22 years of experience, in India and international markets and is well-versed with offline and the digital ecosystem. She has successfully delivered measurable marketing campaigns with the best-in-class media strategies for product launches while also positioning brands for success. She has been with Madison for over 10 years and today heads the Agency’s Kolkata office along with her clients in Mumbai.

Contact Vandana Ramakrishna at

Jolene has overall 19 years of experience and joined Madison Media in 2016. Over the years, she has played a key role in Madison Media’s Mumbai office and leads clients such as Marico, Bajaj Electricals, amongst others.

Contact Jolene Fernandes Solanki at

Vinay has over 25 years of experience having worked at Mindshare Fulcrum for over 10 years, where he handled buying for the Unilever business. He has also worked with Disney as Director, Revenue Strategy, in addition to having worked at Starcom, HTA and Percept.

Contact VINAY HEGDE at

Dipankar has been in the OOH industry for over two decades, having worked with some of the leading agencies in the advertising industry like RK Swamy BBDO, Zenith OptiMedia, Portland and Selvel Vantage Group. He has been associated with Madison for the last 13 years, where he oversaw and managed client-relationships across categories. Some of his marquee brands include ITC, Coca Cola, TATA Docomo, Essel Group and Tata Motors. Under his leadership, MOMS planned and executed the BJP OOH campaign across 8 states. He then took over & turned around Platinum into a sharper, result-oriented award-winning agency in the last 2 years.

Contact Dipankar Sanyal at

Jayesh, with over 18 years of domain experience, started his career with MOMS and eventually grew into the role of heading the organisation nationally. He has worked with clients across categories including Asian Paints, Raymonds, OPPO, Kotak Bank, India Bulls, Bandhan Bank, Godrej, Marico, Pidilite, Toyota, and many others.

Contact Jayesh Yagnik at

Sunny Vohra can best be described as an innovative go-getter who strives to deliver on his promises. He is a leading 'through-the-line practioner' with as many as 14 years experience in the field. His expertise spans across all areas of BTL- Events, Activation, Retail, Rural, Radio, and Integrated Marketing campaigns. He has worked in national and multi-national agencies. In his last role he was Head, Experiential Marketing for Mindshare and Team1 (a unit of GroupM and Geometry Global Encompass), responsible for national growth and expansion of the business.

Contact Sunny Vohra at

A true PR professional, Abhinav has worked in PR agencies and internal and external communications for over 21 years. Having managed corporate reputation programs for some of the world's most recognized brands and businesses, he has profound understanding of multiple consumer market mechanisms. In his previous roles, he has been part of leadership teams at SPG Group, Avian WE, Edelman India, Comma Consulting and Rediffusion DYR.

Contact Abhinav Srivastava at

Milestones

A snapshot of our eventful 35-year old journey.

  • 1988:

    March 21, 1988: Began with Godrej & Nelco accounts.

  • 1989:

    Launched Cinthol Lime which made a phenomenal impact in marketplace with 5.3% market share in premium market in first month.

  • 1993:

    Grew steadily, increasing seven-fold billings in 5 years.

  • 1994:

    Tied-up with DMB&B. Added P&G brands Vicks & Whisper. Moved Whisper's share from 27% to 47% despite premium pricing, making it market leader.

  • 1995:

    Added Philips DAP account.

    March 1995:

    Won Buying AOR of P&G.

  • 1996:

    Adopted Concept of Unitisation.

    March 1996:

    Won Buying AOR of Tata Tea.

    October 1996:

    Won Coke Buying AOR.

  • 1997:

    Won Buying AOR of Godrej.

  • January 1998:

    Madison Media opens in Delhi.

    March 1998:

    Outdoor company called Out- Sel started.

    April 1998:

    Rural unit, Anugrah Madison begun.

    August 1998:

    Madison Media opens in Bangalore with BPL Group AOR.

  • March 1999:

    Retained Coke AOR in pitch and won planning.

    April 1999:

    Lost Cinthol creative account.

    July 1999:

    Parted company with DMB&B.

    July 1999:

    Vicks & Whisper accounts moved out because of parting with DMB&B.

  • January 2000:

    Retained P&G Buying AOR.

    April 2000:

    PR Unit starts independent operations.

    May 2000:

    Won Maruti (TV) AOR, Perfetti van Melle AOR, Godrej planning AOR.

    August 2000:

    Madison Media Research Centre starts operations.

  • May 2001:

    New Outdoor unit - MOMS commences operations as independent company. Wins ZEE TV, VIP, Delsey and HBO.

    September 2001:

    Madison Creative commences operations in Delhi.

    2001-02:

    PR wins Sify, TBZ, Swagelok accounts among others; PR network expanded to Indore, Chandigarh, Pune.

  • January 2002:

    Lost Tata Tea AOR because of Tata Group consolidation.

    February 2002:

    Madison Media won ESSEL/ Playwin /Zee AOR.

    April 2002:

    Merchandising unit (MMS) commences operations as independent company. Wins business of Airtel, Samsung & Shaw Wallace.

  • Madison Creative wins Red Bull account.

    Madison Media wins Kotak Mahindra, Asian Paints, Cadbury AOR

  • April 2004:

    Brand Equity ranks Madison Media as the second best Media Planning and Buying agency.

    June 2004:

    Media wins Airtel AOR. 
    Anugrah opens office in Mumbai.

    Aug 2004:

    Madison Dream Year launched. 
    New in-film unit (MATES) starts operations. 
    Merchandising unit re-branded as Madison Retail Paradigm.

  • May 2005:

    Madison Media becomes India’s Most Admired Media Agency, according to the Brand Equity Ad Agency Reckoner 2005.

    June 2005:

    Sam Balsara nominated on Media Jury at International Advertising Festival, Cannes 2005.

    Oct - Dec 2005:

    MATES starts celebrity management division, signs on Akshay Kumar.

    Madison PR starts Media Training Capsule and Design Cell.

  • June 2006:

    Madison Media becomes the first Media agency to bring home not one but two Cannes Media Lions Awards for work done on Cadbury and P&G.

    December 2006:

    Events take Madison International; Madison invests in Thai Events Company Penada.

  • January 2007:

    Madison starts second Outdoor Agency - PLATINUM OUTDOOR.

    October 2007:

    Madison acquires a stake in Professional Management Group, India's first Sports Marketing Company founded by Sunil Gavaskar; marking an entry into Sports Management.

    November 2007:

    Madison Media ranked No.1 Media Agency again by Brand Equity Ad Agency Reckoner 2007!

  • March 08:

    Madison Media starts operations in Sri Lanka and wins Airtel and Britannia accounts.

    April 08:

    Sam Balsara acquires a majority stake in WPP's Mediacom operations in India and Mediacom wins P&G's media planning and buying business.

    July 08:

    Madison announces the launch of second Media Agency PLATINUM MEDIA; to commence operations in the last quarter of 2008.

  • Feb 09:

    Madison World announces the launch of PLATINUM PR.

    April 09:

    Madison World wins at Festival of Media Awards, Valencia – Best Communication Strategy for BBC World Service Trust, Condoms Campaign.

    June 09:

    Madison Media wins 1 Bronze Media Lion Award at Cannes for BBC World Service Trust, Condoms Campaign under Best Use of Mixed Media.

  • Madison World brings Trevor Beattie to India, launches a 50-50 JV with Trevor Beattie's BMB to launch BMB in India.

    MOMS launches IES – Integrated Experiential Solutions.

    Madison World launches new media brand CREST to handle ITC media planning and buying AOR.

    Madison World launches Madison Business Analytics and Madison Digital

  • PMG signs up Abhinav Bindra for Sports Celebrity Management and MATES signs up John Abraham.

    Madison World evolves a 4 pillar strategy of: Automation, Ideation, Digitilization, Diversity.

    Anugrah Madison celebrates its 25th Anniversary and launches AMRA - Anugrah Madison Rural Academy

  • Gautam Kiyawat joins Madison Media Group as CEO.

    Paresh Chaudhry joins Madison PR as CEO; Veena Gidwani retires after twelve years of driving growth at Madison.

    Raj Nair joins BMB as Chief Creative Officer.

    Madison Media wins Grand Emvie, Media Client of the Year for Cadbury and 8 Golds , 5 Silvers and 2 Bronze.

    Madison PR wins Glaxo Smith Kline, Games 24X7.com, Garuda Food, Hilton, Hygienic Research Institute and Star CJ, Sketchers, Grover Wines accounts.

    Madison PR starts office in Hyderabad.

  • Sam Balsara wins IAA Leadership award for Media Agency Head of the Year.

    MADISON WORLD celebrates its Silver Jubilee on March 21, 2013.

    Madison PR awarded 'PR Agency of the Year 2013'.

    Madison World starts The Football Edge, a JV with Noomi Mehta and Baichung Bhutia.

  • Madison Media ranked no.2 Media Agency in Brand Equity for the 5th year.

    Madison PR wins 'Company of the Year' award at the CMO Asia Awards.

    Madison Media helps BJP get landslide victory in General Elections.

    Madison Media wins Radio Media Agency of the Year at Golden Mikes 2014.

  • Madison Media wins Print Media Agency of Year at E4M Ink Awards 2015.

    Madison Media wins E4M, Media Ace Award’s Media Agency of the Year.

    Vikram Sakhuja joins Madison as Partner and Group CEO Media and OOH.

    Madison Media brings home India’s only GOLD from Festival of Media, Asia-Pacific Award for Saffolalife World Heart Day.

    Madison Media Wins Agency of the Year & 4 Golds, 4 Silvers & 2 Bronze at Golden Mikes Award 2015.

  • Madison Media wins the accounts of LeEco, NACO, Allanasons (Sunny Cooking Oil, London Dairy Ice-cream), Gopaljee Dairy, RBL Bank, CP Plus Security, Kolte Patil and Shobha Developers. We also won back Dixcy (Hosiery) and IDFC.

    Platinum Outdoor wins Tata Motors Outdoor Media AOR.

    Madison PR wins Asian Paints, Crompton, Milton, Fortis Hospitals, Indigo, IMT, Zivame, Coty/Wella and Mymobilewallet.

    Madison Media wins Radio Media Agency of the Year for the 3rd consecutive year.

    Madison BMB wins agency of the Year at Ink Awards 2016

  • Madison World relaunches its experiential marketing unit – Madison TURNT.

    Madison Media enters Bangladesh market with an affiliation agreement with local agency - Mediacom.

    Madison World acquires majority stake in Brandcomm PR.

    Madison Media acquires majority stake in performance management digital specialist agency - Hiveminds.

    Madison BMB wins businesses for Sri Sri Tattva and MEE Eco Energy

  • Raj Nair gets invited to be the jury at Asia Pac AdFest.

    Madison BMB wins businesses for Sleek Kitchens, IIFL, Reliance Grocery among others.

  • Madison Media wins BJP National Election Campaign 2019 and Maharashtra Election Campaign 2019

    Madison Media wins back Marico Media AOR

    Madison Media launches DATASK its own data driven marketing and insights platform

  • Madison Media amongst the Top 5 Independent Agencies of the World according to Recma

    Madison Turnt launches virtual digital platform, Uplive

    Madison Turnt assists ITC to enter the Guinness Book of World Record by hosting a Virtual Gala Night for its Retailer Partners on Uplive Platform

  • Madison Digital acquires Kolkata Digital Agency Crows Nest

    Madison Media tops Recma and Comvergence New Business Charts for 2020

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