DOD 2025
Drivers of Digital Awards and Summit

Imran Qadri

Imran Qadri heads Marketing & PR for the iconic Harley-Davidson brand in Asia Emerging Markets & India region. He is based out of Bangkok, Thailand. He has been associated with Harley-Davidson since April 2019. Apart from India, he oversees Marketing for Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore), South Korea, Taiwan & Hong Kong as well. He has 14 years of Marketing work experience with brands like Hero Honda, Hero MotoCorp, Nissan & H-D. He has donned several hats in his past roles ranging from Marketing Communications, Brand Management, Product Marketing, Category Management, Media Planning & Regional Marketing. He has led teams and agencies deliver with award winning campaigns, launches & content. Recently he was adjudged among Top 40 Nationwide Experts declared by Business Mint for 2022. He was also part of Top 50 Marketing and Communication Leaders in India in 2021 as adjudged by White Page International and among Top 100 in Asia for 2022. He was one of the Social Samosa Top 40 Marketers for the batch of 2019-20 and among Top 25 Content Disruptors in India in 2020 declared by Vidsaga.com. He has been a jury member with many credible advertising & communication forums. An MBA in Marketing from FORE School of Management, Delhi, Imran has a B.E. Mechanical degree from MSRIT, Bangalore, apart from executive leadership & digital marketing certifications from Vanderbilt University & IIM Lucknow, respectively. He is a certified Sports car instructor and has a flair for writing.

Sharmila Sandeep

An MBA in Marketing from PSG Institute of Management. Also holds M.A & M.Phil in Sociology. Sharmila joined Saint-Gobain -Gyproc in 2021 as the Head of Marketing.

Sharmila has 18yrs of Brand and Marketing experience across various industries. Prior to Saint-Gobain, Sharmila led marketing and product management at ICICI Bank, Bisleri, Pidilite, Hatsun Agro, Radio Mirchi & Future group retail. Sharmila has vivid interest and acquired skills in numerous handicrafts, conducts workshops and loves being a swimming coach. She unwinds by watching movies and social networking.

Gaurav Soni

An energetic result oriented Brand, Media and Marketing Strategy enthusiast with over 15 years of experience in leading media organisations. Enjoy conceptualizing & executing innovative integration concepts via a creative, dynamic, & challenging mix of media platforms.

Worked extensively with advertising and media agencies on multimedia marketing approach and consumer and trade centric brand connect advertising solutions.

Specialties:
Corporate Communication, Brand Strategy, Product Marketing, Media strategy, Media Planning/Buying, 360 degree marketing campaign, Pricing, Innovation, Account Planning, Agency Handling, Sales Planning, Research, Customer Insights, Data Analysis, Product Marketing, Negotiations & associations, Team management and development

Leverage 4Cs (Category, Competition, Customer & Consumer) insights and analysis to drive better effectiveness and efficiency

Amiya Swarup

Amiya Swarup Heads Marketing Advisory and is Partner for Ernst & Young. He has nearly two decades of experience in fostering collaboration within the intricate web of marketers, media agencies, martech partners, and media houses, building a better working world

Anshuman Chkravarty

Jiteen Aggarwal

Shweta Srivastava

Abhishek mehta

Adityan Kayalakal

Anil Gurnani

Devang Mehta

Dr. Ankoor Dasguupta

Madhavan Sekar

Rubeena Singh

Ruchika Vyas

Shalu Zala

Archana Roche

rchana Roche is a global marketing and measurement leader and the Global Head of Measurement and Analytics at Truecaller, where she shapes how brands drive growth through attention, relevance, and commercial impact. She is the architect of the Truecaller Measurement Suite, a full-funnel framework that connects brand building, media investment, and business outcomes across markets.
At Truecaller, she works across marketing, product, sales, engineering, and data science to inform go-to-market strategy, media effectiveness, and revenue conversations in a privacy-first environment.

With 18 years of experience across brand marketing, agency leadership, and marketing science, Archana has led growth and marketing effectiveness initiatives across Europe, Africa, and APAC. Her career spans senior marketing roles at Tata Motors, Pidilite, and Future Group and Rediffusion Y&R.

Prateek Suri

Prateek heads Swiggy’s in-house creative unit and is associate vice president (brand) marketing. With 17 years experience across India’s top advertising agencies and start-ups, he holds International and national merits including Effies, Spikes, Warc, Kyoorious, Adfest, Cannes, Abby among others. Featured in impact 40 under 40, he has led creative teams in the past, at OYO, Ola Electric, Ola Cabs, Krutrim Ai, Publicis, McCann and Ogilvy.