Award: Individual \ IN04. Creative Captain

In a year of industry-wide restructuring, Anupama Ramaswamy redefined leadership by unifying business and creativity as MD and Chief Creative Officer of Havas Creative India. Her belief was simple: when creativity leads, growth follows.

That conviction led 2025 being the year the agency won its maximum awards. Under her leadership, Ink of Democracy became a global benchmark, winning at Cannes Lions and securing top honours across ADFEST, Spikes Asia, Clio and the Effies. The campaign earned multiple metals, ranked on the WARC Creative 100, and helped elevate India into the global Top 5 creative nations.

This creative momentum translated into a sharp business and perception shift, with Havas Creative India rising from #15 to #5 in Campaign Brief Asia’s Hottest Agencies.

By embedding creativity into every strategic and commercial decision, Anupama has built a culture that is fast, fearless and future-focused,delivering globally recognized work with real business impact.