Presenting the winners of Agency Reporter STAKES- PR & Communications Excellence Awards 2021
With an aim to give the PR & communication fraternity members their due recognition, Agency Reporter launched the maiden edition of STAKES- PR & Communications Excellence Awards 2021.
STAKES was launched in July in order to pay an ode to communications agencies and professionals who have made strides in the industry, with their creative bent of mind and out-of-the-box strategies. The initiative was supported by Public Relations Professionals of India (PRPOI), along with Bewakoof.com and Vedix as the gifting partners.
The maiden edition of STAKES witnessed a tremendous response from the industry- with over 110 nominations across four major categories: Use case in sectors, Use case of technique, Individual recognitions, and Agency/Organization recognitions.
To ensure objective evaluation of the outstanding applications, an eminent jury panel comprising of leaders from the PR & communications industry was onboarded:
Coming to the highlights of the winners’ list, Value 360 Communications bagged the maximum number of awards across 7 categories [Agency of the Year (Large); Sectors- eCommerce/D2C, FinTech, Entertainment/Lifestyle, Travel & Tourism; and two in Technique- Crisis Management]. Kunal Kishore Sinha, Founder, and Director, Value 360 Communications also won a Gold in the ‘Agency Head of the Year’ category.
On the big win, Kunal Kishore Sinha expressed his views, “I’d like to thank Agency Reporter and the esteemed jury for recognizing our efforts and bestowing these honors. We are at an exciting juncture, a cross-section of traditional PR practices and the innovation communication technologies of tomorrow. Such recognition offers us the impetus to continue pushing the envelope and building narratives that set our partner brands up for profound success while also catapulting our growth as a fast-evolving communications firm. We are also grateful to the brands who have put their faith in us and allow us to create industry benchmarks and be recognized as a front-running agency, time and time again. In the end, I’d just like to commend each and every stakeholder of this industry – we’ve all shown immense strength, resilience, and adaptability over the past few months, and it is an opportune time to come together and celebrate our collective wins!”
Kaizzen was also at the forefront with wins across 7 categories [PR Agency of the Year (Mid); Sector- Entertainment/Lifestyle, Finance/FinTech, Retail, Sports; Technique- Best use of Storytelling]
Vineet Handa, Founder & CEO, Kaizzen expressed his thoughts, “We are thrilled to be felicitated for our efforts by Agency Reporter in their first PR awards ” Stakes”. These awards become more important especially when the competition is at an all-time high after the pandemic. I am grateful for having a great team that goes out of its way to not only meet but exceed client expectations each time. I owe this win to them for making exceptional progress and ensuring that our media relations are top-notch. With the recognition, we only aim to transform brands and businesses and continue to unleash our true potential as reputed customer service providers.”
Next up, we had PRHUB that won awards across 6 categories [PR Agency of the Year (Mid); Sectors- Food & Beverage, Technology, Healthcare; Technique- Best use of Influencers, Best use of Storytelling].
Xavier PRabhu, Managing Director, PRHUB shared his views, “We have always believed in putting our clients’ interests and delivering value to them foremost besides taking a long-term partnership approach. These awards are a huge vindication of that. We would like to thank our clients for allowing us to ideate, push the envelope, and supporting us in its execution. Two things stand out – 1. The awards are for work across diverse sectors which burnishes our proven ability to deliver quality work across multiple verticals. 2. The awards are for a range of work from internal communication campaigns to integrated campaigns to earned media reinforcing our “Integrated communication” offering. The icing on the cake is of course winning the Mid-size agency of the year award. Truly overwhelming and motivating for all of us at PRHUB to keep pushing forward. Our heartfelt thanks to the Agency Reporter team and the illustrious and wonderful jury .”
ITW Global also bagged awards 6 categories [Sector- Food & Beverage, Finance/FinTech; Technique- Best use of Content Marketing, Best use of Influencers, Experiential PR, Public Awareness].
Bhairav Shanth, Managing Director, ITW Consulting Pvt. Ltd. expressed his thoughts on the win, “We at ITW are extremely proud of the awards we’ve received at Stakes. We pride ourselves in being ahead of the curve on trends in the marketing and digital space and with CRED and Bindu Jeera – both valued clients – we have seen that spirit culminate in these achievements. It is special to share this achievement with them. We look forward to continuing to push the envelope in this space in the future and are grateful to Agency Reporter for acknowledging the high-quality work our team has put forward.”
ActiMedia PR won awards across 4 categories [Lifestyle Agency of the Year; Sector- Sports, Travel & Tourism; Technique- Not for Profit].
Trupti Vasudev, CEO & Director, Actimedia PR & Digital said, “We are delighted at the recognition of our work by industry practitioners. As a team, we strive every day to create not just exciting ideas, but ideas that add value to our clients. Along the way, we want to ensure that our teams are having fun and enjoying their work every day because we fundamentally believe that ‘happy people create award-winning work!”
The complete list of winners can be viewed here.
Agency Reporter congratulates all the winners and their teams for their excellent work and brilliant skills. See you next year, with the second edition of STAKES!