The Hindu Business Line : Ad Club Madras honours veterans

Grand finale
The club released a special Golden Jubilee Commemoration Volume, which "not only traces the 50-year history of the club, but also attempts to record the evolution of advertising in the South during the period".
The first copy of the book was presented to Mr Murali of The Hindu by Mr Srinivasan K. Swamy, Managing Director, RK Swamy BBDO.

(From left) Mr N. Murali, MD, The Hindu Group, receiving the first copy of the special Golden Jubilee Commemoration Volume of Ad Club Madras from Mr Srinivasan K. Swamy, MD, RK Swamy BBDO, in Chennai. Mr Ranju K. Mohan, President, Ad Club Madras, and Mr R.V. Rajan, Chairman, Golden Jubilee Celebration Committee, are also present — K.V. Srinivasan

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Chennai Jan. 22 The hall was packed with men and women, young and old, from the world of advertising. It was the grand finale. Bringing down the curtains on the year-long golden jubilee celebrations on Sunday, the Advertising Club Madras chose to honour the doyens of the ad world for their contribution to the industry and the club.

Presenting mementoes to past presidents of the club, Mr Ranju Kumar Mohan, President of Ad Club Madras, said the Club's main strength was its past presidents, who helped in building the club to its pre-eminent position in the advertising industry today, and their continued support and guidance.

Mementoes were also presented to select advertising professionals including Mr S. Gopalan, Director, Adwave Advertising; Mr R. Seshadri, MD, Visesh Advertising; Mr V.S. Padmanabhan, former MD, Marketing and Consulting Agencies, Mr R. Neelamegham, CEO, Akshara Advertising; Mr Jacob Mathew, Executive Editor, Malayala Manorama; Mr I. Venkat, Director (Advertising), Eenadu Group; Mr R. Swaminathan, MD, Sasi Advertising; Mr Ramanujam Sridhar, CEO, Integrated Brand Comm; Mr Krishna Mohan, National Head, Training & Development, Ogilvy & Mather, Mr N. Murali, Managing Director, The Hindu Group.

The chief guest of the event, Mr S.R. Ayer, former MD of Ogilvy & Mather, while congratulating the Ad Club for honouring the "unsung heroes", said the celebrations reminded him of the late R.K. Swamy, who "actually promoted the concept of advertising in the 1960s".

The club also released a special Golden Jubilee Commemoration Volume, which according to Mr R.V. Rajan, Chairman of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations and CMD of Anugrah Madison, "not only traces the 50-year history of the club, but also attempts to record the evolution of advertising in the South during the period".

He said it would prove to be an excellent reference book for those interested in the study of advertising.

The first copy of the book was presented to Mr Murali of The Hindu by Mr Srinivasan K. Swamy, Managing Director, RK Swamy BBDO.

According to Mr Rajan, as a part of the Golden Jubilee initiative, the club has already tied up with MICA, Ahmedabad, to conduct a certificate course in Advertising Management, starting the next academic year.

The club is also planning to construct a Golden Jubilee Commemoration Hall.