CTV Asia Symposium & Awards 2026 — Season 4 · Gurugram
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Date
Friday, 8 May 2026
City
Gurugram, NCR
Venue
Courtyard by Marriott Downtown
Edition
Season 4 · 10th Edition
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About the Symposium

India’s only dedicated platform for most meaningful discussions on Connected TV Advertising.

CTV Asia Symposium brings together advertisers, agencies, platforms, and publishers to shape how brands reach the streaming generation.

From Mumbai to Delhi to Bengaluru — across 9 editions in 3 seasons — it has been the room where India’s CTV story gets written.

9
Editions across India
3
Seasons of insight
3
Cities — Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru
4+
Years shaping India’s CTV story

When CTV Asia Symposium launched in Mumbai in 2022, connected television was a conversation happening at the edges of media plans. Three seasons and nine editions later, it has become the defining forum for how India’s advertising industry thinks, debates, and decides on streaming.

Across cities, the Symposium has brought together the brands investing in CTV, the agencies planning it, the platforms building it, and the publishers monetising it. It has hosted the first serious conversations about programmatic CTV in India, launched the industry’s first CTV Awards, and given the ecosystem a stage to move from curiosity to commitment.

“CTV Asia Symposium isn’t a conference about where CTV is going. It’s where the people taking it there actually meet.”
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Theme for Season 4 · 2026

The Open Screen: Where Walled Gardens, Open Web and Creator Economy Collide

Three seasons ago, we asked whether CTV could work for Indian advertisers. Then we asked how to build it at scale. Then we asked whether it could be interactive, measurable, and performance-driven.

Season 4 asks the question that all of those were leading to: who actually owns the living room?

The connected television landscape in India has never been more open — or more complex. YouTube’s scale is meeting OTT’s premium inventory. FAST channels are democratising reach beyond metro audiences. Creator content is redefining what a TV ad even looks like.

“The screen is open. The question is who knows how to use it.”

For brands and agencies, this openness is both the opportunity and the challenge. Budget is fragmenting across fundamentally different inventory types, audiences, and measurement frameworks — each with its own rules, its own data, and its own definition of what good looks like.

Season 4 brings the whole ecosystem into the same room to work it out.

🏯
The Walled Gardens
YouTube, OTT platforms, and their premium closed ecosystems.
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The Open Web
FAST channels, programmatic CTV, and open inventory at scale.
🎬
The Creator Economy
Creator content reshaping what a living room ad looks like.
📊
The Advertisers
Brands making budget calls in an increasingly fragmented world.
Meet the Speakers

Industry voices shaping the debate

Abhishek Mehta
Abhishek Mehta
Digital Marketing Lead – Health Care & Foods
Dabur
Abhishek Ranjan
Abhishek Ranjan
Digital Head – Catch Spices | Spiceco
DS Group
Amandeep Malhari
Amandeep Malhari
Head of Marketing
JK Maxx Paints
Akhil Sethi
Akhil Sethi
Head of Digital Marketing
JBL (Harman India)
Amit Chaudhary
Amit Chaudhary
DGM – Head of Growth and Digital
Orient Electric
Anil Shankar
Anil Shankar
Managing Partner – Head of Business
Starcom India
Anuj Somani
Anuj Somani
Senior Marketing Manager – Brand, Retailer, Digital & PR
Volvo Car India
Ashutosh Chaudharie
Ashutosh Chaudharie
GM – Consumer Marketing and Modern Trade
VI-JOHN Group
Dr Kushal Sanghvi
Dr Kushal Sanghvi
Director
Komerz UK
Gazal Bajaj
Gazal Bajaj
Head – Media Management
Nestlé
Ipshita Chowdhury
Ipshita Chowdhury
Head of Marketing
Motorola
Jasmeet Bedi
Jasmeet Bedi
Deputy VP – Digital Marketing
Canara HSBC Life Insurance
Kanika Anand
Kanika Anand
GM – Media
Airtel
Karan Khanna
Karan Khanna
Co-Founder & COO
Huella
Kiranpreet Kaur
Kiranpreet Kaur
Deputy General Manager – Marketing
Del Monte India
Manish Sharma
Manish Sharma
President
Arena Media
Neetu Bansal
Neetu Bansal
Senior Client Director
Ipsos
Nikita Singh Malhotra
Nikita Singh Malhotra
Head of Digital
Woodland
Nitin Guleria
Nitin Guleria
Head of Media
Mars
Pushkar Gupte
Pushkar Gupte
Head of Industry, CPG
Google
Prashant Nandan
Prashant Nandan
Senior Vice President – PMX
Publicis Groupe
Priyanka Bhardwaj
Priyanka Bhardwaj
Head of Media
Infinix
Prrincey Roy
Prrincey Roy
Co-Founder & CEO
Huella
Sajit Gopal
Sajit Gopal
Head of Media
Domino’s (Jubilant Foodworks)
Shaiphali Galhotra
Shaiphali Galhotra
Head of Digital Marketing & Content
Fujifilm (Instax Division)
Shailja Tiwari
Shailja Tiwari
Journalist
OPEN Media Network – RPSG
Sonal Shrivastav
Sonal Shrivastav
Head of Digital Marketing
Kenstar
Tarun Ummat
Tarun Ummat
Managing Director
Teads
Full Schedule

Agenda — 8 May 2026

Friday, 8 May 2026

Courtyard by Marriott Downtown, Gurugram, NCR

Pre-Event  ·  Powered by CereOne
13:00
Roundtable
Exclusive Closed-Door Roundtable — Powered by CereOne
“The Brief That Never Existed — Why CTV Creative Is Still an Afterthought”
Most CTV campaigns are running TV commercials on a streaming screen. This roundtable asks why — is it a creative briefing problem, a production budget problem, or simply that no one has defined what good CTV creative looks like for India yet? Invite-only. No recording. No attribution.
Deepak Karnani
Roundtable Host
Deepak Karnani
Founder, CereOne Media
Ashutosh Chaudharie
Ashutosh Chaudharie
GM – Consumer Marketing & Modern Trade, VI-JOHN Group
Gazal Bajaj
Gazal Bajaj
Head – Media Management, Nestlé
Nikita Singh Malhotra
Nikita Singh Malhotra
Head of Digital, Woodland
Abhishek Ranjan
Abhishek Ranjan
Digital Head – Catch Spices | Spiceco, DS Group
Amandeep Malhari
Amandeep Malhari
Head of Marketing, JK Maxx Paints
Neha Khullar
Neha Khullar
Head of Marketing, Kenstar
Shweta Srivastava
Shweta Srivastava
SVP Marketing & Head of Digital, USHA International
Sajit Gopal
Sajit Gopal
Head of Media, Domino’s (Jubilant Foodworks)
Main Event  ·  8 May 2026
14:00
Doors Open
Registration & Welcome Coffee
30 minutes to settle in, collect badges, grab coffee
14:30
Opening
Welcome to Season 4
Setting the context for The Open Screen Era
Rahul Puri
Rahul Puri
Founder & Editor, Agency Reporter
14:40
Keynote
“The Open Screen Thesis: Whoever Controls the Glass Controls the Decade”
A provocation — the CTV landscape has fractured into three incompatible worlds
The connected TV landscape in India has fractured into three incompatible worlds — walled gardens, the open web, and smart TV operating systems — each claiming to be the future. This keynote argues only one can win, and that the choices advertisers make in the next 18 months will determine which one does.
Prrincey Roy
Prrincey Roy
Co-Founder & CEO, Huella
15:00
Panel
“Whose Inventory Actually Works? Walled Gardens vs. Open Web — The Honest Conversation”
Advertisers, agencies and platform leaders debate the fundamental allocation question
Advertisers keep saying they want transparency, then putting their money in closed ecosystems. Platforms keep saying they want open standards, then building proprietary measurement. This panel does not pretend the tension does not exist.
Rahul Puri
Moderator
Rahul Puri
Founder & Editor, Agency Reporter
Tarun Ummat
Tarun Ummat
Managing Director, Teads
Amit Chaudhary
Amit Chaudhary
DGM – Head of Growth and Digital, Orient Electric
Anuj Somani
Anuj Somani
Senior Marketing Manager – Brand, Retailer, Digital & PR, Volvo Car India
Gazal Bajaj
Gazal Bajaj
Head – Media Management, Nestlé
Kanika Anand
Kanika Anand
GM – Media, Airtel
15:45
Fireside
“The Home Screen Is the New Front Page — Smart TV OS, Aggregators & the Real Prime Time Battleground”
A conversation on the real estate that actually matters most
Before any content plays, there is a home screen. That screen — who built it, who sells it, who curates it — is quietly becoming the most valuable media real estate in India. Who is winning the aggregation war, and what does it mean for brands without a streaming app of their own?
Dr Kushal Sanghvi
Facilitator
Dr Kushal Sanghvi
Director, Komerz UK
Amandeep Malhari
Amandeep Malhari
Head of Marketing, JK Maxx Paints
Tarun Ummat
Tarun Ummat
Managing Director, Teads
16:15
Break
Networking Break — 20 minutes
16:35
Panel
“The Creator Is Now a Channel. So What Does the Ad Model Look Like?”
When YouTube becomes TV — the infrastructure question nobody has answered yet
A creator with 10 million subscribers is now a primetime show — watched on the big screen, in the evening, by a family audience. The ad infrastructure around them was built for a phone screen in 2017. Are brands ready to treat creator inventory the way they treat broadcast?
Shailja Tiwari
Moderator
Shailja Tiwari
Journalist, OPEN Media Network – RPSG
Pushkar Gupte
Pushkar Gupte
Head of Industry, CPG, Google
Anil Shankar
Anil Shankar
Managing Partner – Head of Business, Starcom India
Nikita Singh Malhotra
Nikita Singh Malhotra
Head of Digital, Woodland
Shaiphali Galhotra
Shaiphali Galhotra
Head of Digital Marketing & Content, Fujifilm (Instax Division)
Kiranpreet Kaur
Kiranpreet Kaur
Deputy General Manager – Marketing, Del Monte India
17:15
Session
“Press Play on Performance: Can Interactive CTV Finally Make the Big Screen Click?”
Shoppable ads, QR-triggered offers, attention-measured creatives
Interactive CTV has been a promise for three years. This session asks a tight panel why the industry keeps talking about it and not buying it.
Karan Khanna
Moderator
Karan Khanna
Co-Founder & COO, Huella
Akhil Sethi
Akhil Sethi
Head of Digital Marketing, JBL (Harman India)
Prashant Nandan
Prashant Nandan
SVP — APEX, Publicis Groupe
Priyanka Bhardwaj
Priyanka Bhardwaj
Head of Media, Infinix
Jasmeet Bedi
Jasmeet Bedi
Deputy VP — Digital Marketing, Canara HSBC Life Insurance
Abhishek Mehta
Abhishek Mehta
Digital Marketing Lead – Health Care & Foods, Dabur
17:50
Break
Networking Break — 10 minutes
18:00
Panel
“CTV Has a Budget Line. It Doesn’t Have an Owner.”
Who inside the organisation is actually responsible for connected TV — and what happens when nobody is?
Neetu Bansal
Moderator
Neetu Bansal
Senior Client Director, Ipsos
Sonal Shrivastav
Sonal Shrivastav
Head of Digital Marketing, Kenstar
Ashutosh Chaudharie
Ashutosh Chaudharie
GM – Consumer Marketing & Modern Trade, VI-JOHN Group
Nitin Guleria
Nitin Guleria
Head of Media, Mars
Manish Sharma
Manish Sharma
President, Arena Media
18:40
Break
Stage Reset — 10 minutes · Transition to Awards
18:50
Awards
CTV Asia Symposium & Awards — Season 4 · “The Open Screen Honours”
India’s only CTV-dedicated awards ceremony · approx. 90 minutes
Recognising the campaigns, platforms, technologies, and people who moved the Indian connected television industry forward in 2025–26.
20:20
Evening
Cocktails & Networking
The conversations that didn’t finish on stage, continue here
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Looking Back

Previous Symposiums

S1
Season 1 (2022) — “Does CTV Work?”

Foundational questions. Is it growing? Can it replace linear? Are measurement and brand safety even possible? The industry was establishing legitimacy.

CTV Mumbai 2022
Mumbai
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CTV Delhi 2022
CTV Delhi 2022
Delhi NCR
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CTV Bengaluru 2023
Bengaluru
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CTV Jakarta 2023
Jakarta, Indonesia
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S2
Season 2 (2023–24) — “How Do We Build the Ecosystem?”

Generational audiences, FAST platforms, sports, festive advertising, programmatic maturity, cookieless measurement. The industry was learning to operate at scale.

CTV Mumbai 2023
Mumbai · Edition 4
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CTV Bengaluru 2024
Bengaluru · Edition 5
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CTV Delhi 2024
Delhi NCR · Edition 6
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S3
Season 3 (2025) — “How Do We Make It Interactive & Measurable?”

Interactive ad formats, performance outcomes, affluent audience migration, omnichannel orchestration — and Mumbai’s honest debate: why isn’t adoption matching the hype?

CTV Delhi 2025
Delhi NCR · Edition 7
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CTV Bengaluru 2025
Bengaluru · Edition 8
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CTV Mumbai 2025
Mumbai · Edition 9
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Where to Find Us

Venue & Schedule

Courtyard by Marriott Downtown, Gurugram
MG Road, Sector 28
Gurugram, Haryana 122002
🚪 Doors Open2:00 PM
🎙️ Symposium Begins2:30 PM
🏆 Awards Ceremony6:50 PM
🥂 Cocktails & Networking8:20 PM
The People Behind It

Meet the Team

Founder
Rahul Puri
Agency Reporter
Conference Lead
Sakshi Malik
CTV Asia Symposium 2026
Awards Lead
Muskan Manchanda
CTV Asia Awards 2026
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