Hemant has been named the Creative Person of the Year, South Asia (2021 & 2016), and emerging leader of Asia. He was also the 13th most awarded ECD in the world, 2017.
His work has proven to be creatively effective for large global brands. He has bagged a string of Grand Prix and Golds across prestigious award shows like Cannes Lions, One Show, D&AD, LIA, New York Festival, MadStars, SpikesAsia, AdFest, Tangrams and Effies along with India’s first White Pencil at D&AD Impact awards for P&G’s Ariel #ShareTheload, Whisper’s #TouchThePickle, Visa’s #KindnessIsCashless, eBay’s and #ThingsDontJudge. His work for Ariel #ShareTheLoad was ranked as the worlds #1 campaign in the WARC 100 list, two years in a row.
He has had the opportunity be a part of illustrious juries around the world.
In a career spanning close to two decades, he has worked at agencies like Saints & Warriors, DDB, Ogilvy, Grey and BBDO championing creatively effective work for brands like WhatsApp, P&G, Visa, Vodafone, Volkswagen and Indian giants like Reliance and Star Sports.
With a belief and optimism that communication has the power to create social change, Hemant constantly strives to discover small acts that can make a big difference to brands and to the world.