28 February 2025, Mumbai: The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) and the Subhas Ghosal Foundation (SGF) today announced that the AAAI Subhas Ghosal Memorial Lecture 2025 will be delivered by Ms Faye D’Souza, an award-winning independent digital journalist on 5th March at St. Regis, Mumbai. Ms Faye D’Souza is well-known for her balanced and fearless journalism.
As a memorial to one of the most influential figures in the history of advertising, Mr. Subhas Ghosal, The Subhas Ghosal Foundation was set up by a group of senior communication professionals who lived during his era. One of the primary objectives of the Foundation is to promote the professional values, Mr. Ghosal embodied throughout his lifetime. With the collaboration of Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI), the Foundation has been hosting ‘AAAI Subhas Ghosal Memorial Lecture‘ series, for several years, wherein luminaries like Rajan Anandan, Uday Shankar, Ronnie Screwvalla, Aroon Purie, Sudhir Sitapati have delivered motivational and informative talks.
On behalf of SGF, Sam Balsara said, “We live in a world where news and views play a very important role in our day-to-day life; Faye D’Souza with her rich experience as a fearless journalist will share the challenges and opportunities for independent journalists and what this trend means for the future of information, democracy and the public’s role in shaping the narrative. I am sure it will be a very insightful talk. We also welcome a new sponsor this year, Amazon MX Player.”
Ahead of the lecture, Prasanth Kumar, President, AAAI stated, “Faye D’Souza is well known for her blistering overage of issues that touch the lives of common people and AAAI is delighted that she has agreed to deliver the Subhas Ghosal Memorial Lecture.”
All members of Advertising, Marketing, Media and Digital community are welcome; however, entry is by invitation. Those interested may write to [email protected] to receive an invitation.
The Subhas Ghosal Foundation was set up decades ago, soon after the passing away of Subhas, by a band of senior professionals, who knew Subhas and admired him as a man and as a professional. The Foundation was very active in the early years and has published many books like “The Making of Advertising”, “Dominance of Advertising”, “Creative Judgement” and “Brands Under Fire”.
The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) is a not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed trade association of advertising agencies, formed in 1945, to promote their industry interests so that they continue to make an essential and ever-increasing contribution to the nation. The AAAI today is truly representative, with a very large number of small, medium and large-sized agencies as its members, who together account for almost 80% of the advertising business placed in the country.
