IAA Young Turks Forum announces Mentorship programme

700 young professionals will get the opportunity to interact with R Balki of Lowe Lintas and Stefan Haves, a Hollywood Director

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Mumbai | September 5, 2014

The International Advertising Association (IAA) India Chapter has invited Sangita Jindal, Chairperson of JSW Foundation, to launch its Mentorship programme for 700 young professionals with about 35 leaders on Friday, September 19, 2014 at Bombay Stock Exchange's International Convention Hall.

R Balki

The Mentorship programme will be launched right after an interactive session on 'Engaging with the Audience – Lessons from the Entertainment Industry' between R Balki, Chairman, Lowe Lintas, and Stefan Haves, renowned Director from Hollywood, from 4 PM onwards. Anish Trivedi, well-known theatre personality and author, will moderate this session.

HBO South Asia is the Presenting Partner and Mahindra Special Services Group and Nasscom are the knowledge partners of the IAA Young Turks Forum.

Srinivasan K Swamy

“IAA is for the first time doing a double event – a high energy interactive session followed by a mentorship programme where 20 young executives will have their questions answered on their personal career issues by one of the 35 seasoned professionals/entrepreneurs assembled at the event. The interactive session will be a very engaging one since Balki and Stefan are well known professionals. Balki, in addition to award winning advertising work, has also directed two successful Bollywood films, 'Cheeni Kum' and 'Paa'. Paa won five awards out of 14 nominations at the 16^th Star Screen Awards. Stefan Haves on the other hand is also an acclaimed director, creator and producer of circus, theatre and film whose creations have appeared across the globe,” said Srinivasan K Swamy, President, IAA India Chapter & Vice-President, Development, IAA Asia Pacific.

Monica Tata

“HBO has always had a strong connect with youth audiences and we are delighted to be associated with this thought exchange platform for young leaders,” said Monica Tata, Managing Director, HBO South Asia.

Manish Advani, Head - Marketing and Public Relations, Mahindra Special Services Group, who is Chair of the IAA Young Turks Forum, said, “I can say from my own experience that one moment's association with a leader could change one's life. The only difference between the leader and the beginner is that the leader has failed more times than the beginner has even tried. Through this initiative we are offering our future leaders an opportunity to learn about the failures of our current leaders to create a better world for our future generations. This event is the third one and promises to be better than the one when 800 young people participated.”

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