Over 14,000 Tune in to EEMA Zonal Spotlight Awards 2020; Check out the Winners Here

Business Events | January 25, 2021 | News

EEMA Spotlight Awards

The Event and Entertainment Management Association (EEMA), the unified body for events in India, announced the winners for the Zonal Spotlight Awards 2020, during the virtual award function held on January 20, 2021 for 53 categories across four zones. 

The Spotlight Awards was chaired by Himanshu Shah and Co-chaired by Vinod Janardhan. Three virtual awards ceremonies were conducted for four zones and were started off with an inaugural message from EEMA President, Roshan Abbas followed by messages from Samit Garg, Executive Vice President, EEMA; Himanshu Shah, Chair-Spotlight Awards; Siddhartha Chaturvedi, General Secretary; Major KJS Gurna, Treasurer; Deepak Pawar, Secretary EEMA and Vinod Janardhan, Co-Chair for the awards.

Post the opening remarks, the ceremony had messages from the Zonal VPs - Prerana Saxena (Interim VP North), Aarti Mattoo (VP - West) and Martin Emmanuel (VP- South) followed by the announcement of winners.

The Zonal Spotlight Awards had received 1600+ entries in over 53 categories across all the zones. The virtual event’s digital engagement crossed 14,000+ views.

The winners of the award represented artistes, service providers and event partners from the events industry who have showcased original ideas, top technologies and innovations in their field.

The Jury for the awards consisted of Senior Principal members of EEMA who are also heading leading companies in the events and experiential industry. The prelims jury was represented by Kiran Shetty, Director, Collective Heads Exp. Mktg Sol Pvt. Ltd.; Dr Meenakshi Anantram, CEO Razzmataz; Tapas R Mohanty, Founder & MD, Shadow Advertising and Communications P. Ltd.; Nehal Shah, Founder & Director, Awake Solutions; RiteshSethi, Founder, Bluefox Ent. Pvt. Ltd; Sujit Kumar, Mentor and Chief Strategy Officer, Future Wiz Adv. Pvt. Ltd.; Rahul Soni, Director, Hexagon Events Pvt. Ltd.; Jacob Santosh, Founder & Director, Network 8 Promotions & Events Pvt. Ltd.; Mushtaq Ali, CEO, Celebrations; Gautam Jain, Founder Director, Real Reel Pvt. Ltd.; Shiva Sureka, Director, Wish-makers Events Pvt. Ltd and Shaleen Kapoor, Director, Resonance India Pvt. Ltd.

The final jury was led by Lalit Gattani, CEO & Founder, Showcraft Productions Pvt. Ltd.; Rituraj Khanna, CEO, Q-Events Pvt. Ltd.; Sunil Kutty Menon, CEO, Brand Promotions(I) Pvt. Ltd.; Mahavir Sharma, Director, Jaipur JewelleryShow and Sonu Nanda, MD, Prelude Novel Ventures Pvt. Ltd.

Roshan Abbas, President EEMA, said, “God lies in the details. When an event happens, a lot of people backstage also work to make it successful. They are spread across different regions of the country. The Spotlight Awards is an effort to take the Spotlight to these shining stars who very often go unrecognized. With this kind of recognition, they will be recognized as experts in their respective fields. We look forward to everyone’s support and work towards the best of innovations for the development of this events ecosystem.”

EEMA Executive Vice President, Samit Garg said, “The Zonal Spotlight Awards were launched almost when we got hit by the pandemic. But, it was very encouraging to note that we’ve received over 1600+ entries in over 53 categories across four zones. Interestingly, a lot of participation came from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. Our endeavour is to highlight and promote their creativity and effectiveness to the events world.  Whether they win or not, their work should get the deserved recognition and that is what we attempt to do with this.”

Himanshu Shah, Chair, Zonal Spotlight Awards, said, “EEMA works for the entire ecosystem.There are various recognitions that happen at the national level. These people compete in their respective regions more than with the national players. Keeping this in mind, EEMA came up with this format of the Zonal Spotlight Awards. As the Chair of these awards, our philosophy was to unite the entire events industry. We analysed how to be more inclusive at the regional level and ensure the judging was done keeping all the essential parameters in mind. We assure these awards will create a strong identity for these players in their respective regions and target markets.”

Vinod Janardhan, Co-Chair, Zonal Spotlight Awards, said, “We at the Zonal Spotlight Awards 2020 are here to celebrate the best of the best in our industry. We have seen a really strong commitment amongst the jury on evaluating the final results for these coveted set of awards. These awards show true innovation and leadership amongst the event fraternity at the regional level. We’re glad to receive so many entries in its very first season. We hope that we get more participation and we do a bigger event even next year.”

Here is the full recap of the event:

https://fb.watch/3ebP9x3PNQ/

The final list of winners are as follows:

Zonal Spotlight Awards 2020 - Final Winners

North Zone

Sub Category

Zone

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Most Engaging Entertainer / Live Performer of the year 2020

North

Jasleen Aulakh - Chandigarh

SumitSethi - Delhi

Shruti Dhasmana - Delhi

Most Innovative Dance Choreography of the year

North

Joy Shetty - Fusebuzz Dance Crew
(Delhi)

Sujit Kayal - DanceSmith Performing Arts Pvt. Ltd.
(Delhi)

Puneet Kapoor - Zenith Dance Institute Pvt Ltd
(Delhi)

Most Inspiring Motivation Speaker of the year

North

Vikram Sharma - Jaipur

Vikas Jain - Delhi

Coach Sushil Arora -Ludhiana

Most Successful Artist / Artist Manager of the year 2020

North

Ashutosh Sharma - Amarrass Records
(Delhi)

Piyush Nagpal - Spearment Events
(Delhi)

Rajat Singhal - Yours Eventfully
(Delhi)

Most Successful Dance Company of the year

North

Ashish Mathur - Aasma Dance Company Private Limited
(Delhi)

Sujit Kayal - DanceSmith Performing Arts Pvt. Ltd
(Delhi)

Surjeet Bansal - Surjeet Sirji Dance Academy
(Delhi)

Most Successful MC Of The Year (Female)

North

Bhavita Singh - Delhi

Aishwarya Singh - Delhi

Saddvi Bajaj - Delhi

Most Successful MC of the year (Male)

North

Himanshu Jain - Udaipur

Sahil Bajaj - Delhi

Shivam Saraswat - Delhi

Most Successful Regional DJ

North

Dj Maddy, Mahinder Nath Joshi - Delhi

SumitSethi - Delhi

AkanshaPopli - Delhi

Most Successful Regional MC

North

Sanchali Arora - Delhi

Khushboo Kapoor - Jaipur

Piya Sharma - Delhi

Best Audio Visual partner

North

Siddhartha Malik - Hertz AndPixelz
(Delhi)

AgamThukral- Thukral Productions
(Delhi)

Devendra Singh - 99 online
(Delhi)

Best Corporate Film making by a AV producer

North

Puneet Kapoor - Zenith Dance Institute Pvt Ltd
(Delhi)

 

 

Best film making for social events by AV producer

North

Aman Gupta - Omega Productions
(Delhi)

 

 

Best Floral decoration partner

North

Harshit Gupta - Footprint Events
(Alwar)

Yogesh Banga - All Aqt
(Delhi)

Rishabh Panchhi
Panchhi Events
(Dehradun)

Best Gala Venue (Hotel) for Social/Corporate Events

North

Radhika Mathur -
Fairmont Jaipur
(Jaipur)

Ashwin Sharma -
Accor New Delhi Aerocity
(Delhi)

Digraj Singh -Shahpura - Shahpura Hotels
(Jaipur)

Best Lighting partner

North

Monty Khanna -
Mascot Entertainment Pvt Ltd
(Delhi)

Sahil Wadhwa -
Oneup Productions Pvt Ltd
(Delhi)

AgamThukral -
Thukral Productions
(Delhi)

Best Practices In Temporary Power Solutions For Outdoor Events

North

Tarun Sharma -
Yellow Rentals
(Delhi)

 

 

Best Sound partner

North

Sahil Wadhwa -
OneupProductions
(Delhi)

AgamThukral- Thukral Productions
(Delhi)

Monty Khanna -
Mascot Entertainment
(Delhi)

Best use of technology in photography by professional photographer

North

Aman Gupta
Omega Productions
(Delhi)

Sumit Saini
Sumit Productions Pvt Ltd
(Delhi)

Nitin Arora
Nitin Arora Photography
(Delhi)

Best Videography by Service Provider

North

Nitin Arora
Nitin Arora Photography
(Delhi)

Aman Gupta
Omega Productions
(Delhi)

Sumit Saini
Sumit Productions Pvt Ltd
(Delhi)

Most Creative Wedding Invitation Design

North

Ruchita -
Izhaar By Core Design
Delhi

Puneet Gupta - Puneet Gupta Invitations
(Delhi)

 

Most engaging Kids activity partner of the year

North

Niranjan Kumar - Birthday Planner
(Delhi)

Vivek Khanna - The Party Elephant
(Delhi)

Monika Jain
Moonlight Events
(Delhi)

Most Innovative and Impactful Set by Production House for Corporate Events/ Award Nights

North

Kuldeep Parihar -Orange Productions Pvt Ltd
(Delhi)

RadheyShyam
 Gupta
Capital Tent & Light House
(Jaipur)

Lalit Nayyar
Gms Event Planners
(Ludhiana)

Most innovative corporate/Social gifting company of the year

North

Prachi Singh -
Consortium Gifts Pvt. Ltd.
(Delhi)

Aman Dewan
The Good Life Company)
(Delhi)

Amit Kumar Giri - Lujobox India Internet Pvt.Ltd.
(Delhi)

Most successful Catering Partner for Corporate events of the year

North

Manvir Singh Anand - Knight Gourmet
(Delhi)

Akshay Khurana -
Ranch Cuisine Concepts
(Delhi)

Yogini Jhingan - Yum Yum Tree
(Delhi)

Most successful Catering Partner for social events of the year

North

Yogini Jhingan - Yum Yum Tree
(Delhi)

Manvir Singh Anand - Knight Gourmet
(Delhi)

Akshay Khurana -
Ranch Cuisine Concepts
(Delhi)

Outstanding Designer in artistic setting for Social Events

North

BhavikaRaniwala -
D&Y Experiences
(Jaipur)

 

 

Outstanding Support in Hospitality and Logistics management for events

North

Mukul Kashyap - Delhi

Nidhi Achantani - Crew4Events Global Pvt Ltd
(Delhi)

Manoj Bhatt - Royals Rajasthan Tours
(Jaipur)

West Zone

Most Engaging Entertainer / Live Performer of the year 2020

West

Ketan Lotia
Illusionist
(Mumbai)

Martin D’souza
Mad Hatters
(Mumbai)

Mohit Rao
Mind Reader
(Mumbai)

Most Successful Artist / Artist Manager of the year 2020

West

Bhavana Bhatia - Mumbai

Akhtar Fazel - Mumbai

Vibhuti Patel - Mumbai

Most Successful Dance Company of the year

West

HormuzdKhambata - Dance Company
(Mumbai)

Vinod Tiwari - Sumeet Vinod & Co.
(Mumbai)

Ganesh Hiwarkar
Dance Company
(Mumbai)

Most Successful MC Of The Year (Female)

West

GeetikaGanjuDhar - Mumbai

Suman J Chelani - Mumbai

Bhakti - Ahmedabad

Most Successful MC of the year (Male)

West

Siddharth Kannan
(Mumbai)

AK Rehman - Mumbai

Aman Sharma - Mumbai

Most Successful Regional DJ

West

Paroma Chatterjee - Mumbai

Akhtar Fazel - Mumbai

Alexander Sanjeev Sharma - Mumbai

Most Successful Regional MC

West

Siddharth Kannan
(Mumbai)

Freishia B - Mumbai

Lincia Rosario - Mumbai

Best Audio Visual partner

West

Imran Shaikh
Virtual Vision Pvt. Ltd.
(Mumbai)

 

 

Best Lighting partner

West

Shailesh Gopalan
Stage Gear
(Mumbai)

 

 

Best Sound partner

West

Manish Mavani - Mumbai

 

 

Best Special Effects partner of the year

West

Akbar Shaikh
Unique Pyrotechnic
(Mumbai)

MohomedMorani - Morani Fireworks and SFX
(Mumbai)

 

Outstanding Support in Hospitality and Logistics management for events

West

ArmayeshBuhariwala - Buhariwala Logistics
(Mumbai)

 

 

South & East Zone

Emerging Artist of the year

SE

Steven Samuel Devassy-  Chennai

 

 

Most Engaging Entertainer / Live Performer of the year 2020

SE

B.S. Reddy - Vizag

Rakesh Syam - Bengaluru

Anurima Mitra- Kolkata

Most Innovative Dance Choreography of the year

SE

AS Ramana Balaji- Chennai

Soujit Das - Kolkata

 

Most Successful Artist / Artist Manager of the year 2020

SE

Supriyaa Ram- (Bengaluru)

AnneyshaThakker-(Kolkata)

Stephen Devassy- - (Kochi)

Most Successful Dance Company of the year

SE

Sanjay Kumar KT - Team 5678 Dance Academy- (Bengaluru)

Soujit Das - Beat Busters - (Kolkata)

Sridhar chowdary- Channel Dance Academy- (Hyderabad)

Most Successful MC Of The Year (Female)

SE

AnneyshaThakker - (Kolkata)

Reena Dsouza- (Bengaluru)

Abhilasha Shukla- (Kolkata)

Most Successful MC of the year (Male)

SE

Arunn Raj - (Bengaluru)

MitinUpadhyay- (Bengaluru)

Krone- (Kolkata)

Most Successful Regional DJ

SE

Savio Mendez- (Kochi)

DJ Kim- (Hyderabad)

Charles yesudas- (Kochi)

Most Successful Regional MC (Only Gold)

East

Abhilashashukla- (Kolkata)

 

 

Most Successful Regional MC (Only Gold)

South

Reena Dsouza- (Bengaluru)

 

 

Best film making for social events by AV producer

SE

Suresh Kumar- The Phototoday Photography - (Coimbatore)

 

 

Best Floral decoration partner

SE

AnunayPreetam - Balaji Publicity - (Patna)

Ranjit Sahoo- RNR Celebrations Pvt Ltd - (Bhubaneswar)

Satyajit Mondal- SM Set Designers - (Guwahati)

Best Lighting partner

SE

Santana Davis
J Davis Prosound& Lighting
(Bengaluru)

Arijit Bose - The Sound
(Kolkata)

Pushkar Kumar - Gurutva Entertainment P Ltd
(Patna)

Best Sound partner

SE

Santana Davis
J Davis Prosound& Lighting
(Bengaluru)

Arijit Bose - The Sound
(Kolkata)

Pushkar Kumar - Gurutva Entertainment P Ltd
(Patna)

Best Special Effects partner of the year

SE

Anand - Stage Special FX
(Chennai)

Rathi Tarafdar - Eventex
(Bengaluru)

Anand - Stage Special FX
(Chennai)

Best use of technology in photography by professional photographer

SE

Suresh Kumar - The Phototoday  Photography
(Coimbatore)

Yuvraj Kumar - Photowale
(Patna)

Anthony John Britto - Concepts The Event Company
(Coimbatore)

Best Videography by Service Provider

SE

Yuvraj Kumar - Photowale
(Patna)

Suresh Kumar - The Phototoday  Photography
(Coimbatore)

Anthony John Britto - Concepts The Event Company
(Coimbatore)

Eco-friendly and sustainable initiative in an event

SE

Debasish Das Gupta
Persight Solutions Pvt Ltd.
(Kolkata)

Divya D
Plastic Free Madras
(Chennai)

Sudarshan - Mark 1 Events & Decors
(Coimbatore)

Most Innovative and Impactful Set by Production House for Corporate Events/ Award Nights

SE

T Robert Rohmingliana - Mark Advertising
(Mizoram)

AnunayPreetam - Balaji Publicity
(Patna)

Somik Banerjee
Event Kue Pvt. Ltd.
(Kolkata)

Outstanding Designer in artistic setting for Social Events

SE

Satyajit Mondal - SM Set Designers
(Guwahati)

 

 

Outstanding Support in Hospitality and Logistics management for events

SE

Debasish Das Gupta - Persight Solutions Pvt Ltd. (Guwahati)

Sudarshan - Mark 1 Events & Decors
(Coimbatore)

Md Aquib - Squadron Hospitality
(Kolkata)

AR/VR Technologies & Content

SE

Syed Fawaz Ahmed - Digital Jalebi
(Bengaluru)

Amrita Choudhury - Nick It Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
(Kolkata)

Skandha Gopalan - Tacnik Technology Pvt. Ltd
(Chennai)

Audience Engagement Technology & Event App

SE

Amrita Choudhury - Nick It Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
(Kolkata)

Sudarshan - Mark 1 Events & Decors
(Coimbatore)

Sirvinder Pal Singh - Purple Vector
(Chennai)

Streamy, a virtual platform, partnered with EEMA to host these events. Sristi Communications handled the PR for the event as official PR Partner. Industry media partners included EVENTFAQS Media, Everything Experiential, BW Applause, Event TV Live and Eventaa.com.

 

EEMA announced the winners for the Zonal Spotlight Awards 2020, during the virtual awards function held on January 20, 2021 for 53 categories across four zones.

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