EEMA to host Zonal Spotlight Awards 2020 Virtual Ceremony on 20th January
Zonal Spotlight Awards gained an overwhelming response with more than 1700+ entries in over 53 categories across all the zones.
While the event industry is rebuilding itself for a potential comeback, Event and Entertainment Management Association (EEMA), the unified body for events managers in India, announced 20th January, 2021 as the official date for the ceremony of Zonal Spotlight Awards 2020. Following the online trend, the ceremony will be held virtually across all zones. The Zonal Spotlight Awards 2020 is being chaired by Mr. Himanshu Shah, Co-Chaired by Mr. Vinod Janardhan under the leadership of Roshan Abbas, President, EEMA.
The first edition of Zonal Spotlight Awards 2020 is the most essential accolade in the world of events. These have been designed to recognise, applaud and honor for one-of-its-kind showcase of best practices, original ideas, top technologies and innovations by the service providers & partners for the events industry.
With the idea of broad basing our engagement with the larger event ecosystem, the concept originated in the later 2019 and was created as per the regional context. These sets of awards highlight the local players to showcase their excellence, competencies and bring in new inventions, technologies, designs and developments which will go a long way in celebrating the diversity and the efficiency of the event ecosystem. Though the ceremony was scheduled for the month of March 2020, the global pandemic caused it to be delayed.
Despite the circumstances that the industry has been going through during the pandemic uncertainty, Zonal Spotlight Awards gained an overwhelming response with more than 1700+ entries in over 53 categories across all the zones. The Jury of the awards consisted of the pioneers from the events and experiential industry. The prelims jury included Shiva Sureka, Ritesh Sethi, Sujit Kumar, Shaleen Kapoor, Kiran Shetty, Rahul Soni, Mushtaq Ali, Nehal Shah, Tapas Mohanty, Gautam Jain, Dr. Meenakshi Anantram, and Jacob Santosh. Whereas the final jury was led by Mr. Lalit Gattani, Rituraj Khanna, Sunil Kutty Menon, Mahavir Sharma and Sonu Nanda. The evaluation of the entries was based on a specially designed rating system on three key criterias - Concept & Creativity , Planning & Execution and Effectiveness & Result.
Highlighting the categories the final set of nominations are as follows:
Final Nominations | ||
Sub Category | Zone | Nominees |
Most Engaging Entertainer / Live Performer of the year 2020 | North | * Jasleen Aulakh * Sagarika Deb |
Most Innovative Dance Choreography of the year | North | * Joy Shetty |
Most Inspiring Motivational Speaker of the year | North | * Vikram sharma |
Most Successful Artist / Artist Manager of the year 2020 | North | * Ashutosh Sharma |
Most Successful Dance Company of the year | North | * Ashish Mathur |
Most Successful MC Of The Year (Female) | North | * Bhavita Singh |
Most Successful MC of the year (Male) | North | * Himanshu Jain |
Most Successful Regional DJ | North | * Mahinder Nath Joshi |
Most Successful Regional MC | North | * Sanchali Arora |
Best Audio Visual partner | North | * Siddhartha Malik |
Best Corporate Film making by a AV producer | North | Puneet Kapoor |
Best film making for social events by AV producer | North | Aman Gupta |
Best Floral decoration partner | North | * Harshit Gupta |
Best Gala Venue (Hotel) for Social/Corporate Events | North | * Radhika Mathur |
Best Lighting partner | North | * Monty Khanna |
Best Practices In Temporary Power Solutions For Outdoor Events | North | Tarun Sharma |
Best Sound partner | North | * Sahil Wadhwa |
Best use of technology in photography by professional photographer | North | * Aman Gupta |
Best Videography by Service Provider | North | * Nitin Arora * Aman Gupta |
Most Creative Wedding Invitation Design | North | * Ruchita |
Most engaging Kids activity partner of the year | North | * Niranjan Kumar |
Most Innovative and Impactful Set by Production House for Corporate Events/ Award Nights | North | * Kuldeep Parihar |
Most innovative corporate/Social gifting company of the year | North | * Prachi Singh |
Most successful Catering Partner for Corporate events of the year | North | * Manvir Singh Anand |
Most successful Catering Partner for social events of the year | North | * Manvir Singh Anand |
Outstanding Designer in artistic setting for Social Events | North | Bhavika Raniwala |
Outstanding Support in Hospitality and Logistics management for events | North | * Mukul Kashyap |
Most Engaging Entertainer / Live Performer of the year 2020 | West | * Ketan Lotia |
Most Successful Artist / Artist Manager of the year 2020 | West | * Bhavana Bhatia |
Most Successful Dance Company of the year | West | * Hormuzd Khambata |
Most Successful MC Of The Year (Female) | West | * Geetika Ganju |
Most Successful MC of the year (Male) | West | * Siddharth |
Most Successful Regional DJ | West | * Paroma Chatterjee |
Most Successful Regional MC | West | * Siddharth |
Best Audio Visual partner | West | Imran Shaikh |
Best Lighting partner | West | Shailesh Gopalan |
Best Sound partner | West | Manish Mavani |
Best Special Effects partner of the year | West | * Akbar Shaikh |
Outstanding Support in Hospitality and Logistics management for events | West | Armayesh Buhariwala |
Emerging Artist of the year | SE | Samuel Devassy |
Most Engaging Entertainer / Live Performer of the year 2020 | SE | * B. S. Reddy |
Most Innovative Dance Choreography of the year | SE | * AS Ramana Balaji |
Most Successful Artist / Artist Manager of the year 2020 | SE | * Supriyaa Ram |
Most Successful Dance Company of the year | SE | * Sanjay Kumar KT |
Most Successful MC Of The Year (Female) | SE | * Anneysha Thakker |
Most Successful MC of the year (Male) | SE | * Arunn Raj |
Most Successful Regional DJ | SE | * Savio Mendez |
Most Successful Regional MC (Only Gold) | East | * Abhilasha Shukla |
Most Successful Regional MC (Only Gold) | South | * Reena Dsouza |
Best film making for social events by AV producer | SE | Suresh Kumar |
Best Floral decoration partner | SE | * Anunay Preetam |
Best Lighting partner | SE | * Santana Davis |
Best Sound partner | SE | * Santana Davis |
Best Special Effects partner of the year | SE | * Anand |
Best use of technology in photography by professional photographer | SE | * Suresh Kumar |
Best Videography by Service Provider | SE | * Yuvraj kumar |
Eco-friendly and sustainable initiative in an event | SE | * Debasish Das Gupta |
Most Innovative and Impactful Set by Production House for Corporate Events/ Award Nights | SE | * T Robert Rohmingliana |
Outstanding Designer in artistic setting for Social Events | SE | Satyajit Mondal |
Outstanding Support in Hospitality and Logistics management for events | SE | * Debasish Das Gupta |
AR/VR Technologies & Content | SE | * Syed Fawaz Ahmed |
Audience Engagement Technology & Event App | SE | * Amrita Choudhury |
Roshan Abbas, President, EEMA, said, “We value everyone at each level in this diverse event universe. With these Zonal Spotlight Awards, we look forward to building an inclusive sustainable & diverse ecosystem for the event & entertainment industry in India with a focus on high-level of business best practices and fostering professional relationships that are ethical and driven by quality of service.”
On the occasion, Himanshu Shah, Chair, Zonal Spotlight Awards, said, “All kinds of agencies, either large or small are a part of the events ecosystem, who need continuous support and recognition. Our aim with Zonal Spotlight Awards is to identify such players in each zone and provide them with an opportunity of recognition of their hard work, quality and creativity.” He added, “These kind of initiatives, give a boost to these partners and also help them increase their brand value and growth”
Vinod Janardhan, Co-Chair, Zonal Spotlight Awards, also added, “Zonal Spotlight Award is the most essential accolade in the world of events. It represents outstanding achievements, top quality services, or fascinating creativity in producing cutting-edge event experiences. It is more of recognizing excellence than a competition. We thrive to promote your creativity to the event world. So, no matter if you win or not, we make sure your work and name get the recognition it deserves.”
