The jury panel comprises some of the best professionals with an eye for creativity.

Mr. Dinesh Khanna

Mr. Dinesh Khanna is the contest governor. After a 12 year long career as a client servicing executive in advertising, he finally embraced his life long passion. Since then, for the past 20 years he has been creating images for Advertising, Editorial and Corporate clients, specifically in the area of Food, Still-life, People and Interiors.

His last Exhibition, "Tirtha – a Spiritual Journey” in December 07 opened to much acclaim in New Delhi. Before that his work has been exhibited in Solo and Group shows in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, England, Germany and the USA. He has also done 2 Pictorial Books – "Bazaar" and "Living Faith". These were a result of over a decade of traveling through the traditional markets and religious centres of India.

Besides commercial assignments for International Magazines, Advertising Agencies and the corporate world, Dinesh is also currently working on 3 Projects - “Benaras – Everyday in Eternity”, "Earning Dignity - from Art, Craft and Trade" and “Telling Stories – London, Paris & New York”.

Satbir Singh

It was while pursuing a degree in law that Satbir stumbled upon a career in advertising. He has now been in the industry for a little over a decade and a half.

Satbir currently works with Euro RSCG India as Chief Creative Officer.

Over the years, he has created several memorable campaigns, including branding a country called Incredible!ndia, Bajaate Raho for Red FM. He has also been associated with creative campaigns for American Express, Motorola, Volvo, Coca Cola, Max New York Life, Dainik Bhaskar.

Having won numerous national and international awards, Satbir has judged several advertising contests and festivals.

He is interested in photography himself and has dabbled in directing commercials with an eye on directing a Bollywood feature soon.

When he's not working, Satbir loves to be his two children and when the TV is free on that rare occasion, loves to watch cricket.

Mani Jayaram

Mani graduated from The Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda. Since then, he has spent 16 years in advertising, winning national and international awards working on some of the biggest brands in the country. He currently heads EuroRSCG, Delhi.

Mani believes, "Every human being has an aesthetic sense. But some are privileged to have that special eye through which they see the world. And when that eye sees things through a lens and captures them, a different kind of magic happens." He is very keen to see that 'Magic' through this contest.

Vishwajeet Singh Rana

A career in advertising notwithstanding, Vishwajeet found his true calling in photography. After studying at the Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London, and London College of Fashion, he started working on the process of creating images. Vishwajeet has assisted brilliant photographers like Tarun Khiwal in India and Sante D’Orazio in New York, USA. He has also shot for some of the biggest brands like Femina, Cosmopolitan, Maxim, Elite Model Management, Lee Jeans and Intel. His most recent project was an exhibition, "The Art of Fashion & Intermix Gallery" in Chelsea, New York, USA.