18 Facts About Piyush Pandey

1.

Piyush Pandey is an advertising professional and the Chief Creative Officer Worldwide and Executive Chairman India of Ogilvy.

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2.

Piyush Pandey was born in Jaipur in 1955 in a family of eight siblings, seven sisters and his brother noted director Prasoon Piyush Pandey.

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3.

Piyush Pandey's father worked for the Rajasthan state cooperative bank.

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4.

Piyush Pandey played the Ranji Trophy for the state of Rajasthan.

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5.

Piyush Pandey studied at St Xavier's School, Jaipur and has an MA from St Stephen's College, Delhi.

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6.

Piyush Pandey is a Post Graduate in History from the University of Delhi.

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7.

Piyush Pandey is the brother of singer Ila Arun and Prasoon Pandey.

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8.

Piyush Pandey joined ad industry as a client servicing executive at Ogilvy in 1982.

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9.

Piyush Pandey was the first jury President from Asia for the Cannes Lions Festival.

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10.

Piyush Pandey wrote the Indian patriotic song "Mile Sur Mera Tumhara" for the National Integration campaign in 1988 and co-wrote the screenplay for Bhopal Express.

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11.

Piyush Pandey appeared in the John Abraham and Nargis Fakhri film Madras Cafe as the cabinet secretary and in Magic Pencil Project videos.

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12.

Piyush Pandey was named the most influential man in Indian advertising for eight consecutive years by The Economic Times.

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13.

Piyush Pandey was voted Asia's Creative Person of the Year at the Media Asia Awards 2002.

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14.

Piyush Pandey is the only Indian to win a double gold at Cannes and a triple grand prize at the London International Awards.

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15.

Piyush Pandey was invited to be a jury member on the 2000 Clio Awards, at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and was the first Asian jury president for outdoor and press and film at the 2004 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

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16.

Piyush Pandey was invited to judge the 2007 Asia Pacific Advertising Festival Awards.

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17.

Piyush Pandey received a lifetime achievement award in 2010 from the Advertising Agencies Association of India.

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18.

Piyush Pandey won a Clio Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding work and creative achievements in 2012The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016.

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