Ad Guru Piyush Pandey during an interview, in New Delhi on October 17, 2015. File
| Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma
Known as the Father of Indian advertising, Piyush Pandey, passed away on Friday (October 24, 2025) in Mumbai owing to illness. Under him Ogilvy became India’s top ad agency and earned a prime position in creativity. He was the first jury President from Asia for the Cannes Lions Festival.
He had won over 1,000 awards over the span of his illustrious 40-year career. The former Chief Creative Officer, Worldwide and Executive Chairman of Ogilvy India, Mr. Pandey was known for breaking the dominance of Western influences in India advertising by popularising Hindi in ad films and taglines which caught the fancy of the masses.
Published – October 25, 2025 01:40 pm IST
