DAVP empanels 29 agencies to handle creative duties

DAVP empanels 29 agencies to handle creative duties

MUMBAI: DAVP (Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity) has announced the names of 29 advertising agencies that it has empanelled to handle its creative duties.

DAVP has, in a letter dated 13 November, mentioned that these agencies will handle the account for a period of one year. For the same, DAVP has created three groups, A, B and C, on the basis of the size of the companies.

There are six companies selected in Group A, with an annual turoover of above Rs 1 billion. These are Concept Comm Ltd, Span Communication, Percept-H, Dentsu, Crayons and Lintas.

Rediffusion-Y&R is the only agency in Group B, which has a turnover between Rs 500 million – Rs 1 billion.

The Group C has 22 agencies with an annual turnover between Rs 250-500 million. Some of these agencies are Brand Curry Communications, Pamm Advertising & Marketing, Impact Advertising, Goldmine Advertising, Falcon Advertisers, Garuda Advertising and Akshara Advertising.

DAVP is the nodal agency to undertake multi-media advertising and publicity for various Ministries and departments of government of India.