Anupama Ramaswamy

Based in Gurgaon

Anupama Ramaswamy is the Joint Managing Director and Chief Creative Officer at Havas India.

Anupama started her professional journey in 2001, as an art director at FCB Ulka, from which she moved to Rediffusion Y&R. She then served as the art supervisor at EURO RSCG, and later as the creative group head at MullenLowe Lintas, before moving on to her five-year-long stint at JWT as the senior creative director and Associate Vice President. Before joining Havas, she had also served as the executive creative director at Cheil Communications, and Managing Partner and National Creative Director at Dentsu Creative.

With over 20 years of experience, Anupama has found her niche in blending strong conceptual thinking with cultural intuition, often rooted in her love for movies, travel, and languages. These personal passions bring richness and relatability to her work, whether it’s creating for legacy brands or crafting fresh narratives for new-age consumers.

Over the years, Anupama has worked with brands including Maruti Suzuki, Ikea, Vivo, Paytm, Subway, Tata Tea Digital, Samsung Mobiles, Airtel, Dabur, Lacoste, Whirlpool, and more. Her campaigns—such as Paytm Divide and Chotu—not only resonated widely but also won recognition at The One Show, Spikes Asia, and the New York Festivals, while also being named one of the Impact Creative Stars in 2021.

Anupama has, throughout her career, also won several Cannes Lions, Clios, Spikes, IAA Awards, and The One Show. Her Fuji Film print campaign was featured in the esteemed Gunn Report as one of the world’s top 20 most-awarded campaigns. She has served on the juries of the Good Ads Matter Awards, the One Show, AME Awards, and the New York Festivals.

Trivia: Advertising came into Anupama's life by sheer coincidence. While waiting to begin her Master’s in Agriculture, she decided to enroll in a course at Clarion (Bates) College of Communication in Kolkata—learning from stalwarts like Kiran Khalap and Ram Ray sparking a deep fascination for the field. Being a painter, she was naturally inclined towards art direction, which led her to Mudra Kolkata. It was in Delhi, however, after joining FCB, that her true advertising journey began.

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