Sam Balsara

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Sam Balsara is the founder, chairman and managing director of Madison World and Madison Communications.Vanita Kohli-Khandekar (21 January 2013). "Q&A: Sam Balsara, Chairman and MD, Madison World". Business Standard. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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- "Ad gurus Piyush Pandey, Sunil Alagh & Sam Balsara to contribute in government's save-power drive". The Economic Times. 31 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.</ref>

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Early years

Balsara was born in Balsar, now called Valsad, Gujarat. His father was a forest contractor, and due to his work the family later moved to Bangalore. Balsara graduated from St. Joseph College, Bangalore. He completed his MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai in 1970. He worked as a marketing executive at Sarabhais and Cadbury. Later, he switched to advertising, working with Hindustan Thompson Associates (the current J Walter Thompson). [1]

Madison

Balsara started the advertising agency Madison on 21 March 1988. [2]

Association

Balsara was president of the Advertising Club Bombay (1989-1992), chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (2000-1), president of the Advertising Agencies Association of India (2002-4), chairman of Triple A (Advertising Agencies Association of India) Awards, member of the Board of Governors of the Advertising Standards Council of India. [3]

Awards and recognition

Family

Balsara and his wife Homie have two daughters, Tanya and Lara. [5] Balsara's elder daughter Tanya is visually handicapped and runs a small computer institute and teaches similarly visually impaired people. Lara joined Balsara's business as director, business development, after completing a master's degree in marketing from Bristol University. [6] Lara is married to Kaizad Vajifdar, a pilot with Air India. [7]

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References

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  2. ↑ Amrita Nair Ghaswalla Mumbai (21 February 2015). "Print media ad spend expected to cross Rs. 16,000 cr this year". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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  3. ↑ "Sam Balsara". Bloomberg. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sam Balsara receives AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award 2009". India Infoline. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
    - "FROM DAD, WITH LOVE – SAM BALSARA AND LARA BALSARA". Verve. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Marina Correa (26 December 2009). "Adding on the charm in Sam Balsara's Madison World". DNA India. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Pritha Mitra Dasguptaurl (24 November 2017). "Quiet Flier". Outlook Business. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  7. ↑ Pritha Mitra Dasguptaurl (20 November 2014). "Sam Balsara to daughter Lara: Embrace motherhood at the earliest". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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