Abhishek Karnani is set to step down as president of the International Advertising Association (IAA) India Chapter in September 2026, bringing his two-year tenure, which began in September 2024, to an end.
During Karnani’s term, the IAA India Chapter centred its activities around three key areas — artificial intelligence, skilling and industry conversations.
With generative AI increasingly becoming part of business and marketing discussions, the chapter used its IAA Conversations platform to bring industry and technology voices into discussions around the adoption of AI while retaining a focus on creativity, ethics, empathy and human judgement.
The chapter also partnered with LinkedIn for a CMO Roundtable titled “
