India has secured 44 shortlists across nine categories in the latest round of announcements at Spikes Asia 2026, covering Creative Strategy, Design, Film Craft, Gaming, Healthcare, Media, Music, PR and Social & Creator.
Agencies including Leo, Ogilvy, 22Feet Tribal Worldwide, Lowe Lintas, Dentsu Creative, BBH India and TBWA\ India have featured among the shortlisted entries.
Creative Strategy
Leo secured all four of India’s shortlists in the category. The agency earned two each for Sting’s ‘Unofficial Sound of F1’ and Whisper Sanitary Napkins’ ‘Project Early Periods’.
Design
India secured five shortlists in the category. 22Feet Tribal Worldwide secured three, two for Diageo’s ‘Godawan 173 Collector’s Edition’ and one for Battleground Mobile India’s ‘The Great In-Game Wedding’.
Ogilvy secured one shortlist for Amazon’s ‘Box to Beds’, while Juice earned one for Air India Express’ ‘Inglish Dictionary’.
Film Craft
India secured 12 shortlists in the category.
Fundamental secured two shortlists for WhatsApp’s ‘Baatan Hi Baatan Mein’.
Studio Zuno secured four shortlists for Naturals Ice Cream’s ‘Tree to Treat’.
Mothership Productions secured two shortlists for Sleepycat’s ‘Slap Facial’.
Studio Eeksaurus secured two shortlists for Centre for Pastoralism’s ‘Desi Oon’.
BangBang Mediacorp secured one shortlist for Flipkart’s ‘Sa Sa Le Le’, while Hungry Films secured one for St Jude India Childcare Centres’ ‘Renu vs The City’.
Gaming
22Feet Tribal Worldwide secured two shortlists in the category for Battleground Mobile India’s ‘The Great In-Game Wedding’.
Healthcare
India secured seven shortlists in the category.
Leo secured two shortlists – one each for Whisper’s ‘Project Early Periods’ and Acko General Insurance’s ‘Acko Tailor’.
Lowe Lintas secured three shortlists for Alkem Laboratories’ ‘Dawai Reader’.
Ogilvy secured one shortlist for Titan Eyewear’s ‘Ek Tara’, while Hungry Films secured one for St Jude India Childcare Centres’ ‘Renu vs The City’.
Media
Leo, Saatchi & Saatchi and Dentsu Creative secured one shortlist each for Sting’s ‘The Unofficial Sound of F1’, Hero MotoCorp’s ‘Hero Prayers for Safety’ and DSP Mutual Fund’s ‘Garuda Rakshak’, respectively.
Music
Mothership Productions secured a shortlist for Johnson Baby’s ‘Golden Minute’, while Ogilvy secured one for Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea’s ‘Chai Bansuri – The Tea Flute’.
PR
Leo secured two shortlists for Sting’s ‘The Unofficial Sound of F1’.
Social & Creator
Leo secured five shortlists in the category – three for Sting’s ‘The Unofficial Sound of F1’ and two for Lenovo’s ‘Gamers on Duty’.
BBH India secured a shortlist for Garnier Men’s ‘Bassi vs Garnier Men Face Wash’, while TBWA\ India secured one for Apple’s ‘Shifting Shapes’.
The winners will be announced on March 12 at the Spikes Asia Awards Gala in Singapore.
