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GALA Award 2013, Dubai

Avant Chairman and CEO, Antonio Varghese, has been awarded with an accolade by the Gulf Arts, Literary and Leadership Academy (GALA Award), by the Central Minister of State for Civil Aviation of India in the United Arab Emirates.

The GALA Global Branding & Creativity Award was bestowed on Antonio for his excellence as an architect of several iconic brands and integrated marketing communications concepts. GALA is a non-profit organisation devoted to fostering, assisting and sustaining excellence in leadership, service and professionalism in business, literature, music, sports and art. GALA Award has been in the forefront of rewarding and recognising the contribution of several prominent Asian writers, business leaders, professionals and artists.

In line with GALA’s mandate to promote leadership and the culture quotient of the society by recognising excellence in a wide spectrum of fields, the non-profit organisation honours achievers and leaders from India and the UAE. GALA Award General Convener, Paul T Joseph says, “Even though there are various organisations functioning in this region, this is the first of its kind to promote both literature as well as business together. The winners of this edition of GALA are very prominent personalities who have been selected by the elite group of mega journalists from Kerala.” Avant Holding delves into manufacturing, import, export, trading, consulting, sourcing, publishing, brand building and integrated marketing communication. Avant boasts global operations with network offices in Germany, Dubai, China and India.



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