Membership

Join the collective force of over 100 leading advertisers. Elevate your influence, safeguard your investments, and help define the next era of marketing in India.

As an ISA member, you gain an institutional advantage through:

• A powerful, unified voice on significant advertising and marketing issues.
• Direct influence on policy and regulatory developments.
• Proactive lobbying to protect your commercial interests.
• Exclusive access to member-only forums, events, and a global research portal.
• On-demand advice and support on agency management, media practices, and industry guidelines.
• A continuous intelligence feed on developments and trends across India and the world.

Be a part of a network of industry leaders. Build Relationships that Drive Strategic Advantage.

• C-Suite & Leadership Access: Our forums, including the flagship CEO Conference and Knowledge Series, are designed for strategic dialogue among decision-makers.
• Collaborative Opportunities: Forge relationships that lead to partnerships, shared learnings, and collective action on industry-wide challenges.

We champion and defend the interests of marketers by advocating for effective and efficient advertising and marketing communication. Our proven advocacy directly defends your business from undue costs and restrictive regulations.

Advocacy

• Proven Track Record: We have successfully lobbied against advertising taxes, unjustified media rate hikes, and complex tax impositions, saving our members significant expenditure.
• Safeguard Relationships: We protect the sanctity of client-agency relationships and combat monopolistic media practices, ensuring a fair and competitive marketplace.
• Influence Regulation: Through our founding role in bodies like the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), we ensure self-regulation prevails, preventing heavy-handed government intervention and protecting your right to responsible commercial speech.

Policy

• Shape the Frameworks that Govern Your Industry: Don't just react to industry changes, lead them. ISA membership gives you a seat at the table where the future of advertising in India is being built.
• Influence Policy: Actively shape the policy conversation with government and regulatory bodies on critical issues from data privacy to media transparency.
• Drive Innovation: Play a key role in encouraging and legitimizing new media and advertising channels, ensuring the ecosystem evolves to support brand growth.

• Access Global Intelligence, Applied Locally: Stay ahead of the curve with insights curated for strategic decision-makers. We translate global trends into actionable intelligence for the Indian context.
• A Bridge to the World: As a founding member of the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) Brussels, we provide a direct pipeline to global advertising & marketing trends and best practices, ensuring you are connected to the worldwide pulse of the industry.
• Future-Focused Agendas: Exclusive access to deep-dive sessions on Generative AI, Martech, Connected TV, and Privacy-enhancing Technologies, delivered by practitioners implementing them at scale.
• Knowledge from Peers: Learn from the leaders, and other member organizations who are shaping the market.