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Mr K.V. L. Narayan Rao
President
Executive Vice Chairperson - New Delhi Television Ltd.
Mr. Narayan Rao Executive Vice Chairperson, New Delhi Television Ltd., joined the Company as General Manager in January 1995. He was invited to join the Board of the Company in 1998 and has been its Executive Director since then; appointed Group CEO in 2007. As Group CEO, he is responsible for ensuring that the aspirations of the group are met and that NDTV becomes a global Indian media brand, recognized all over the world for its ethics, high standards and achievements. Narayan oversees the businesses of the NDTV Group in India and worldwide and the implementation of a Common Code of Conduct across the group companies and ensures that the group adheres to the highest standards of corporate governance. He played a critical role in the transition and growth of NDTV from a production house to a broadcaster. Prior to joining NDTV, Narayan was with the Indian Revenue Service and has held important appointments during his tenure from 1979-1994 . He began his career as a journalist with the Indian Express. Narayan is also on the Board of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), and the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA). He is also a Member of the Task Force set up by the Ministry of I&B to look at Broadcasting regulations in India. |
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Mr. Ashok Venkatramani
Vice President
Chief Executive Officer - Media Content & Communications Services (I) Pvt. Ltd. (ABP News)
A mechanical engineer from Mumbai and MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad, Ashok started his career with Unilever, having been with them for 19 years, working on the foods and personal care side of the business in Sales, Marketing and General Management roles. Ashok was holding the position of Vice President and Business Head for Unilever in India till February 2008, heading their largest and most profitable business viz. toilet soaps and skincare business. A strong peoples’ person, he has driven reforms on people management with a great deal of passion and believes in professional excellence through people output. He is currently the CEO of MCCS – a Star (A News Corp Co) and Ananda Bazaar Patrika group joint venture which runs the news channels of Star TV in India. He is also a Director on the Board of NBA (News Broadcasters Association) and is an Office Bearer of NBA. He also chairs the Sales & HR Committees of NBA. |
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Mr. Anil Mehra
Honorary Treasurer
Director - TV Today Network Ltd.
Mr. Anil K. Mehra, Vice Chairman India Today Group is a B.Com (Hons.) from Sriram College of Commerce, Delhi University and a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of England & Wales and India. His core area of expertise is Financial Management, Tax Planning, Legal & Corporate Affairs and Corporate Structuring. Anil has been associated with the India Today Group for over 40 years. During his four decade association with the India Today group, he has been instrumental in creating various new generation businesses, spanning across Media, Education, Finance, E-commerce and other business verticals. Anil is a Member, Board of Governors and Chairman of Finance Sub-Committee of his Alma Mater, Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. Member, Board of Governors & Trustee of Education Today, Promoter of Vasant Valley School. He is the Past President of Institute of Internal Auditors (Florida) Delhi Chapter. Anil spends his leisure time enjoying his passion – Golf. |
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Mr. Sunil Lulla
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer - Times Global Broadcasting Company Ltd.
Sunil Lulla is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Times Global Broadcasting Co Ltd, responsible for the Times Television Network of TIMES NOW, ET NOW, MOVIES NOW and zoOm. Sunil has over 25 years of rich experience in building brands and businesses, across media, advertising, music, & beverages. He brings deep domain knowledge in the television broadcasting industry, having been associated with it since the last 15 years. He is a founder member of the News Broadcasters Association and plays an active role, across many industry forums and associations. |
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Rajat Sharma
Chairman - Independent News Service Pvt. Ltd.
Rajat Sharma is Chairman and Editor-in Chief of India TV, the Nation’s most watched news channel. He is best known for his popular show ‘Aap Ki Adalat’. The show has continued to captivate viewers for a record 18 years. He has grilled over 750 personalities with a trademark smile in the longest running television show in India’s television history. This show got him the Best Anchor felicitation several times, including the Indian Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. Before branching out into television, Mr. Sharma made a mark with distinguished 10-year tenure in the print media, where he was the Editor of important national publications. The transition from a successful print Editor to an international television news personality, and then from a `manager-entrepreneur’ to an `entrepreneur-manager’ are, perhaps, unique in the Indian media. Last year he was acclaimed entrepreneur of the year 2009 at the National Convention organized by Exchange4media. In 1995 he created history by launching India’s first private television news bulletin. This bulletin was beamed across satellite footprints in Asia, Europe and North Africa, and it became the beacon light of freedom and impartiality in the Indian television news genre When Rajat Sharma launched India TV no one had imagined that it will be India’s number one news channel in a short span of four years. Rajat Sharma and India TV are now called nations news leaders. Last year, a nation-wide survey conducted by Hindustan, the leading Hindi daily, named Mr Sharma as the Hero of the media industry. In their citation, the editors of Hindustan noted that "with his commitment to win in the market, Mr Sharma changed the very meaning of television news…and he did not rest until he had taken India TV right at the top." Under Mr. Sharma’s leadership, India TV has created benchmarks in innovation, impact, ratings, time spends, and viewer-support. Indeed, India TV’s newsbreaks have inspired talk shows on rival channels, Bollywood films, BBC documentaries and articles in Time Magazine, even Amul hoardings. The channel’s popularity is no accident. It is the result of Mr. Sharma leading the way on the lonely path of “credibility first.” It is the result of the efforts of a self-made man who kept both his feet firmly to the ground, a journalist for whom the viewer’s interest has been paramount. |
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Mr. Saikumar Ganapathy Balasubramanian
Group CEO - Network18 Media & Investments Limited & Manager – IBN18 Broadcast Ltd.
B.Sai Kumar, 36 years, leads management teams across group companies and works closely with business heads to optimize business value and revenue generation. He is a core member of the group’s business strategy team and through his decade long stint has been responsible for providing operational leadership and enabling stellar organic growth across the group’s market leading brands. Sai also plays an integral role in the various inorganic forays of the group across business verticals. Prior to joining the Network18 Group, Sai was with the Times of India Group, where he worked with Times Music, Times Retail and Times FM. He holds an MBA in Marketing and an undergraduate degree in Statistics. |
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Mrs. Anurradha Prasad
Chairperson cum Managing Director - News24 Broadcast India Ltd.
Anurradha Prasad is the Chairperson cum Managing Director of the prestigious 360 degree media company B.A.G. Films & Media Ltd. After completing a Master’s degree in Political Science from Delhi University Anurradha Prasad ventured into the media industry with an assignment in a popular business magazine. In 1993, Anurradha launched B.A.G Films & Media Ltd (then known as B.A.G Films Ltd), her own production house where she created memorable programmes like Poll Khol, Red Alert and Sansani on Star News, Kumkum and Khullja Sim-Sim on Star Plus, Sidhhant on Star One, Dahhej on 9X, Ek Thi Rajkumari on Zee Next, Har Dil Jo Love Karega on Zoom, Rozana and Khabrein Bollywood Ki on Doordarshan. In 2007, Anurradha launched an umbrella brand Broadcast 24 under which she launched ‘News 24’; a 24-hour News channel, in March 2008, she launched India’s first Bollywood news channel E 24, heads a successful radio network Dhamaal 24- a 24-hour radio network on air now at 9 stations across the country, runs the very successful production arm of B.A.G. Films Studio 24. She also reaches out to aspiring media professionals with The International School of Media and Entertainment Studies (iSOMEs), a school dedicated to teach and train media professionals of tomorrow. She has kept pace with technology and has her channels present on cyber space through her web network B.A.G. Convergence. With all this and her forthcoming ventures, Anurradha has led B.A.G Films & Media Ltd to become a 360 degree Media Company recognised as a prestigious media company in India. For her immense contribution to Indian Television, Anurradha has won accolades and awards over the years. She is a member of CII and FICCI Entertainment Committee. She is on the board of Uttaranchal Film Development Council, and is an executive member of Film Producers Guild of India. Anurradha is an avid reader and a music lover. Spending time with her family and loved ones makes for idea of relaxation and rejuvenation. |
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Mr. Alok Agrawal
Chief Executive Officer - Zee News Ltd.
Alok Agrawal is the CEO of Zee News Ltd – India’s largest television news network. He joined the company in October 2012. Prior to joining ZNL, was COO at Cheil Worldwide for four years. Alok, who comes with around 25 years of experience, has also worked with Indian Airlines, BlowPlast Ltd., Trikaya Grey Advertising, Euro Rscg Advertising, Grey Advertising, Enterprise Nexus Communications and Bates 141 in senior leadership roles. Alok is a B Tech from IIT, Kanpur, MBA from IIM–Bangalore and has completed his MDP on Social Media Marketing from Wharton Business School. |
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