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Mr Sameer Manchanda
President
Joint Managing Director - ibn18 Broadcast Ltd.
Sameer Manchanda is the Joint Managing Director of ibn18 Broadcast Ltd., which broadcasts CNN IBN and manages the operations of IBN7. He is also the promoter & Chairman of the cable distribution company, Digital Entertainment Networks (DEN). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has been associated with the television industry since 1984 and has seen major stages of evolution in this sector. He has considerable and varied experience and expertise in distribution, media sector operations, strategic and financial planning, capital structuring, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations and joint ventures. |
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Mr K.V. L. Narayan Rao
Vice President
Group CEO & Executive Director - New Delhi Television Ltd.
Mr. Narayan Rao Group CEO and Executive Director, New Delhi Television Ltd., joined the company as General Manager in January 1995, was elevated to the position of Executive Director in 1998 and appointed Group CEO in 2007. As Group CEO, he oversees the businesses of the NDTV Group in India and worldwide and oversees the implementation of a common code of conduct across the group companies. He played a critical role in the transition and growth of NDTV from a production house to a broadcaster. Prior to joining NDTV, he was with the Indian Revenue Service. He began his career as a journalist with the Indian Express. |
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Mr. Barun Das
Honorary Treasurer
Chief Executive Officer - Zee News Ltd.
Barun Das is CEO of Zee News Ltd. He is a B-Tech from IIT-Madras, PGDBM from IIM-Calcutta and an alumnus of London School of Economics (LSE). He has held various positions at senior managerial levels in leading companies like MCCS Ltd, Astro All Asia Networks Plc, India Today Group, ABP Group etc. His rich experience includes areas like cross country operations, equity transactions and international business development, both in India and abroad. An ex-National junior Bridge player, Barun, actively pursues his interest in golf, tennis and badminton. |
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Mr G. Krishnan
Executive Director & CEO - TV Today Network Ltd.
G. Krishnan is the Executive Director & CEO of TV Today Network Ltd. Prior to TV Today Network, He worked with Bennett, Coleman & Company. Ltd and was instrumental in the launch of India’s first private FM Channel, Times FM. He has multifarious experience in print, radio & television and has been responsible for building a number of super brands and successful business enterprises. He has been awarded the Best Media Person of the Year by Media Meet in 2001, and the CEO of the Year award by Indian Telly Awards in 2002.He is the Chairman of Media Research Users Council (MRUC), Board of Governor of Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) and founder Director of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), also leads the Committee of IBF-AAAI. |
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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 TV Network of Times Now, ET 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 14 years. He is a founder member of the News Broadcasters Association and plays an active role, across many Industry Forums and Association. |
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Mr. Ashok Venkatramani
Chief Executive Officer - Media Content & Communications Services (I) Pvt. Ltd. (Star 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 believer in rising India, he refused a foreign career within Unilever and moved out in 2008 into the fast growing media and entertainment industry. He is currently the CEO of MCCS – a Star International (A NewsCorp Co) and Ananda Bazaar Patrika group joint venture which runs the news channels of Star TV in India. |
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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 16 years. He has grilled over 500 personalities with a trademark smile in the longest running television show in India’s television history. Before branching out into television in 1992, Mr Sharma had had distinguished 10-year tenure in the print media, where he was the Editor of some important national publications. The transitions 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. He created history by launching India’s first private television news bulletin in 1995.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. In 1997, Mr Sharma set up his own production house to make programmes for Star TV. Mr Sharma continued to host the popular primetime television show ‘Janata Ki Adalat’ on Star Plus. This show got him the Best Anchor felicitation several times, including the Indian Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. This 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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