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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. Barun Das
Vice President
Chief Executive Officer - Zee News Ltd.
Barun Das is the CEO of Zee News Ltd. He joined the company in 2008, as the youngest CEO of any news network in India and has since then spearheaded the organization’s expansion. Under his leadership, ZNL has emerged as the leading news network of the country with eight news and current affairs channels in its bouquet. Prior to this, Barun has held various positions at senior managerial levels in leading companies like MCCS Ltd ( owner of Star network News Channels) , 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. Barun particularly specializes in building brands and turning them into valuable ventures. He is a B-Tech from IIT-Madras, PGDBM from IIM-Calcutta and an alumnus of London School of Economics (LSE). An ex-National junior Bridge player, Barun actively pursues his interest in golf, tennis and badminton. |
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Mr. Ashok Venkatramani
Honorary Treasurer
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 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. 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 COO - 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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