Tag: Gulab Makhija

  • India TV elevates key personnel, ups responsibilities

    By A Correspondent

     

    In an attempt to strengthen its business and core operations, India TV has announced promotions for four of its key persons looking after business revenue, corporate affairs, television operations, and growth and monetisation functions. The company has decided “to rethink, rework and retool” its business strategies in order to make its business more adaptable and resilient. In order to enrich the role of its team members India TV has delegated additional responsibilities to its core team:

     

    Sudipto Chowdhuri
    Sudipto Chowdhuri
    Puneet Tandon
    Puneet Tandon

    Sudipto Chowdhuri has been promoted as Chief Revenue Officer and shall be responsible for maximisation of revenue by identifying and innovating opportunities for enhanced business.

    Puneet Tandon has been promoted as Chief Officer, Corporate Affairs, and shall be responsible for managing corporate, government and public relations for the organisation.

    Rohit Lal
    Rohit Lal
    Gulab Makhija
    Gulab Makhija

    Rohit Lal has been promoted as Chief Officer – Television Operations and shall be responsible for integration across the organisation and collaboration with all internal partners.

    In addition to his role of CFO, Gulab Makhija has been given the portfolio of CEO for Growth & Monetisation and shall be responsible for expansion of existing business within India and in overseas markets, seeking new business opportunities, driving new partnerships and monetisation of existing resources.

    All these roles and responsibilities are effective immediately.

    Commenting on the elevations, Ritu Dhawan, Managing Director, India TV, said: “It is imperative, given the present state of affairs amidst the pandemic, to rethink and retool our business strategy and strengthen our business to make it adaptable and resilient. Keeping this is mind, we have delegated responsibilities and enhanced role of our core business team to deal with various challenges effectively and ensure a better tomorrow.”

  • TV Today’s Gulab Makhija joins India TV as CFO

    By A Correspondent

     

    India TV announced the appointment of Gulab Makhija as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr Makhija will be responsible for financial Management and Control Systems in the company’s growth plan. Prior to joining India TV, Mr Makhija served as CFO at TV Today Network where he was instrumental in cost optimization across the network.

     

    As part of its aggressive growth strategy, India TV also announced several key appointments, many of them, as the company’s communique admits, coming from TV Today.

     

    Shubhra Manasi, joining from TV Today, will look after Strategic Planning and Research functions for the company as DGM. Pradeep Khatri has joined as Chief Manager Marketing. He also comes from TV Today and will be responsible for marketing communication, sales support & sponsorship marketing functions.

     

    But there are others who are not from the TV Today stable who’ve also joined the channel: Rohit Lal has been appointed Vice President Programming.  Mr Lal comes with vast experience of programming for Zee, IBN and Star. Prashant Sharda, who was with Nokia, joins as Vice President, Digital Media to look after mobile, 3G, and streaming and India TV’s website, while working towards digital convergence for the company.

     

    India TV MD & CEO Ritu Dhawan said: “We are happy to induct new team leaders and expect that their proven track records will add strength to the existing strong team. We together look forward to further consolidate our leadership position in the Hindi news genre and set new benchmarks in the domain.”

     

    On his appointment as CFO, Gulab Makhija said: “I look forward to a great opportunity and exciting times with India TV, a company that is all set to take the leap to the  next level of success.”