India TV has announced that Group CEO Vinay Maheshwari has stepped down after a six-month tenure with the broadcast network. Maheshwari, who had joined India TV in March this year will move on to explore other professional avenues.
Said Ritu Dhawan, the Managing Director of India TV: “India TV thanks Vinay for the passion and commitment he brought to the Company. We appreciate his immense contribution in such a short time. We wish him the best in all his future endeavours.”
Added Maheshwari: “It was great working with India TV group though for a short tenure. Working with Rajatji and Rituji was a wonderful experience. Enjoyed every bit of it. I wish India TV all the success.”
The move has been doing the rounds of broadcast circles for a while, but it’s now official. On Saturday evening, India TV announced the appointment of Priya Mukherjee as Group President- Network Development. Mukherjee will drive domestic and global distribution for Linear TV and OTT.
Mukherjee comes with over two decades of experience in broadcast distribution and marketing. She started her career with print at the the Indian Express and later moved to Discovery, Sony Entertainment Television, Network 18, Den Networks, Bloomberg Quint, Republic Media Network and GTPL. Mukherjee will report to Group CEO Vinay Maheshwari.
Said Ritu Dhawan, Managing Director, India TV: “Priya brings to her position a series of stellar achievements and rich industry experience, which will further help us move strongly towards achieving our mission and creating new industry benchmarks.”
Commenting on the appointment, Maheshwari added: “We are glad to have Priya on board. I am sure her rich experience of managing distribution will help India TV scale new heights”
At Republic, Mukherjee was COO – Distribution, International Revenue and OTT and is said to have been key to the successful reach (and hence ratings) of its English and Hindi channels.
Leading news channel India TV has announced the appointment of Vinay Maheshwari as its Group Chief Executive Officer. He will, notes a communique, be leading strategic initiatives in both broadcast and digital media to take India TV’s brand and businesses to the next level.
Ritu Dhawan
Commenting on the appointment, India TV Managing Director Ritu Dhawan said: “I am glad to have Vinay on board. We feel there is a great match between his execution-focused mindset and our company’s core values. We are sure that his thought leadership and capabilities, combined with India TV’s enduring legacy as the nation’s premier news channel, will greatly enable the organisation in its journey towards higher growth and expansion”.
Before joining India TV, Maheshwari was Executive Director and CEO of Sakshi Media Group. In the past, he has also played key leadership roles in HT Media and Dainik Bhaskar groups.
There is a sense of jubilation at the offices of Dainik Bhaskar now with the government acknowledging that it is the nation’s largest circulated multi-edition daily. I&B Minister SmritiI rani released the Press in India Report 2016-17 prepared by Registrar of Newspapers of India earlier this month. It names Daink Bhaskar as the country’s largest circulated multi-edition daily.
Said Girish Agarwal, Director, Dainik Bhaskar Group: “Being crowned the undisputed leader by nation’s apex body is a verdict that could not be more unanimous. This will give impetus to our efforts of delivering cutting edge content for our readers. We value the sheer trust of our readers who wake up every morning to our independent newspaper.â€
Dainik Bhaskar has also been ranked World’s fourth largest circulated daily by WANIFRA in its World Press Trends 2016 report.
Added Vinay Maheshwari, SVP-Sales and Market Development & Brand Marketing, Dainik Bhaskar Group: “This achievement is a resultant of our reader centric approach followed consistently every day. This is also fuelled by the right mix of content and promotion in adherence with stringent quality management systemsâ€.
DB Corp Limited (DBCL), publishers of Dainik Bhaskar, Divya Bhaskar, Divya Marathi and Saurashtra Samachar, have announced that Dainik Bhaskar it is the largest circulated multi-edition daily in India. This was shared by Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Government of India while releasing the Press In India Report 2015-16 prepared by Registrar of Newspapers of India (RNI).
Following this development, Girish Agarwal, Director, Dainik Bhaskar Group said “This is truly a great moment for us. All our hard work and sincere efforts has culminated into this recognition and in being crowned the undisputed leader by RNI
We are excited about the future and look forward to working even harder towards our mission of being a key partner and enabler of India’s socio-economic transformation.†Added Vinay Maheshwari, SVP-Sales and Market Development & Brand Marketing, Dainik Bhaskar said “This achievement is a resultant of our reader-centric approach which forms the core of our editorial and operational philosophy. We are very excited and understand that as a team we need to bring even more efforts to live up to this acknowledgement. This also speaks of our endeavours to constantly bring the best quality content, create the right kind of product and promotion mix for our associates, all the while ensuring total adherence to stringent quality management systemsâ€.
The Dainik Bhaskar group has announced ‘Brain Hunt 2- Challenge your Imagination’ your Imagination as a nationwide initiative to stimulate and encourage the imagination of young minds to a new high of free and constructive thinking.
Said Vinay Maheshwari, Vice-President, Sales and Market Development, Dainik Bhaskar group: “As an organisation, innovation and new thinking continues to be one of the key pillars of our growth. The youth have always been one of our key audiences with we whom we truly enjoy engaging with. What better way to harness and nurture the potential of this huge force and align it with our philosophy of innovation and change!”
“We truly believe that Brain Hunt 2 will be another wonderful experience for students and the school community at large while also being a welcoming stress buster”. In 2010, the DB Group created the Bhaskar Champs Club to provide a creative platform to students to interact with other students on a common ground of exciting activities to foster intellect, acumen and brainpower. The Club now has about 10 lakh student members and 4,500 partner schools across the group’s geographical spread.
