MSM's Man Jit Singh replaces Uday Shankar as IBF President

The IBF board also elected Sunil Lulla of Times TV Network, Rajat Sharma of India TV and Punit Goenka of Zee News as Vice-Presidents. Rahul Johri of Discovery is the new Treasurer

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | September 29, 2012

Man Jit Singh

The board of Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) which met immediately after the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Mumbai today, elected Man Jit Singh of Multi Screen Media (MSM) as President. He replaces Uday Shankar of Star India. It also elected Sunil Lulla of Times TV Network, Rajat Sharma of India TV and Punit Goenka of Zee News as Vice-Presidents. Rahul Johri of Discovery is the new Treasurer.

The AGM re-elected/inducted the following members on its board: Uday Shankar, Star India; Punit  Goenka, Zee News; Sunil Lulla, Times TV Network; Sudhanshu Vats, Viacom 18; NP Singh, Bangla Entertainment; and K Madhavan, Asianet Communications.

Besides the above, the 12-member board also comprises Man Jit Singh, MSM; Rajat Sharma, India TV; I Venkat, ETV; Jawahar Goel, Zee Network; KVL Narayan Rao, NDTV; and Siddharth Jain, Turner India International.

The board further co-opted the following Directors: Tripurari Sharan, Doordarshan; Ronnie Screwvala, UTV; and Markand Adhikari, Sri Adhikari Bros.

Uday Shankar

Outgoing President Uday Shankar thanked all members for their support during his two-year term. “Last two years have been very important for the broadcasting industry with new changes and technology being ushered in. I have had the most eventful tenure as President as I witnessed all these changes happening right in front of me, be it DAS or institutionalising the self-regulating mechanism in the form of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC),” he said.

“It is a moment of change and I would expect that the momentum that we have generated finds a new impetus after my presidency,” Shankar added, pledging all support to his successor Man Jit Singh. He advised IBF members to be “well prepared for the implementation of digitisation and plugging the loopholes, if any, before the deadline”.

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