BV Rao, popularly known as Venkat, has returned to India Today Group (ITG) as Group Consulting Editor-Digital, after his first stint with the group between 2002-05.
In his new role, Venkat will be responsible for growing ITG’s mobile brands under “Tak”. He will be focussing on regional and niche mobile digital channels, over and above the ones that currently exist.
Venkat will be reporting to ITG Vice-Chairperson Kalli Purie and will be working closely with Vivek Gaur, COO, Tak Channels, for the business side and with Milind Khandekar, Managing Editor, Tak Channels, to exploit editorial synergies for the new Taks.
Venkat joins ITG from TV9 Group where he was Group Editor for two-and-a-half years.
In his career spanning 38 years, Venkat has worked across multiple mediums including print, broadcast, and digital across media brands such as Mid-Day, Sunday Observer, Indian Express, Free Press Journal, Times of India, DNA, Star News, Zee News, Governance Now, Samay News Network, Firstpost.
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