Supriya Prasad is new President of Broadcast Editors Association

Broadcast Editors Association (BEA), the apex body of editors of national and regional television news channels across the country, on Monday elected Supriya Prasad, Managing Editor of Aaj Tak and India Today, as its President, India TV Managing Editor Ajit Anjum has been elected as General Secretary. Along with this, Dibang of ABP News and Republic TV's Arnab Goswami have been elected as Vice-Presidents, while Ajay Kumar of News Nation is the new Treasurer.

After the election of the new team, Supriya thanked the team and appreciated the contribution made by them during their tenure. He also requested the new team to work towards the improvement of electronic medium. His main focus in on getting the new media at par to make public oriented.

The BEA’s new 15-member executive committee comprises Qamar Waheed Naqvi, Shazi Zaman, N K Singh, Milind Khandekar (ABP News,) Rahul Kanwal (India Today and Aaj Tak) Sanjay Bragta (Zee News,) Sonia Singh (NDTV), Deepak Chaurasia (India News), Sanjeev Paliwal (Aaj Tak,) Abhishek Kapoor (Republic TV) Ravi Prakas (TV9), Sukesh Ranjan (News 24), Navika Kumar (Times Now), BhupendraChaube (CNN News 18) and Rajesh Raina (ETV).

Anjum underlined the need for expansion of the BEA by the inclusion of editors of the regional channels.For this purpose, a three-member subcommittee was constituted with Sanjeev Paliwal, Rahul Kanwal and Sanjay Bragta as its members.