IBF rejigs its Board composition

The Board of Directors of Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has unanimously appointed Siddharth Jain, Rajat Sharma, Sudhanshu Vats and K Madhavan as the Vice-Presidents to broadbase and liaise with the government and other stakeholders for the sectoral growth.

Siddharth Jain, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, South Asia of Turner International India Pvt Ltd will be the Vice President, IBF for Distribution.  Rajat Sharma the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India TV shall oversee Government Affairs in his role as the Vice President of the Foundation. Sudhanshu Vats, Group CEO, Viacom 18 would be Vice President- Audience Measurement and K Madhavan, Managing Director, Asianet Communications will be spearheading the Regional Affairs portfolio.

The Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of The India Today Group, Aroon Purie shall continue as the Treasurer of the Foundation till the next AGM.

In the 19^th Annual General Meeting of IBF held on 31st August 2018, the members unanimously elected Shashi S. Vempati, the CEO of Prasar Bharati to the Board of Directors of IBF. His inclusion in the Board will strengthen the Foundation technologically considering his prior experience in the IT sector.

With the inclusion of Avinash Pandey, COO, ABP News Network, Mahesh Samat, Executive Vice President & Managing Director, The Walt Disney Co - South Asia and John Brittas, Managing Director & Editor-in-Chief, Malayalam Communications Ltd  as Co-opted Directors on the Board of the Foundation, IBF is geared up to meet the sectoral challenges.