Artificial Intelligence
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M.S. Mayura
Director
Mathrubhumi
Mayura Shreyams Kumar is a whole-time Director handling Digital Business Mathrubhumi - one of South India’s leading media houses. She started her career in 2017 with radio. Now, she spearheads Mathrubhumi’s digital transformation across multiple verticals including Mathrubhumi.com, Social Media, Kappa Digital, Mathrubhumi Books, and Club FM. She also started Mathrubhumi’s own internal fact-check vertical to facilitate debunking misinformation and fake news. The latest feather to her hat is the launch of Kappa Originals - The Independent Music Label from South India focusing mainly on original music productions by independent artists and Kappa Studios which focuses on the production of Documentaries. She serves as the festival director of MBIFL, India's renowned literary gathering, and is the festival architect behind Kappa CULTR, a vibrant music and cultural festival. She also is an active member of the Digital News Publishers Association and International News Media Association.
Policy
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Pawan Agarwal
Deputy Managing Director
Dainik Bhaskar
Pawan Agarwal is the Deputy Managing Director of Dainik Bhaskar Group (DB Corp Ltd). He joined the group in 1996 and has been on the Board of Directors since 2005. Dainik Bhaskar Group is a media conglomerate having strong presence in print, radio and digital. Founded in 1958, today it is India's largest and No. 1 newspaper group with three flagship newspaper brands in three different languages, namely, Dainik Bhaskar in Hindi, Divya Bhaskar in Gujarati and Divya Marathi in Marathi. The group operates in 12 states in India, having 61 editions catering to 66.3 mn readers and a circulation of 5.4 mn copies. Dainik Bhaskar is also the 3rd largest circulated newspaper in the world. Dainik Bhaskar's digital presence is in all 3 languages - Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi. According to the latest ComScore results, the Dainik Bhaskar App monthly users have increased by approximately 7 times since the beginning of 2020, owing to high-quality content development and a highly tailored product experience. With this, Dainik Bhaskar has become largest and #1 Hindi and Gujarati News App with 15 mn Monthly active app users. Dainik Bhaskar is one of the most awarded Media Brand with many prestigious national and International awards like INMA Global Media Awards, WAN IFRA Print Innovation awards, Hermes International awards to name a few. Pawan led the DB group in the digital domain as he envisioned it as the way of the future. Currently, he is actively involved and steering the digital business to cater Bharat (Real India residing in Tier 2 and 3 cities) with high quality trusted content in multiple languages. He has been awarded by the Prime Minister for his contribution to Indian language journalism and also by Enterprise Asia as one of the outstanding entrepreneurs of Asia-Pacific, 2010. He holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University, USA. He has also attended several programmes on leadership and strategy at Harvard as well as Stanford University. Pawan serves as President, South Asia Board of International News Media Association (INMA). He is also a member of Young Professionals Organization (YPO) and Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO).
Publisher Revenue
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Bharat Gupta
Chief Executive Officer
Jagran New Media
Bharat Gupta is the Chief Executive Officer of Jagran New Media, the digital wing of India’s largest print and radio publisher group, Jagran Prakashan Ltd. With 20 years of rich experience to his credit, Bharat has played a crucial role in managing and turning around several media businesses across print, radio, ground activation & digital. With over 100 million users, JNM is amongst the Top Internet Media Groups in India. In addition to his present role as CEO - Digital, Bharat is also serving as Director to the INMA South Asia Board (International News & Media Association); he is a Governing Council Member at Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and is the founding member of Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA). He has also represented Indian digital media publishers at many industry forums like WAN-IFRA, YouTube Publishers Forum, GNI, and Newsgeist Asia. Bharat played an instrumental role in the launch of India’s first Hindi fact check website ‘Vishvas.News’, which has now expanded into 4 Languages. He has previously held the position of Chief Marketing Officer at JNM, prior to which he was the Executive President - Marketing at Dainik Jagran. Being a people-oriented team leader, Bharat is sincerely committed to revolutionizing Indian media by managing high-performing teams and encouraging new-age innovation. In recognition of his achievements in the industry, he was awarded ‘Youth Achievers Award’ at the Sixth Global Marketing and Social Media Awards, 2014, and under his effective leadership, Jagran New Media has over 18 awards to its credit in the year 2018. Bharat holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Mysore, and a diploma in Media Planning from MICA. Beyond his professional life, Bharat enjoys traveling, music and spending time with friends and family. Bharat has to his credit, 20 years of rich experience in managing and turning around several media businesses across Print, Radio, Ground Activation & Internet. Under his leadership, Jagran New Media is now the fastest growing News and Information Company in the Indian Digi-tal landscape and has received more than 18 awards and recognitions in 2018 itself. The company has also launched India's first Hindi Fact Check Website 'Vishvas.News' in December and has now expanded into 11 Languages. In addition to his role as CEO, Bharat is also serving as Director to the INMA South Asia Board (International News & Media Association); he is a Governing Council Member at IAMAI (Internet And Mobile Association of India) and is the founding member of Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA). He has also represented Indian digital media publishers at many global industry forums like WAN-Ifra, YouTube Publishers Forum, GNI, and Newsgeist Asia, where he has been actively ideating on Audience and Revenue Growth opportunities for the sectors in the region. In recognition of his achievements he was awarded 'Youth Achievers Award' at the Sixth Global Marketing and Social Media Awards, 2014.
Publisher Traffic & New Opportunities
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Sanjay Sindhwani
Chief Executive Officer
Indian Express Digital
Sanjay Sindhwani, CEO, Indian Express Online Media Services, has over 29 years in the Media Industry primarily across Digital with earlier stints in Print and Television. At IEOMSL, Sanjay is responsible for driving business growth and strategy. He is leading the diversification of revenue streams by creating new SBUs like Subscriptions, Events and Digital TV for Indian Express, besides leading its expansion in new geographies with regional local language editions. Prior to joining IEOMSL, Sanjay has worked with Times Internet, Television 18, and Bennett Coleman across functions like P&L, Business Strategy, Business Development, Product Management, Editorial and New initiatives. As the business head @ ET Sanjay was responsible for conceptualizing and launching ET Prime and making ET the undisputed No.1 in terms of reach across all business and financial websites.
Technology Partnership
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Senthil C
Executive Director
NDTV
Senthil Chengalvarayan, is a trusted name in Indian Business News Journalism. A doyen of the industry with over 35 years of experience, Senthil was the founding editor of CNBC TV18 and then the Editor-in- Chief of Network 18’s Business News Room. He is presently an Executive Director on the Board of NDTV.