I Venkat, Director, Eenadu, has been unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2016-2017.

Venkat, who is also the Chairman of the Media Research Users Council, is active in print and television industry bodies, said a statement from ABC.

Debabrata Mukherjee, Vice-President, Marketing & Commercial, India & South West Asia, Coca Cola India Pvt Ltd, representing the advertisers’ category on the Council, was unanimously elected as the Deputy Chairman.

Members on the ABC Council of Management as publisher representatives are: I Venkat, Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt Ltd, Chairman; Shailesh Gupta, Jagran Prakashan Ltd; Hormusji N Cama, The Bombay Samachar Pvt Ltd; Devendra V Darda, Lokmat Media Pvt Ltd; Benoy Roychowdhury, HT Media Ltd; Chandan Majumdar, ABP Pvt Ltd; Raj Kumar Jain, Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd; and Pratap G Pawar, Sakal Papers Pvt Ltd. Advertisers representatives are: Debabrata Mukherjee, Coca Cola India Pvt Ltd, Deputy Chairman; Hemant Malik, ITC Ltd, Honorary Secretary; Sandip Tarkas, Future Retail Ltd; and Mayank Pareek, Tata Motors Ltd.

Advertising agencies representatives are: Madhukar Kamath, DDB Mudra Pvt Ltd, Honorary Treasurer; Shashidhar Sinha, IPG Mediabrands, India; Srinivasan K Swamy, RK Swamy BBDO Pvt Ltd; and CVL Srinivas, Group M Media India Pvt Ltd. Secretariat: Hormuzd Masani, Secretary General.

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