Indian Broadcasting Foundation elects Punit Goenka as president

MUMBAI: Punit Goenka, managing director of Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE), has been elected as president of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF). He will replace Uday Shankar, CEO, Star India. The decision was made by the IBF board at its 17th Annual General Meeting in New Delhi today.

The IBF Board also elected Rajat Sharma (Chairman, India TV), N.P. Singh (CEO, Sony Pictures Network), Sudhanshu Vats (Group CEO, Viacom 18), K. Madhavan (Managing Director, Asianet Communications) as Vice-Presidents; and K.V.L. Narayan Rao (Executive Vice-Chairperson, NDTV) as the Treasurer of the Foundation for a period of one year.

Goenka said, “I am delighted to lead the Indian broadcasting sector at a time when there is a lot of churning and India is being looked upon as global destination for investments. In the ensuing and continuing efforts of making India as a broadcasting superpower, I wish to work in a most collaborative manner with the Government, Industry and other stakeholders for realisation of the sector's value chain to the optimum.”