I Venkat, director, Eenadu, was unanimously elected as the chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the year 2016-'17 at the annual general meeting on 23 September. Venkat is also the chairman of MRUC. 
	 
	Debabrata Mukherjee, vice president – marketing and commercial, India & South West Asia, Coca Cola India, representing advertisers on the council, was unanimously elected deputy chairman.
	 
	Other members on the board for the year are:
	 
	Publisher representatives:
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		I Venkat, Ushodaya Enterprises (chairman)
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		Shailesh Gupta, Jagran Prakashan
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		Hormusji N Cama, The Bombay Samachar
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		Devendra V Darda, Lokmat Media
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		Benoy Roychowdhury, HT Media
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		Chandan Majumdar, ABP
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		Raj Kumar Jain, Bennett, Coleman & Co. 
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		Pratap G Pawar, Sakal Papers
	Advertiser representatives:
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		Debabrata Mukherjee, Coca Cola India (deputy chairman)
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		Hemant Malik, ITC (honorary secretary)
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		Sandip Tarkas, Future Retail
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		Mayank Pareek, Tata Motors
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		Advertising agencies representatives
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		Madhukar Kamath, DDB Mudra (honorary treasurer)
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		Shashidhar Sinha, IPG Mediabrands, India
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		Srinivasan K Swamy, RK Swamy BBDO
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		CVL Srinivas, GroupM Media India
	 
	Secretariat
	 
	Hormuzd Masani (secretary general)