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)