NBA re-elects Rajat Sharma as President

News Broadcasters Association (NBA) yesterday re-elected Rajat Sharma as the President at the NBA Board meeting held yesterday wherein the members of the association unanimously asked Rajat Sharma to continue as the President.

Rajat Sharma is also the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, India TV apart from being the President, News Broadcaster Associations. NBA’s board also elected News24 Broadcast India Chairperson cum Managing Director – Anuradha Prasad Shukla and Times Network – Bennett Coleman & Co Ltd. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer M K Anand as the Honorary Treasurer of the NBA for the year 2020-2021.

NBA’s board will also have Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co Ltd. Managing Director M V Shreyams Kumar, TV18 Broadcast Limited Managing Director Rahul Joshi, ABP Network Chief Executive Officer Avinash Pandey, Eenadu Television Director I Venkat, TV Today Network Vice Chairperson & Managing Director Kallie Purie Bhandal, New Delhi Television Ltd Editorial Director Sonia Singh, and Zee Media Corporation Chief Executive Officer Sudhir Chaudhary.

Rajat Sharma in his message to NBA members thanked the staff of the NBA who have helped in ensuring that the objectives and initiatives of the NBA are achieved and implemented. He expressed gratitude and thanks to the Chairperson and Independent members of the NBSA for their support, invaluable guidance and time.

He further added, “I would urge all the members broadcasters during this twelve-week period to take all the necessary steps to improve the content of their channels and move away from the tyranny of ratings and ensure that the independent self-regulatory model adopted by the news broadcasters is vigorously supported and its decisions adhered to by all of us.“