TV9, popular multi-lingual television news channel, which has been running under the auspices of an interim chief executive officer ever since former CEO V Ravi Prakash was sacked three months ago, has at last got a new head.
According to an official release, the company has appointed Barun Das, a veteran in media business with vast experience in various media houses, as Chief Executive Officer of TV9 to lead its plans for becoming a dominant national player in the broadcast and digital news space.
Mahendra Mishra, who was acting as the interim CEO of the group, would now be Principal Advisor to the Board of TV9.
The company release said Barun will be charged with the responsibility of driving synergies among all the channels and to build future-ready new businesses of the Group.
An alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata and the London School of Economics, Barun’s last corporate assignment was as the CEO of Zee Media limited where he worked for over five years.
Barun has over 25 years’ experience and before Zee News, Barun worked in leadership positions in ABP News, India Today Group, Astro All Asia Network in Kuala Lumpur, ABP Group etc.
TV9 director TV9 Singa Rao said the channel was is committed to the roles and responsibilities of the Fourth Estate.
“Given our leadership position in the southern and western parts of the country, we are now aiming at achieving similar success in the rest of the country and in the new media domain,” he said.
Barun said he was looking forward to the honour and challenges of the assignment.
“I am excited about this new opportunity given the Group’s vision. Every new opportunity comes with fresh challenges and I wish to contribute my bit along with the team. Since TV9 has impressive leadership in the regions of its current operations, it will be my pleasure and privilege, to drive its expansion in the national arena.”