K.N. Tilak Kumar, Joint Managing Director of The Printers (Mysore) Ltd. and Editor of Deccan Herald, was elected president of The Indian Newspaper Society for 2012-13, at its 73rd annual meeting held on 12th September. He succeeds Ashish Bagga of India Today. The other newly elected office-bearers are Ravindra Kumar (The Statesman), deputy president; Kiran B. Vadodaria (Sambhaav Metro), vice-president; and Sanjay Gupta (Dainik Jagran, Varanasi), honorary treasurer.
The 45 members of the executive committee include K. Balaji, Director, The Hindu; Akila Urankar of Business Standard; M. Venkatesh of Hindustan Times; Manoj Kumar Sonthalia of The New Indian Express; Maheshwer Peri of Outlook; Jayant Mammen Mathew of Malayala Manorama; R. Lakshmipathi of Dinamalar; and Shailesh Gupta of Mid-Day.
The INS has on its panel of members over 1,000 dailies, bi-weeklies, weeklies, fortnightlies and monthlies, published in 18 languages from all over the country. It was set up to give the newspaper industry direction, cohesion, and foster mutual co-ordination.
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