Mumbai: The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) has elected Karunesh Bajaj, Executive Vice President – Marketing & Exports at ITC Limited, as its Chairman for 2025–26. Mohit Jain, Director at Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., has been elected Deputy Chairman.
The announcement was made following ABC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Mumbai on September 2, 2025. Bajaj succeeds Riyad Mathew, Chief Associate Editor and Director of Malayala Manorama Group, who served as Chairman during 2024–25.
Office Bearers & Representatives (2025–26):
Advertisers’ Representatives
Karunesh Bajaj, ITC Ltd. – Chairman
Aniruddha Haldar, TVS Motor Company Ltd.
Partho Banerjee, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
Publishers’ Representatives
Mohit Jain, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. – Deputy Chairman
Dhruba Mukherjee, ABP Pvt. Ltd. – Hony. Secretary
Riyad Mathew, Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd.
Girish Agarwal, DB Corp Ltd.
Shailesh Gupta, Jagan Prakashan Ltd.
Karan Darda, Lokmat Media Pvt. Ltd.
Pratap G. Pawar, Sakal Papers Pvt. Ltd.
Adimoolam, Dinamalar
Advertising Agencies’ Representatives
Vikram Sakhuja, Madison Communications Pvt. Ltd. – Hony. Treasurer
Srinivasan K. Swamy, RK Swamy Pvt. Ltd.
Prasanth Kumar, GroupM Media India Pvt. Ltd.
Vaishali Verma, Initiative Media (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Sejal Shah, Publicis Media India Group
Secretariat
Adil Kasad – Secretary General
The newly elected leadership will oversee ABC’s continued role in upholding transparency, trust, and accountability in media measurement and circulation audits across India.
