Alok Jain, Executive Vice President and Head of Disney Star’s regional clusters Telugu, Bengali, Oriya and Kannada – TV and Disney+ Hotstar, has decided to move on.
Update related to Jain’s exit was communicated to the employees of Disney Star through an internal mail communication involving rejig in the functionality of various roles that includes Gaurav Banerjee. He will now be responsible for Star Bharat, Hindi and English Movies cluster, Kids & Infotainment and the Eastern regional portfolio involving Star Jalsha and Star Kiran channels.
Alok Jain was responsible for the operations of Disney Star India’s regional channels Star Maa, Star Jalsha, Star Kiran and Star Suvarna, has chosen to move on.
Subsequent to this development, Krishnan Kutty gets expanded remit as the Business and Content Head – South & Marathi regional markets. He will be responsible for regional channels like Star Suvarna, Star Maa, Asianet, Star Vijay, Star Pravah. In addition he will also be handling Disney+ Hotstar Regional Specials for these markets.
Alok Jain enterted the Media and Entertainment space when he joined Star Maa as Business Head in 2016 and he lead the Telugu cluster until 2021. Prior to that he was associated with non M&E industry companies like HIL Ltd, Bharat Forge, BCG etc…
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