Srinivasan K Swamy, Executive Chairman of RK Swamy Hansa Group, has been unanimously elected as the Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the year 2023-2024.
Swamy currently serves as Chairman of Asian Federation of Advertising Associations. He has held leadership roles in the past as President / Chairman of International Advertising Association (IAA), IAA India Chapter, Confederation of Asian Advertising Agency Associations, Advertising Agencies Association of India, Advertising Standards Council of India, All India Management Association, Madras Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Madras Management Association.
Swamy is also a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI).
Riyad Mathew, Chief Associate Editor and Director of Malayala Manorama, has been elected Deputy Chairman of the Bureau for the same period.
Mohit Jain, Executive Director, Bennett, Coleman & Co., was elected Secretary of the Bureau.
Vikram Sakhuja, Partner & Group CEO Media & OOH of Madison Communications, was unanimously re-elected Treasurer.
Among the members on the Bureau’s Council of Management for 2023-2024 are advertising agencies’ representatives: Srinivasan K Swamy, RK Swamy Limited (Chairman); Vikram Sakhuja, Madison Communications (Treasurer); Prasanth Kumar, Group M Media India; and Vaishali Verma, Initiative Media (India).
Publishers representatives include Riyad Mathew of Malayala Manorama (Deputy Chairman); Pratap G Pawar of Sakal Papers; Shailesh Gupta of Jagran Prakashan; Praveen Someshwar of HT Media; Mohit Jain of Bennett, Coleman & Co. (Secretary); Dhruba Mukherjee of ABP; Karan Darda of Lokmat Media; and Girish Agarwal of DB Corp.
Advertiser representatives are Karunesh Bajaj, ITC; Aniruddha Haldar, TVS Motor Company; and Shashank Srivastava, Maruti Suzuki India.
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