BV Rao (Venkat) rejoins India Today Group

BV Rao, often known as Venkat, has returned to India Today Group (ITG) as Group Consulting Editor-Digital after a stint from 2002 to 2005.

Venkat will be responsible for building ITG’s mobile businesses under the “Tak” brand in his new capacity. In addition to the existing mobile digital channels, he will concentrate on regional and specialty mobile digital channels.

Venkat will report to ITG Vice-Chairman Kalli Purie and will collaborate on the commercial side with Vivek Gaur, COO, Tak Channels, and on the editorial side with Milind Khandekar, Managing Editor, Tak Channels, to capitalise on editorial synergies for the new Taks.

Venkat joins ITG after two and a half years as Group Editor at TV9 Group.

Venkat has worked in print, broadcast, and digital media with companies such as Mid-Day, Sunday Observer, Indian Express, Free Press Journal, Times of India, DNA, Star News, Zee News, Governance Now, Samay News Network, and Firstpost during the course of his 38-year-long career.