NDTV to see senior management re-structuring!

Highly placed sources in the industry have confirmed the news to Adgully and also shared that the development is supplementary to a nod by the Board of Directors. The company officials will be meeting the Board of Directors today i.e the 29th of July and proposing the management change for approval from the Board.

According to the information, current Group CEO KVL Narayan Rao will be elevated to the post of Executive Vice Chairman at the NDTV Ltd. While Vikram Chandra will be replacing him as Group CEO. Chandra is currently Chief Executive Officer for NDTV Convergence & NDTV Networks.

Chandra has been associated with NDTV since 1994 and is one of the many faces that audiences identify NDTV with. India's. He presents "The Big Fight', which has long been one of India's top rated news and current affairs programmes and "Gadget Guru'. He has also been the face for the Network's green initiative as he was the anchor for Greenathon.

Previously, Chandra has held the post of Managing Editor of NDTV Profit. As a special correspondent, he has extensively covered the Siachen & Kargil wars, and the conflict in Kashmir. He has been named "Global Leader for Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum in Davos and won the Indian Television Academy Award 2008 for "Best Anchor for a Talk Show" amongst other coveted recognitions.