Pratap Pawar of Sakal Media elected as ABC chairman

Sakal Media chairman Pratap Pawar has been elected as the chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2022-2023. Sakal publishes Marathi daily newspaper SAKAL.
Pawar, a Padma Shri awardee, is former leader of The Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture, Pune, and is on the Board of a number of public and worldwide associations.
Srinivasan K Swamy, Chairman and Managing Director of R K Swamy, Advertising Agency Member of the Council, has been elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Bureau for the 2022-2023 term.

Members on the Bureau’s Council of Management for the year 2022-2023 are as under:

Publishers Representatives

1. Pratap G. Pawar – Sakal Papers – Chairman
2. Riyad Mathew – Malayala Manorama – Hony. Secretary
3. Hormusji N. Cama – The Bombay Samachar
4. Shailesh Gupta – Jagran Prakashan
5. Praveen Someshwar – HT Media
6. Mohit Jain – Bennett, Coleman & Co.
7. Dhruba Mukherjee – ABP
8. Karan. Darda – Lokmat Media

Advertising Agencies Representatives

1. Srinivasan K Swamy, RK Swamy – Dy. Chairman
2. Vikram Sakhuja, Madison Communications – Hony. Treasurer
3. Shashidhar Sinha, IPG Mediabrands
4. Prasanth Kumar, GroupM

Advertisers Representatives

1. Debabrata Mukherjee, United Breweries
2. Karunesh Bajaj, ITC
3. Aniruddha Haldar, TVS Motor Company
4. Shashank Srivastava, Maruti Suzuki India

Secretariat

Hormuzd Masani – Secretary General