Ficci elects media personality Uday Shankar as president
He is the Chairman of Star and Disney India
He will be the President for the period 2020-2021
Uday currently leads Disney’s D2C business in more than 30 countries
He spearheaded the digital transformation of Star through Hotstar
Made great contributions to the field of entertainment and media in India
Enabled self-regulation and digitisation in television broadcasting
He was the President of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation
He also served as chairman of FICCI’s Media & Entertainment Committee
Besides, he was the Director, Star News, CEO & Editor of TV Today Group
Uday Shankar started ‘Aaj Tak’ and ‘Headlines Today’
He holds an MPhil in Economic History from JNU
