Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Oct 1: Somesh Sharma from Rashtradoot Saptahik has been elected as president of the Indian Newspaper Society for the year 2016-17 at its 77th Annual General Meeting held at Bengaluru today.
He succeeded P V Chandra of Grihalakshmi (Mathurubh-umi Group). Akila Urankar from Business Standard has been elected as deputy president, K Balaji from The Hindu Weekly vice president, V Shankran as secretary general while Sharad Sexena from The Hindustan Times is the honorary treasurer of the Society.
Forty one Executive Committee members of the INS were also elected unanimously during today’s AGM. They are mostly from the Southern part of the country.