Dear Team,
After spending 10 years in HT Media, Ajay Arora has decided to pursue career opportunities outside. In his tenure at HT, Ajay was instrumental in launch of Aligarh, Moradabad and Halwani editions and re -launch of Agra and Meerut editions.
He also streamlined and led the Government division at HT Media prior to his stint as CRO UP/UK. We sincerely thank Ajay for all his contributions to the company and wish him all the very best in his future endeavors.
Consequent to this move, Rajat Kumar joins us as Chief Revenue Officer for C&E UP with direct revenue responsibilities. The MM organization will directly report to Rajat and the respective Circulation Heads for C&E UP locations will also administratively report to him while continuing to functionally report into HH Circulation Head. Rajat will be based out of Lucknow and will report directly to me.
Rajat brings with him a rich experience of 22 years spanning across companies such as Airtel, Reliance, HT & ZEE Group. Rajat was with HT Media from 2008-2017 as Business Head C&E UP contributing to the region’s growth and also led the launch of the Pune edition.
Post HT, he worked with DNA – Zee Group as CRO and PictureTime as CEO. Rajat is a MBA from JIM, Lucknow. His family includes his wife Smita and 2 sons Shaurya and Samriddh. We wish Rajat all the best as he starts his second innings at HT.
The announcement for West UP/Uttrakhand CRO will be made shortly.
Anshuman Sah ( Regional Head – CEUP) will assume the responsibility as the new South Media Marketing Head reporting into Ahijit Dutta and based at Bangalore. Under his stable leadership C & E UP business has experienced growth in market share and revenues. We wish Anshuman all the best as he embraces his new role and responsibilities.
Rajoo Milan (MM Head – Lucknow) has moved to Corporate as Head – SFDC project replacing Prince Jain. In his new role, he would be based out of Gurgaon and reporting to Anup Sharma.
Best Regards,
Rajeev Beotra