Kiran B. Vadodaria of Sambhaav Metro was elected president of Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2014-15 at its 75th annual general meeting on Friday. P.V. Chandran (Grihalakshmi) will be the deputy president, Somesh Sharma (Rashtradoot Saptahik) the vice-president, Mohit Jain (Economic Times) the honorary treasurer and V. Shankaran the secretary-general of INS.
Other members of the executive committee are L. Adimoolam (Health & The Antiseptic), S.B. Aditiyan (Maalai Malar), Pawan Agarwal (Dainik Bhaskar, Bhopal), Samahit Bal (Pragativadi), K. Balaji (The Hindu), V.K. Chopra (Dainik Asam), Vijay Kumar Chopra (Punjab Kesari, Jalandhar), Rishi Darda (Lokmat, Ahmednagar), Vijay Darda (Lokmat), Jagjit Singh Dardi (Charhdikala daily), Ravindra Dhariwal (Navbharat Times), Viveck Goenka (The Indian Express, Mumbai), Mahendra Mohan Gupta (Dainik Jagran), Pradeep Gupta (Dataquest), Sanjay Gupta (Dainik Jagran, Varanasi), and Shailesh Gupta (Mid-Day).
Also on the executive committee are C.H. Kiron (Vipula & Annadata), R. Lakshmipathy (Dinamalar), Rajul Maheshwari (Amar Ujala), Jayant Mammen Mathew (Malayala Manorama), Vilas A. Marathe (Dainik Hindusthan, Amravati), Naresh Mohan (Sunday Statesman), Abhijit Pratap Pawar (Gomantak, Goa), RMR Ramesh (Dinakaran), K. Raja Prasad Reddy (Sakshi, Vishakhapatnam), Rakesh Sharma (Aaj Samaj), Manoj Kumar Sonthalia (The New Indian Express), Akila Urankar (Business Standard), Kiran D. Thakur (Tarun Bharat, Belgaum), M. Venkatesh (Hindustan Times), Vinay Verma (The Tribune), Pratap G. Pawar (Sakal), M. P. Veerendrakumar (Mathrubhumi), Jacob Mathew (Vanitha), Bahubali S. Shah (Gujarat Samachar), Hormusji N Cama (Bombay Samachar weekly), T. Venkttaram Reddy (Deccan Chronicle), Kundan R. Vyas (Vyapar, Mumbai), Ashish Bagga (India Today), K.N. Tilak Kumar (Deccan Herald & Prajavani), and Ravindra Kumar (The Statesman).
