Uday Shankar, CEO of STAR India, has been named the new Chairman of FICCI's Media & Entertainment Committee. The position was left vacant after the sad demise of filmmaker Yash Chopra in October.
Shankar will be supported by Ramesh Sippy and Karan Johar as the Co-Chair of the Committee.
Shankar, who has been the Chairman of the FICCI Broadcast Forum, had led the Forum on some seminal work towards broadcast digitisation along with Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
Man Jit Singh, CEO at Multi Screen Media and president of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation, will now be the new Chairman of the Broadcast Forum.
FICCI said in a statement that it looks towards Shankar's vision, rich and varied experience and deft leadership to take the formidable Indian media and entertainment industry to newer heights.
Shankar said that he would work with all industry stakeholders closely to formulate an agenda for sustained growth of the burgeoning entertainment sector and keep up regular and meaningful dialogue with policy makers.