Kumar, who succeeds K N Tilak Kumar of Deccan Herald and Prajavani was chosen at the 74th Annual General Meeting of the society.
At the meeting, Kiran B Vadodaria (Sambhaav Metro) was elected as Deputy President while P V Chandran of 'Grihalakshmi' as Vice President.
Sanjay Gupta (Dainik Jagran, Varanasi) was chosen as the honorary treasurer of INS for the year 2013-14. V Shankaran is the Secretary General of the Society.
Among the members of the Executive Committee of INS are L Adimoolam (Health and The Antiseptic), Pawan Agarwal (Dainik Bhaskar), Samahit Bal (Pragativadi), K Balaji (The Hindu Weekly), V K Chopra (Dainik Asam), Rishi Darda (Lokmat, Ahmednagar), Vijay Darda (Lokmat), Jagjit Singh Dardi (Charhdikala Daily) and Ravindra Dhariwal (Navbharat Times).
Jayant Mammen Mathew (Malayala Manorama), Vilas A Marathe (Dainik Hindusthan, Amravati), Naresh Mohan (Sunday Statesman), Abhijit Pratap Pawar (Gomantak, Goa), Maheshwar Peri (Outlook), R M R Ramesh (Dinakaran), K Raja Prasad Reddy (Sakshi, Vishakhapatnam), Rakesh Sharma (Aaj Samaj), Somesh Sharma (Rashtradoot Saptahik), Manoj Kumar Sonthalia (The New Indian Express) and Kiran D Thakur (Tarun Bharat, Belgaum) are also members.
The Executive Committee also includes, Akila Urankar (Business Standard), M Venkatesh (Hindustan Times), Vinay Verma (The Tribune), Vijay Kumar Chopra (Punjab Kesari, Jalandhar), 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) and K N Tilak Kumar (Deccan Herald and Prajavani).