He succeeds K N Tilak Kumar of Deccan Herald & Prajavani.
Kiran B Vadodaria (Sambhaav Metro) is the Deputy President, P V Chandran (Grihalakshmi) the Vice-President and Sanjay Gupta (Dainik Jagran, Varanasi) is the Honorary Treasurer of the society, INS said in a release.
V Shankaran is the Secretary General of the Society.
The other members of the Executive Committee of the INS are: L Adimoolam (Health & The Antiseptic), Pawan Agarwal (Dainik Bhaskar, Bhopal), 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), Ravindra Dhariwal (Navbharat Times), Viveck Goenka (The Indian Express, Mumbai), Mahendra Mohan Gupta (Dainik Jagran), Pradeep Gupta (Dataquest), Shailesh Gupta (Mid-Day), Mohit Jain (Economic Times), 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), Maheshwer 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), Kiran D Thakur (Tarun Bharat, Belgaum), Akila Urankar (Business Standard), M Venkatesh (Hindustan Times), Vinay Verma (The Tribune), Vijay Kumar Chopra (Punjabi 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), K N Tilak Kumar (Deccan Herald & Prajavani).