Shankar is the 1st-ever media and entertainment executive in India to lead a national market chamber such as FICCI
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Friday announced Uday Shankar as president-elect, for the year 2020-21. Shankar will succeed Sangita Reddy, president, FICCI, and joint managing director, Apollo Hospitals Group.
Shankar is the outgoing president of The Walt Disney Company for Asia Pacific and the chairman of Star and Disney India. He presently leads Disney’s direct-to-customer enterprise in far more than 30 nations. He has been credited with the creation of entertainment shows and bringing sports broadcasting to India. He also envisioned the digital transformation of Star by making Hotstar, which has now expanded globally as Disney+ Hotstar. Shankar is the 1st-ever media and entertainment executive in India to lead a national market chamber such as FICCI, which is India’s oldest market physique.
In addition to his leadership at Disney and Star, Shankar has played a crucial part in shaping the development trajectory of the media and entertainment sector in India, to advantage market stakeholders as properly as customers. He has been at the forefront of initiatives in tv broadcasting, such as self-regulation of content material and digitization of the broadcasting sector. He has earlier been the president of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) and the chairman of FICCI’s Media and Entertainment Committee.
A educated journalist, Shankar has also served as the CEO and editor of Star News. He has also been the editor and news director at Television Today Group, exactly where he spearheaded the launch of Aaj Tak in 2000 and Headlines Today in 2003. Shankar holds an MPhil in Economic History from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
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