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Shobhana Bhartia
Chairperson & Editorial Director

Mrs. Shobhana Bhartia is the Chairperson and Editorial Director of HT Media, one of India's largest publicly listed media companies. She is also currently serving, as the Pro-Chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences.

A former Member of Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Parliament of India, Shobhana Bhartia also served as a member of the Committees in Parliament on Energy, Women Empowerment, and Human Resource Development.

Conferred with numerous awards and recognition, including Global Leader of Tomorrow from the World Economic Forum, Davos 1996, and Entrepreneur of the Year, 2005, from Ernst and Young, she was decorated with the Padma Shri, Government of India's National Award for outstanding contribution in a particular field, in the year 2006 and from The Economic Times, Businesswomen of the Year, in the year 2007.

Vikram Singh Mehta
Director

Mr. Vikram Singh Mehta holds a B.A. (Mathematics Honors) degree from St. Stephens College, Delhi University, a BA/MA (Economics Honors) degree from Magdalen College, Oxford University and a post graduate degree in Energy Economics from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Mr. Vikram Singh Mehta started his career with the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1978. He then resigned in 1980 to join Phillips Petroleum as the International Affairs Specialist for Asia. Since then, he has served large conglomerates like Oil India Ltd., Shell Markets and Shell Chemical Companies in Egypt. In 1994, he became the Chairman of the Shell Companies in India. Presently, he is Executive Chairman of Think Tank Brookings India. He is also serving as Independent Director on the Board of well-known companies.

Ajay Relan
Director

Mr. Ajay Relan is one of the pioneers of the Indian private equity industry. Prior to founding CX Partners, Ajay headed Citi’s private equity business since its inception in 1995. Prior to this, Ajay worked with several financial firms in multiple geographies, starting with Citibank in 1976 and the last being the CEO of a Citi affiliated brokerage firm, Citicorp Securities & Investments Ltd. Ajay has served on the boards of several portfolio companies such as HT Media, Yes Bank, i-Flex and Progeon among others. He holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1976) and B.A. (Hons) Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University (1974) – top ranked in the University.

Vivek Mehra
Director

Mr. Vivek Mehra is a well respected senior Chartered Accountant with an illustrious professional career spanning over 40 years and experience spanning across sectors in Tax and Regulatory domains of Merger & Acquisition specializing in Cross-border Investment and Transaction Structuring.

He has held various leadership roles till April 2017 in PriceWaterhouseCoopers Private Ltd. (‘PWC’) as Partner/ Executive Director. He was the founder and national leader for PwC Regulatory and M&A Practices and has been elected on PwC Governance Oversight Board for two consecutive terms.

Mr. Mehra is extending his expertise as an Independent Director and esteemed Board Member for some prominent Indian Companies such as:

Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd.

Embassy Office Parks Management Services Pvt. Ltd (Embassy/ Blackstone REIT Manager)

HT Media Pvt. Ltd.

DLF Ltd.

Hero Future Energies Pvt. Ltd.

Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.

He is also on the Board of Governors of Lawrence School Sanawar and Grassroot Trading Network, a SEWA organisation.

Mr. Mehra graduated in 1975 with a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) Degree from Sri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University. He has been a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India since 1979 and has also given his valuable contribution as a member of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Steering Committee and National Executive Committee.

Rashmi Verma
Director

Mrs. Rashmi Verma, IAS (Retd.) has a rich experience of working in various sectors in her career spanning more than 36 years.

She did her MBA (Project based) from University of Hull, UK. Her last posting before superannuation on 30th November, 2018 was Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India. She had earlier worked as Principal Secretary Tourism, Bihar cum CMD, Bihar State Tourism Corporation and before that as Additional Director General (Tourism), Govt. of India. She was associated with ‘Incredible India’ campaign as Additional DG, Tourism and with Incredible India 2.0 as Secretary Tourism. She has acquired special expertise in development of selected tourist sites by ensuring all round infrastructure development and better connectivity necessary for a world class destination. Prior to her posting as Secretary, Tourism, Ms. Verma worked as Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India. She acquired deep knowledge of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and other related matters in her capacity as Additional Secretary, Department of Revenue, Govt. of India. While working in Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, Mrs. Verma oversaw the working of Ordnance Factories and took initiatives for their modernisation and capacity expansion. Mrs. Verma also worked as Director / Joint Secretary Prime Minister’s Office during 1998-2002. Currently, she is an independent director on the Board of Indian Institute for Insolvency Professionals of India.

Priyavrat Bhartia
Director

Mr. Priyavrat Bhartia is a Non-executive Director of HT Media. He started as a financial analyst with Wasserstein Perella & Co., New York, in 1998. With a Masters degree in Business Administration from Stanford University (USA), Mr. Bhartia is also a director with a number of companies including Hindustan Media Ventures Limited, Birla Cotton Spinning and Weaving Mills Ltd, Jubilant Enpro Pvt. Ltd.

Shamit Bhartia
Director

Mr. Shamit Bhartia is a Non-executive Director of HT Media. He holds a degree in Economics from Dartmouth College, USA. He has worked in the Corporate Finance and M&A Group, Lazard Frere, New York, from July 2001 till August 2002.

Praveen Someshwar
Group MD & CEO

Mr. Praveen Someshwar is the MD & CEO of HT Media - a 100- year-old brand with interests in media and publishing. As a progressive media group, Praveen’s current role is to transform it into a new age media and publication house. Mr. Praveen Someshwar, an experienced Senior leader, considers himself fortunate to have been part of the Consumer Business for the last 27 years. He has been leading Pepsico business across Asia, in the exciting Food & Beverage spectrum. The last role in Pepsico was Senior Vice President & GM based out of Hong Kong, where he was responsible for all Pepsico businesses across the North & South East Asia. Prior to that he was the CEO for the Food business, CEO for PepsiCo’s beverage business in India & South Asia, CFO for PepsiCo’s India & South Asia business, Strategic & Financial Planning Head for Pepsico India & South Asia. Mr. Praveen Someshwar is a Chartered Accountant as well as a Cost Accountant.

Praveen Someshwar
Group MD & CEO

Mr. Praveen Someshwar is the MD & CEO of HT Media - a 100- year-old brand with interests in media and publishing. As a progressive media group, Praveen’s current role is to transform it into a new age media and publication house. Mr. Praveen Someshwar, an experienced Senior leader, considers himself fortunate to have been part of the Consumer Business for the last 27 years. He has been leading Pepsico business across Asia, in the exciting Food & Beverage spectrum. The last role in Pepsico was Senior Vice President & GM based out of Hong Kong, where he was responsible for all Pepsico businesses across the North & South East Asia. Prior to that he was the CEO for the Food business, CEO for PepsiCo’s beverage business in India & South Asia, CFO for PepsiCo’s India & South Asia business, Strategic & Financial Planning Head for Pepsico India & South Asia. Mr. Praveen Someshwar is a Chartered Accountant as well as a Cost Accountant.

Ajay Shrivastava
Chief Digital Officer

Dinesh Mittal
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

Jaideep Mehta
CEO, Mosaic Digital

Mahesh Ramanathan
CEO, HT Content Studio

Paras Kaushik
CHRO

Piyush Gupta
Group CFO & CEO Strategic Investments

Prasad Sanyal
Chief Content Officer

Puneet Jain
CEO, Digital News Business

Rajan Bhalla
Group CMO

Rajeev Beotra
Executive Director, Revenue

Ramesh Menon
Chief Business Officer, Digital Innovation & New Businesses

Samudra Bhattacharya
CEO, Print

Sandeep Rao
Chief Strategy Officer

Shashi Shekhar
Editor in Chief, Hindustan

Sonal Kalra
Managing Editor, Entertainment

Sruthijith K K
Editor in chief- Mint

Sukumar Ranganathan
Editor in Chief, Hindustan Times

Akhil Gupta
CEO, Shine.com