Malayala Manorama Group’s Riyad Mathew elected Chairman of ABC

Karunesh Bajaj of ITC Limited was unanimously elected as the Deputy Chairman and Mohit Jain of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. the Hon. Secretary of the Bureau for the year 2024-2025.

by e4m Staff
Published: Sep 18, 2024 3:06 PM | 2 min read

Riyad Mathew Chief Associate Editor and Director of Malayala Manorama Group has been unanimously elected as the Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the year 2024-2025. Riyad Mathew is also a Director on the Board of The Press Trust of India (PTI) since August 2009. He was also the Chairman of PTI for the year 2016-2017. Riyad Mathew served as a Board Member of the International Press Institute (IPI) based in Vienna till May 2023 and now as the Chairman of International Press Institute (IPI) India. Mathew was also a Director on the Board of Directors of MRUC (Media Research Users Council) as well as Board Member of AIM (Association of Indian Magazines)

Riyad Mathew had completed his Masters in Journalism from University of Maryland and trained at The Washington Post, The Washington Times and Capital News Service.

The Malayala Manorama Group has more than 40 publications in 5 languages and also has presence in television, radio, music and cyberspace. The Malayala Manorama group also has a strong presence in GCC.

Deputy Chairman:-

Karunesh Bajaj of ITC Limited representing advertisers / clients on the ABC Council was unanimously elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Bureau for the year 2024-2025

Hon. Secretary:-

Mohit Jain of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. representing Publisher Members on the Council was unanimously re-elected as the Hon. Secretary of the Bureau for the year 2024-2025.

Hon. Treasurer:-

Vikram Sakhuja, of Madison Communications Pvt. Ltd. representing Advertising Agencies Members on the Council was unanimously re-elected as the Hon. Treasurer of the Bureau for the year 2024-2025.