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 2024-25.
Riyad Mathew has also been 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 is now the Chairman of the International Press Institute (IPI) India. Mathew was also a Director on the Board of Directors of MRUC (Media Research Users Council) as well as a Board Member of AIM (Association of Indian Magazines).
Riyad Mathew had completed his Masters in Journalism from the 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 a 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.
Members of the Bureau’s Council of Management for the year 2024-2025 are as follows:
Publishers Representatives
- Riyad Mathew – Malayala Manorama (Chairman)
- Pratap G. Pawar – Sakal Papers
- Shailesh Gupta – Jagran Prakashan
- Praveen Someshwar – HT Media
- Mohit Jain – Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd (Hon. Secretary)
- Dhruba Mukherjee – ABP
- Karan Darda – Lokmat Media
- Girish Agarwal – DB Corp
Advertiser Representatives
- Karunesh Bajaj, ITC (Deputy Chairman)
- Aniruddha Haldar – TVS Motor
- Partho Banerjee- Maruti Suzuki India
Advertising Agencies Representatives
- Srinivasan K Swamy – RK Swamy
- Vikram Sakhuja – Madison Communications (Hon. Treasurer)
- Prasanth Kumar – Group M Media India
- Vaishali Verma – Initiative Media (India)
- Sejal Shah – Publicis Media India Group
