Somesh Sharma of Rashtradoot Saptahik is new INS chief

Somesh Sharma of Rashtradoot Saptahik was today elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for the year 2016-17 its 77th Annual General Meeting here.
He succeeds P V Chandran of Grihalakshmi (Mathrubhumi Group), according to an INS press release.
Akila Urankar (Business Standard) is the new Deputy President, K Balaji (The Hindu Weekly) Vice President and Sharad Saxena (Hindustan Times) Honorary Treasurer of INS for the year 2016-17, it said.
V Shankaran will continue to be the INS Secretary General.
The other members of the Executive Committee are:
Sanjay Gupta (Dainik Jagran, Varanasi), Shailesh Gupta
(Mid-Day), Raj Kumar Jain (Navbharat Times), C H Kiron (Vipula and Annadata), R Lakshmipathy (Dinamalar), Rajul Maheshwari (Amar Ujala), Jayant Mammen Mathew (Malayalam Manorama), Vilas A Marathe (Dainik Hindustan, Amravati), Naresh Mohan (Sunday Statesman), Anant Nath (Grihshobhika, Marathi) Pratap G Pawar (Sakal), D D Purkayastha (Anand Bazar Patrika) RMR Ramesh (Dinakaran), K Raja Prasad Reddy (Sakshi, Vishakhapatnam), Indranil Roy (Outlook).

Rakesh Sharma (Aaj Samaj), Manoj Kumar Sonthalia (The New Indian Express), Kiran D Thakur (Tarun Bharat, Belgaum), Vinay Verma (The Tribune), M P Veerendrakumar (Mathrubhumi), Jacob Mathew (Vanitha), Bahubali S Shah (Gujarat Samachar), Hormusji N Cama (Bombay Samachar Weekly), Kundan R Vyas (Vyapar, Mumbai), Ashish Bagga (India Today), K N Tilak Kumar (Deccan Herald and Prajavani), Ravindra Kumar (The Statesman), Kiran B Vadodaria (Sambhaav Metro) and P V Chandran (Grehalakshmi).