M.P. Veerendrakumar elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Press Trust of India

Aug 25, 2011, 17:10 IST

India Current Affairs August 2011. Chairman and managing director of the Mathrubhoomi group of newspapers, M.P. Veerendrakumar, was elected chairman of the Board of Directors of Press Trust of India

Chairman and managing director of the Mathrubhoomi group of newspapers, M.P. Veerendrakumar, was elected chairman of the Board of Directors of Press Trust of India (PTI) on 24 August. Veerendrakumar had twice before served as the PTI chairman.


He succeeded Vineet Jain, Managing Director of the Times of India Group. Former Union Minister, Veerendrakumar also served as president of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS). He has written 18 books in Malayalam, one of which won the Kendra Sahitya Akademy Award in 2010.


R Lakshmipathy, Publisher of the Tamil daily Dinamalar, was elected vice-chairman. He has been president of the INS, chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulation and a member of the Press Council of India. He runs several educational institutions.

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