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. He 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 2016-17. He 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.
He 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 the University of Maryland and trained at The Washington Post, The Washington Times and Capital News Service.
Karunesh Bajaj of ITC limited representing advertisers on the ABC council was unanimously elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Bureau for the year 2024-25. Mohit Jain of Bennett, Coleman and Co. ltd and Vikram Sakhuja of Madison Communications Pvt ltd were elected as the Hon.Secretary and Hon. Treasurer of the Bureau for the year 2024-25 respectively.
The members on the ABC’s Council of Management for the year 2024-2025 are:
Publishers Representatives
Riyad Mathew: Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd
Pratap G. Pawar: Sakal Papers Pvt. Ltd
Shailesh Gupta: Jagran Prakashan Ltd
Praveen Someshwar: HT Media Ltd
Mohit Jain: Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd
Dhruba Mukherjee: ABP Pvt. Ltd
Karan Darda: Lokmat Media Pvt. Ltd
Girish Agarwal: DB Corp Limited
Advertiser Representatives
Karunesh Bajaj: ITC Ltd
Aniruddha Haldar: TVS Motor Company Ltd
Partho Banerjee: Maruti Suzuki India Ltd
Advertising Agencies Representatives
Srinivasan K. Swamy: RK Swamy Ltd
Vikram Sakhuja: Madison Communications Pvt. Ltd
Prasanth Kumar: Group M Media India Private Limited
Vaishali Verma: Initiative Media (India) Pvt. Ltd
Sejal Shah: Publicis Media India Group
The ABC of India is a non-profit organisation that certifies and audits the circulation of major newspapers and magazines in the country.