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IndusInd Media gets a new CEO in Deepak Varma
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT subsidiary IndusInd Media & Communications will have a new chief executive officer, even as the company has decided to de-merge its information technology and media businesses.
Deepak Varma, former chief operating officer of BPL Mobile Communications Mumbai, has joined IndusInd Media as the CEO. Since quitting BPL, Varma has been working with a telecom company abroad.
General CL Anand will continue as the managing director of IndusInd Media till he is relieved of his duties. “I have expressed my desire to retire from active service due to my growing age and indifferent health,” Anand tells indiantelevision.com.
Several senior executives of IndusInd Media have quit the organisation over the last two years. These include KV Seshasayee who was heading the conditional access system (CAS) project and was a board member, Rajiv Vyas who was the chief operating officer of IndusInd Media, and Ram Hingorani who was vice chairman of the company. Indus Media had made investments towards CAS, but this amount is stuck as there are still no takers for the addressable system.
Anand was responsible for improving the health of the MSO and played a big role in improving collections from the ground. The relationship with the distributors also improved during his tenure.
HTMT plans to have two debt-free listed companies with mirror shareholding. While information technology and telecom businesses will form part of the technology company, media including film content and cable TV distribution and broadband will be part of the new entity. In Fascel, which is a cellular service operator, HTMT has made a financial investment and is planning to sell its stake at the appropriate time.
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Collective Artists Network reshuffles talent leadership
Fiona D’Souza, Jinal Jhaveri and Arjun Banerjee take expanded roles in core division.
MUMBAI: Collective Artists Network just handed the talent baton to its homegrown stars because when your agents have been building careers this long, it’s time to let them run the show. Collective Artists Network has announced the next phase of leadership for its talent management business, elevating senior agents Fiona D’Souza, Jinal Jhaveri and Arjun Banerjee to expanded roles within the division. The move strengthens the company’s foundational talent arm while it continues to grow into content creation and production-led ventures.
Each of the three has played a significant part in shaping artist careers across films, digital platforms and brand partnerships. Together they now represent the next generation of leadership for Collective’s talent operations, with a continued focus on long-term career building, strong partnerships and adapting representation to a fast-changing media landscape.
Collective Artists Network founder and Group CEO Vijay Subramaniam remains actively involved in guiding artist strategy and key relationships. He said, “Talent management has been the foundation on which Collective was built, and that philosophy continues to guide how we grow the company. As we enter this next phase, it’s important that the people leading this business have both deep context and long-term convictions.”
Collective Artists Network partner and head of talent Janahavi Rawal added, “Collective’s talent business has always been built on trust, long-term thinking, and a deep understanding of where artists want to go next. Fiona, Jinal, and Arjun have each played an important role in shaping the careers of the artists we represent, and this phase is about empowering our senior agents further while building the right support systems around them.”
The leadership evolution reflects Collective’s belief in promoting from within and creating clear ownership across verticals. In a talent world where yesterday’s agent is tomorrow’s partner, Collective isn’t just reshuffling chairs, it’s handing the spotlight to the people who’ve been quietly directing the show all along.
