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Editors Guild unveils new Executive Committee for 2025–26
DELHI: The Editors Guild of India has moved swiftly to set the tone for the year ahead, unveiling a fresh Executive Committee packed with some of the country’s most influential newsroom leaders and veteran journalists. The new line-up, announced on 9 December 2025, signals both continuity and renewed editorial heft at a time when press freedom and media ethics remain at the centre of national debate.
The committee for the 2025–26 term features 23 members:
1. Ayaz Memon – Senior Journalist
2. Alok Mehta – Former Chief Editor, Outlook
3. Ashutosh – Co-founder and Editor, Satya Hindi
4. Jayant Mammen Mathew – Executive Editor, Malayalam Manorama
5. Kumkum Chadha – Senior Journalist, Hindustan Times
6. Kavita Devi – Editor-in-Chief, Khabar Lahariya
7. KN Hari Kumar – Former Editor-in-Chief, Deccan Herald and Prajavani
8. Madhav Nalapat – Editorial Director, ITV Network
9. Om Thanvi – Former Editor, Jansatta
10. Prakash Dubey – Group Editor, Dainik Bhaskar
11. Rashmi Koti – Managing Editor, Andolana
12. Raghav Bahl – Editor-in-Chief, The Quint
13. Raj Chengappa – Consulting Editor, TV Today Network
14. Rajdeep Sardesai – Consulting Editor, India Today
15. Ravi N – Former Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu
16. Sugata Srinivasaraju – Senior Journalist, Author and Columnist
17. Shekhar Gupta – Editor-in-Chief and Chairman, ThePrint
18. Seema Mustafa – Editor-in-Chief, The Citizen
19. Anant Nath – Editor, The Caravan
20. TN Ninan – Chairman, Business Standard
21. Vijay Naik – Consulting Editor (Delhi), Sakal Media Group
22. Bharat Bhushan – Senior Journalist and Columnist
23. Shrenik Rao – Editor-in-Chief, Madras Courier
In addition, the Guild has named two special invitees:
1. John Dayal, Consulting Editor, Indian Currents
2. Harish Khare, Former Editor-in-Chief, The Tribune
The announcement was formally issued by Guild President Sanjay Kapoor, General Secretary Raghavan Srinivasan, and Treasurer Teresa Rehman, underscoring a collective commitment to strengthening ethical journalism at a moment when the industry faces both political pressure and technological disruption.
With a committee spanning legacy newsroom chiefs, digital pioneers, and sharp-edged columnists, the Editors Guild appears intent on entering 2026 with a louder voice and a firmer spine—just when the Indian media landscape needs it most.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
