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Jagran Prakashan seeks removal of seven independent, one whole-time director
Seven independent directors and full-time director Satish Chandra Mishra face removal under special notice
NEW DELHI: A governance tussle has intensified at Jagran Prakashan Limited, after its holding company moved to remove a majority of the board. In a stock exchange filing dated 12 February, 2026, the company disclosed that Jagran Media Network Private Limited has issued a special notice seeking the removal of seven independent directors and one whole-time director.
The independent directors proposed for removal are Divya Karani, Shailendra Swarup, Anita Nayyar, Kemisha Soni, Pramod Agarwal, Shalin Tandon and Arun Anant. The notice also seeks the ouster of full-time director Satish Chandra Mishra. An extraordinary general meeting has been convened to consider the resolutions.
The holding company has alleged that the directors were not appointed in accordance with due process. It further claimed that the company’s chairman, Mahendra Mohan Gupta, failed to exercise voting rights in line with directions issued by the JMNIPL board.
Gupta, in a separate communication to the board on 12 February, said the voting rights dispute is already under adjudication before the National Company Law Tribunal, Allahabad bench. Two company petitions linked to the matter are currently pending before the tribunal.
The special notice was taken up at the board meeting held the same day. The company said its board would take all necessary and appropriate steps in accordance with applicable law.
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IICT partners with Gativedhi to bring studio production tools to students
New MoU lets students explore AI-driven production pipelines for AVGC-XR
MUMBAI: The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) has teamed up with Gativedhi Technologies to give students a front-row seat to modern studio production. The collaboration will integrate Gativedhi’s AI-powered production intelligence platform, Shotrack, into academic programmes, letting students experience the workflow systems used by animation, VFX and gaming studios.
Under the MoU, faculty, students and researchers will get hands-on access to Shotrack through beta programmes, pilot deployments and academic evaluations. This will allow them to explore simulated production pipelines, understand asset management, track tasks and monitor schedules, essentially seeing how complex projects come together behind the scenes.
Shotrack is designed to tackle a key industry challenge: when multiple studios work on the same project, differing internal systems often create bottlenecks, slow approvals and complicate version control. The platform provides a unified production environment, enabling smoother collaboration across distributed teams while generating operational insights and predictive analytics to optimise crew allocation, forecast schedule risks and manage costs.
The collaboration also opens doors to Gativedhi’s wider ecosystem. Upcoming tools include StudioTrack, for studio operations management covering budgeting, recruitment and IT infrastructure, and WorkTrack, which measures workflow efficiency and team productivity across industries.
IICT plans to embed these tools into programmes covering animation pipelines, VFX workflows, gaming production and media project management. Students will also benefit from guest lectures, masterclasses, workshops, internships and research projects that connect academic learning with real-world studio practices.
IICT CEO Vishwas Deoskar, said the partnership provides “An environment where production pipeline tools can be explored, tested and refined while students gain insight into how large-scale productions are organised.”
Gativedhi Technologies founder & CEO Senthil Kumar added, “This collaboration introduces students to real-world studio management tools and helps us improve our platform with academic feedback.”
With Shotrack in classrooms, India’s future animators, VFX artists and gaming producers will get a taste of studio life long before they step into one.
