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NDTV appoints Siddharth Narula as revenue head
25+ years media veteran to lead monetisation for NDTV 24×7 & Profit Brand Studio.
MUMBAI: NDTV just hired a revenue rainmaker because when trust meets commerce, even the newsroom needs someone who can make headlines profitable. NDTV has appointed Siddharth Narula as revenue head for NDTV 24×7 and NDTV Profit Brand Studio. With more than 25 years of experience in media and digital revenue leadership, Narula brings expertise in cross-platform monetisation, brand solutions, OTT ecosystems, and data-driven growth models.
His career spans senior roles including chief revenue officer at Zee Digital (overseeing OTT, web, social and publishing revenue) and chief revenue officer at Culture Machine (managing digital businesses across India, North America and APAC). Earlier assignments at The Walt Disney Company, Bloomberg UTV, CNBC, ESPN, Sony and NDTV have given him strong grounding in broadcast strategy, digital transformation and integrated brand solutions.
In his new role, Narula will drive revenue strategy, premium partnerships, integrated storytelling solutions and scalable monetisation frameworks aligned with NDTV’s journalism-first ethos.
NDTV CEO and editor-in-chief Rahul Kanwal said, “As we scale NDTV 24×7 and NDTV Profit Brand Studio, revenue streams must be as intelligent and purposeful as our journalism. Siddharth brings the experience required to build long-term, innovation-led brand conversations that add value to our viewers.”
Narula commented, “NDTV’s credibility offers a powerful foundation for building meaningful, trust-based brand partnerships. My focus will be on creating revenue frameworks that are future-ready, data-informed, and aligned with the integrity of the newsroom.”
The appointment comes as NDTV sharpens its focus on English news and business offerings, emphasising integrated brand partnerships and platform-native growth in an evolving media landscape.
In a news business where trust is currency and attention is gold, NDTV isn’t just reporting the story, it’s hiring someone to make sure the story keeps paying the bills.
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UltraTech Cement appoints Jayant Dua as managing director
Dua will succeed K. C. Jhanwar after his term ends in December 2026
MUMBAI: UltraTech Cement, the flagship cement arm of the Aditya Birla Group, has elevated Jayant Dua as managing director, effective 1 April, 2026.
The company’s board also approved his appointment as additional director, managing director and key managerial personnel, effective 1 January, 2027, following the completion of the current managing director K C Jhanwar’s term on 31 December, 2026, according to a regulatory filing.
Dua will serve as managing director for a four-year term from 1 January, 2027 to 31 December, 2030.
A veteran executive with more than 37 years of professional experience, Dua joined the Aditya Birla Group’s cement business in 1996 and spent nearly a decade in various functional and leadership roles.
Over the past two decades, he has held several profit-and-loss and chief executive responsibilities across multiple group businesses, including insulators, insurance, Century Cement and the chlor-alkali segment. In 2023, he was elevated to lead the group’s renewables and textiles businesses.
Within the group, Dua has received several internal honours, including the chairman’s individual award for exceptional contribution in 2002, the outstanding leader award in 2009 and the leader of leaders recognition in 2022.
He holds an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, an MBA from International Management Institute and has completed the advanced management programme at Harvard Business School.
