Shilpa Shetty and Vivek Makker set to exit NDTV, say reports

NEW DELHI: Shilpa Shetty and Vivek Makker are set to exit NDTV, marking another round of senior-level churn at the broadcaster, media reports said. The network has not yet issued an official statement on the exits.

Shetty currently serves as national revenue head at NDTV Profit, a role she assumed in October 2025. She oversees display sales, brand integrations, partnerships and new business development. Prior to joining NDTV, she was national head – revenue at Times Network between April 2022 and October 2025, where she led display sales for ET Now and ET Now Swadesh alongside national revenue responsibilities.

Earlier, Shetty was national revenue head for the business news cluster at TV18 Broadcast Limited, managing national revenues across CNBC TV18 and CNBC Awaaz. She also served as a board advisor to the council at the Indian Influencer Governing Council between February 2025 and October 2025.

Makker, who has been national revenue head at NDTV India since September 2025, is also preparing to move on, according to sources. He joined NDTV after serving as executive vice-president at News Nation from August 2022 to September 2025.

Makker previously spent nearly a decade at NDTV as national head – NDTV India between December 2012 and August 2022. Before that, he worked as regional head at Star India Private Limited and had a brief stint as national revenue head at JSL Media, overseeing the outdoor division of the Jindal Group.

The next professional moves of both executives are not known at this stage.