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Sujatha Raghavan elected president of Indian Women’s Press Corps
All office bearers and executive committee members were returned unopposed in the 2026-27 elections
India’s premier organisation for women journalists has a new president. Sujatha Raghavan has been elected to lead the Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) for 2026-27, with results declared on April 11th in New Delhi.
The full slate ran unopposed. Sujata Mathur and Sushma Verma were elected vice presidents, Saroj Dhulia became general secretary, Suman Parmar was elected joint secretary, and Parul Sharma takes charge as treasurer. The nomination process, launched under a notification issued on March 16th, closed on April 2nd, with nominations displayed at the IWPC office. After the withdrawal window on April 4th, every candidate standing was declared elected without a contest.
The executive committee is equally settled. Twenty-one members were selected, including Aditi Nigam, Amiti Sen, Anju Grover, Anu Shakti, Aruna Singh, Bhasha Singh, Fozia Yasin, Geeta Shree, Huma Siddiqui, Kavita Bajeli Dutt, Malini Srivastava, Mrinal Ballari, Neerja Vakil, Nisha Singh, Preeti Prakash, Saraswati Chakraborty, Shivani Rawat, Shobhana Jain, T.K. Rajlaxmi, Vibha Joshi and Yogita Yadav.
An unopposed sweep suggests a leadership with few serious challengers. The IWPC now has a full bench. Whether it uses it to sharpen journalism’s gender conversation in India remains to be seen.
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Gurpreet Singh named President of DishTV Alumni Network
Former Dish TV executive to lead community building and collaboration.
MUMBAI: Back to the dish, but this time it’s about connections, not channels Gurpreet Singh is returning to familiar territory with a new mandate that swaps subscribers for relationships. Singh has been appointed President of the DishTV Alumni Network, a move aimed at strengthening ties among former employees and building a more engaged professional community around the Dish TV ecosystem. The initiative reflects a growing trend among large organisations to formalise alumni networks as platforms for collaboration, mentorship and business opportunities.
The appointment draws on Singh’s deep-rooted history with Dish TV, where he held multiple leadership roles over nearly a decade. As National Business Head between June 2019 and September 2020, he oversaw profit and loss as well as operations, managing revenues of Rs 6,000 crore and leading a team of around 1,250 employees across the country. His tenure included working alongside two regional business heads and 16 circle heads, underscoring the scale of operations he handled.
Prior to that, Singh served as Executive Vice President and National Head for Sales and Revenue from 2016 to 2019, and earlier as Senior Vice President and National Head for Sales and Revenue. He also briefly led international operations as Country Head for Sri Lanka, further expanding his exposure across markets.
His broader career spans leadership roles across telecom and consumer businesses, including a stint as Chief Operating Officer at Bharti Airtel’s Malawi operations, senior leadership roles at Reliance Communications, and earlier positions at Hindustan Sanitaryware and Kodak India, where he spent over a decade.
In his new role, Singh is expected to focus on reconnecting former employees, fostering collaboration, and building a structured alumni ecosystem that leverages shared experience and industry networks. As companies increasingly recognise the long-term value of their extended workforce, the DishTV Alumni Network appears set to turn nostalgia into a strategic asset, one connection at a time.
