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Zee brings 3 regional channels under one head, Nitin Vaidya
MUMBAI: As part of the restructuring exercise, Zee Network has brought three of its regional channels under one head.
Nitin Vaidya is made the head of Zee’s Marathi, Bangla and Gujarati channels. He was earlier business head of Zee Marathi. Now, the heads of Bangla and Gujarati channels will report to Vaidya. Vaidya will also continue to be business head of Smile TV, Zee’s comedy channel.
The three channels will also have a single ad sales head. Earlier Zee’s regional channels had individual channel and ad sales heads. The new ad sales structure will be headed Rajiv Chatterjee, who in turn will report to Vaidya.
Comments Vaidya on the restructuring, “This initiative will help us bring about synergy and alignment to the advertising sales of our regional channels. This new ad sales model will be applicable to the western and northern regions of the country.”
Zee’s Punjabi channel will be kept outside this new structure. Rabindra Narayan will continue as business head of the two channels Zee Punjabi and ETC Punjabi. Zee has already roped in former ETV hand R Ajaykumar to head its South initiatives.
The present restructuring follows Zee’s bringing together of its regional channels under the Zee brand, replacing Alpha. Simultaneously, the network also went for a facelift by introducing new logos for all its channels.
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MSM Unify appoints Rohit Kumar to lead India campus business
Ex CollegeDekho COO to drive partnerships, scale campus engagement in India.
MUMBAI: From classrooms to boardrooms, the campus playbook is getting a new chief architect. MSM Unify has appointed Rohit Kumar as founding member and president of its India Campus Business, signalling a sharper push into one of the world’s fastest-evolving higher education markets. In his new role, Kumar will oversee the company’s India business vertical, taking charge of institutional partnerships, campus engagement strategy and domestic growth. The mandate is clear: build scalable, technology-led models that connect Indian universities and colleges with global academic and career pathways, while staying grounded in local campus realities.
Kumar brings over 24 years of experience across telecom, IT services and education technology, an unusually broad mix that mirrors the convergence shaping modern education platforms. Most recently, as co-founder and COO of Collegedekho, he helped scale the business into a Rs 300 crore enterprise, delivering a 67 per cent CAGR over five years and building partnerships with more than 2,000 institutions nationwide.
That growth journey also saw the platform expand into adjacent verticals including learning, marketing services and overseas education, backed by multiple funding rounds from investors such as Girnarsoft, ADQ, ETS and Man Capital.
Earlier in his career, Kumar held senior roles at companies including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Sify Technologies, Indiatimes and Videocon, where his work spanned revenue growth, operational efficiency and market expansion across key regions including Maharashtra.
His appointment comes at a time when India’s higher education ecosystem is undergoing structural shifts driven by digitisation, global mobility and increasing demand for outcome-linked education. For MSM Unify, the opportunity lies in bridging domestic institutions with international pathways through a more integrated, tech-enabled approach.
As the race to own the student journey intensifies, Kumar’s task will be less about building from scratch and more about connecting the dots between campuses, careers and a rapidly globalising education economy.
