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Essel Corp appoints Mehraj Dube as deputy VP
MUMBAI: The Subhash Chandra led Essel Group is seeing many high profile resignation and reappointment amongst its top management. It is recently learnt that Mehraj Dube has joined as the deputy VP at Essel Group.
Dube will report directly to the chairman’s office and will closely look at the various projects of the group. He is posted at Zee Media Corporation Limited. A source also reveals that Dube will play a vital role in Zee Business after few months.
An award winning broadcaster, Dube is admired for his original thinking ability, for a creative approach to find solutions and implement ideas.
In his last role, he served at The Statesman as vice president and has also led the communications strategy for Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai. With experience in news reporting, news presenting, current affairs debate shows, show designing, marketing and content positioning.
Dube has experience of anchoring Money Mantra show on NDTV Profit and have received a lot of respect and attention as an anchor for NDTV India’s Hindi prime time shows like Top 5, India 9 Baje, Sabse Bada Rupaiya, etc. He has also worked with Star News for nearly five years at various positions in different teams and reported on variety of subjects from economy to politics from films to environment added a great deal of experience to my media skills.
The appointment has come at the time when Essel Group Chairman and noted philanthropist Subhash Chandra has been elected to the Rajya Sabha as an independent candidate from Haryana.
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Kamlesh Singh receives Haldi Ghati Award from MMCF
India Today Group editor honoured for three decades of journalism at Udaipur ceremony.
MUMBAI- Kamlesh Singh just turned a lifetime of sharp words into a shiny shield because when journalism wakes up a society, even the Maharana of Mewar wants to pin a medal on it.
The Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) conferred its prestigious Haldi Ghati Award on Kamlesh Singh, a senior editor at the India Today Group, during a ceremony in Udaipur on 15 March 2026. The national award, instituted in 1981-82, recognises “work of permanent value that initiates an awakening in society through the medium of journalism.”
Singh, who leads several editorial initiatives including Aaj Tak Radio, the Teen Taal community and The Lallantop, was presented the honour by Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, Managing Trustee of MMCF. The citation highlighted his three decades of contributions to Indian media, innovations in digital journalism, mentoring young reporters, and his popular podcast persona “Tau” on Teen Taal, which fosters thoughtful public discourse.
The Haldi Ghati Award, named after the historic Battle of Haldighati symbolising valour and resilience, is one of four national awards given annually by MMCF. Past recipients include Tavleen Singh, Piyush Pandey and Raj Chengappa.
Other honourees this year included Padma Vibhushan Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Vedamurti Devvrat Rekhe, Treeman of India Marimuthu Yoganathan, Vir Chakra Capt Rizwan Malik, and US-based researcher Molly Emma Aitken, who received the Colonel James Tod Award for contributions to understanding Mewar’s spirit and values.
In an era where headlines often shout louder than substance, the MMCF quietly reminded everyone that real journalism isn’t about noise, it’s about the quiet, persistent work that stirs society awake, one thoughtful story at a time.
