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Monisha Singh joins Miditech as VP programming
MUMBAI: The cat is out of the bag. Former UTV creative director Monisha Singh, who called it quits at Ronnie Screwvala’s company last month, has joined the Alva brothers-promoted Miditech.
Based in Mumbai, Singh will be heading Miditech’s fiction and entertainment division as vice-president programming. Additionally, Singh has also been inducted onto the Miditech board of the directors.
For the 27-year-old Singh, today marked her first official working day at Miditech.
Speaking exclusively to indiantelevision, Miditech CEO Nikhil Alva offered, “We are very serious about expanding in the fiction and entertainment space. Monisha Singh’s appointment is just one indicator of that intent.”
As part of the expansion plan, Miditech has already shifted to larger offices in Mumbai’s Andheri East suburb. Besides that, the production house is also setting up a separate state of the art post production studio in Andheri East, which should be up and running in a month’s time, Alva says.
Singh’s is just among the more higher profile appointments that Miditech is in the middle of undertaking. Alva says that from the present staff strength of 30-35 in Mumbai, it will go up to around 60 in the next two months.
Singh, an economics graduate and mass communications post graduate, began her career with Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms as a creative director. This was when India’s premier soap factory was still a fledgling production house.
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India Today Group debuts AI anchor ‘Sutra’ at AI Impact Summit 2026
Sutra aims to simplify live policy debates using sovereign AI models
NEW DELHI: India Today Group has unveiled Sutra, an AI-driven news anchor designed to deliver real-time, contextual reporting, marking the group’s latest push to integrate artificial intelligence into mainstream journalism.
The AI anchor was introduced at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi and developed in collaboration with BharatGen, with the initiative showcased by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
India Today Group said Sutra is built to navigate complex policy discussions and fast-moving developments by synthesising information into concise, accessible insights, aimed at narrowing the gap between high-level debates and public understanding. The AI anchor was used to surface live takeaways from key sessions at the summit.
India Today Group chief AI officer Nilanjan Das, said the project was focused on clarity and accessibility without diluting editorial rigour. He added that working with BharatGen aligned the group’s AI ambitions with India’s broader push towards sovereign technology capabilities.
BharatGen CEO Rishi Bal, said the partnership reflected a shift from basic automation towards deeper contextual intelligence in media. He emphasised the importance of indigenous, multimodal AI models capable of understanding Indian languages, regional dialects and cultural nuance, particularly as AI-driven news formats gain traction.
The launch positions India Today Group among the first major Indian media houses to deploy an AI anchor backed by home-grown technology, underscoring a growing convergence between journalism, public policy and sovereign AI infrastructure.
