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ET NOW announces the launch of Season 7 of ‘Leaders of Tomorrow’, the biggest platform dedicated to MSMEs
MUMBAI: ET NOW, India’s leading English business news channel, announces Season 7 of ‘Leaders of Tomorrow’ – India’s only daily television show featuring micro, small and medium enterprises. Anchored by Sunanda Jayaseelan, the show aims to empower the country’s 36 million MSMEs with the most relevant information and access to the biggest experts.
ET NOW has designed a one-of-its-kind Entrepreneurial Excellence Workshop on the theme – Disruptive Innovations held recently in Mumbai. This masterclass was conducted by globally renowned management guru and author Whitney Johnson. Meera Shenoy, Founder of Youth4Jobs and Rishikesha Krishnan, Director, IIM Indore were amongst others who along with Whitney deliberated on ‘Innovation and Disruption for Entrepreneurs’ and why innovation is crucial for small businesses.
Leaders of Tomorrow Season 7 debut episode premiers on ET NOW on Monday, June 11 at 10:30p.m. The prominent guests on the show include Vineet Nayar, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Sampark Foundation; Deep Kalra, Founder, MakeMyTrip; Amit Sinha, COO, Paytm Mall; Suresh Narayanan, MD, Nestle India; Sankalp Potbhare, MD KraftHeinz; and Raghav Chandra, Founder, UrbanClap to name a few.
This season will bring you the most in-depth conversations across formats including panel discussions, expert masterclasses, features of entrepreneurs doing something different as well as game changers who are impacting the society around them. Leaders of Tomorrow is also setting out on a journey to travel to 20 cities across the country meeting with small and medium businesses.
The season will also celebrate the best entrepreneurs across the country with a grand awards ceremony later this year.
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Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
