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NDTV Property Awards acknowledged Indian real estate space
MUMBAI: NDTV Property Awards, presented by Parryware, which is into its third year has emerged as the most credible benchmark for the real estate industry. Manisha Natarajan, Senior Editor, Business and Real Estate along with Vasudha Sharma and Anjali Istwal, co-anchors of The Property Show, hosted the third edition of the NDTV Property Awards, presented by Parrywareand powered by Johnson Tiles. The awards honoured and acknowledged excellence in Indian real estate and recognized real estate leaders whose persistent pursuit of excellence has fuelled India’s journey to the forefront of the world’s economy.
The Chief Guest of the evening was Shri Babul Supriyo, the Minister of State for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation.
The big winners of the night included Mr C.L Raheja who was conferred with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, Brotin Banerjee was honoured with the Best CEO in Real Estate Award and real estate giant Omaxe Ltd. was felicitated with outstanding contribution to Tier 2 & Tier 3 cities.
Held on 5th March, 2016 at Sheraton Grand Bangalore Hotel, Bengaluru, the ceremony was attended by the crème de la crème of the real estate world including Mr Irfan Razack, Chairman & Managing Director of the Prestige Group, Mr JC Sharma, VC & MD Sobha Limited, Mr Jaishankar, Chairman and Managing Director, Brigade Group and Mr Getamber Anand, CMD ATS Infrastructure.
Awardees List
Jury members for the awards included Mrs Renu Sudkarnad, MD, HDFC; Mr Amit Bhagat, CEO & Managing Director, ASK Property Investment Advisors Pvt. Ltd; Mr Ritesh Vohra,Partner, Real Estate Investments, IDFC Alternatives Limited; Mr Rohit Salhotra, MD and CEO ICICI-HFC; Mr Sachin Sandhir, MD, South Asia, RICS and Ms Manisha Natarajan, Senior Editor, Business and Real Estate, NDTV.
All results were confidentially tabulated and audited by KPMG with Prop Equity as the Knowledge Partner and EDS as Knowledge Partner for the Green Awards.
Associate Sponsors for the event were Cushman & Wakefield, Rajnigandha Cables Pvt. Ltd, 99acres.com, Reliance Home Finance, Nippon Paint and Sheraton Grand Bangalore Hotel at Brigade Gateway as the hospitality partner.
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Senior media executive Madhu Soman exits Zee Media
Former Reuters and Bloomberg leader says he leaves with “no regrets” after brief stint at WION and Zee Business
NOIDA: Madhu Soman, a veteran of global newsrooms and media sales floors, has stepped away from Zee Media Corporation after a short stint steering business strategy for WION and Zee Business.
In a reflective LinkedIn note marking his departure, Soman said his time within the network’s corridors was always likely to be brief. “Some chapters close faster than expected,” he wrote, signalling the end of a nearly two-year spell in which he oversaw both editorial partnerships and commercial strategy.
Soman joined Zee Media in 2022 after more than a decade abroad with Reuters and Bloomberg, returning to India to take on the role of chief business officer for WION and Zee Business. His mandate was ambitious: bridge the newsroom and the revenue desk while expanding digital and broadcast reach.
During the stint, Zee Business reached break-even for the first time since its launch in 2005, while WION refreshed programming and strengthened its digital footprint across platforms such as YouTube and Facebook.
But Soman suggested the cultural fit proved uneasy. Describing himself as a “cultural misfit”, he hinted at deeper tensions between editorial instincts shaped in global newsrooms and the realities of India’s television news ecosystem.
Before joining Zee, Soman spent more than seven years at Bloomberg in Hong Kong as head of broadcast sales for Asia-Pacific, expanding the company’s news syndication business across several markets. Earlier, he held senior editorial roles at Reuters, overseeing online strategy in India and managing Reuters Video Services from London.
His career began in television and wire reporting, including a stint with ANI during the 1999 Kargil conflict, before moving into digital publishing as India’s internet media landscape took shape.
Now, after nearly three decades in broadcast and digital media, Soman is leaving Delhi NCR and returning to his hometown, Trivandrum.
Exhausted, he admits. But unbowed. And with one quiet line that sums up the journey: he didn’t sell his soul — because some things, after all, are not for sale.
