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December 2020
UDAY SHANKAR iS PRESiDENT-ELECT, FICCI (2020-21) lead a na onal industry chamber such as FICCI, which is India’s oldest industry body.
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r Uday Shankar is the President-Elect, FICCI for the year 2020-21. Mr Shankar will be succeeding Dr Sangita Reddy, President, FICCI, and Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group during FICCI’s 93rd AGM on 11,12 & 14 December 2020. Mr Shankar is the President of The Walt Disney Company for Asia Pacific and the Chairman of Star and Disney India. He is the first-ever media and entertainment execu ve in India to
Mr Shankar presently leads Disney’s direct-to-consumer business in over 30 countries. He has been credited with the crea on of pathbreaking entertainment shows and bringing world-class sports broadcas ng to India. He also envisioned the digital transforma on of Star by crea ng Hotstar, which has now expanded globally as Disney+ Hotstar. In addi on to his leadership at Disney and Star, Mr Shankar has played a key role in shaping the growth trajectory of the media and entertainment sector in India, to benefit industry stakeholders as well as consumers. He has been at the
forefront of landmark ini a ves in television broadcas ng, such as selfregula on of content and digi za on of the broadcas ng sector. He has earlier been the President of the Indian Broadcas ng Founda on (IBF) and the Chairman of FICCI’s Media and Entertainment Commi ee. A trained journalist, Mr Shankar also pioneered the development of the television news ecosystem in India. Prior to Star India, he was the CEO and Editor of Star News, the country’s first 24-hour news channel. He has also been the Editor and News Director at TV Today Group, where he spearheaded the launch of Aaj Tak in 2000 and Headlines Today in 2003. Mr Shankar holds an MPhil in Economic History from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
AERO INDiA 2021 ON TRACK FOR FEBRUARY 3 TAKE - OFF
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he Paris Air Show that was scheduled to be held in June next year may have been cancelled due to the Covid pandemic, but there is no change in Aero India 2021 schedule and the five-day event is all set to take-off on February 3. In the run-up to the air show, a webinar series started from Thursday with experts
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discussing “Joint Maldives High Level Defence Engagement.” Prepara ons for the biggest aerospace exposi on, the 13th edi on of Aero-India 2021 to be held at Air Force Sta on Yelahanka in Bengaluru are going on.
of Defence in conduc ng the show, said prepara ons for the event are going on as planned. However, keeping in mind the pandemic, there will be some changes as far as public par cipa on is concerned. Number of visitors to the show is likely to be restricted to avoid crowding. Some events are also likely to be held online.
“We are going ahead with Aero India 2021 and there is no change,” Kapil Mohan, Principal Secretary, Infrastructure Development Department told TNIE on Thursday. The senior IAS officer, who is closely coordina ng with various state government departments that are providing assistance to the Ministry
However, there are apprehensions over foreign firms a ending the show as many countries are experiencing the second wave of Covid. In the last edi on in 2019, 238 Indian and 165 foreign exhibitors had displayed their products, and about 4 lakh business and general visitors had a ended the event.
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