Hormusji N Cama, Director of Bombay Samachar and Riyad Mathew, Director of Malayala Manorama, were elected as the Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively of the Press Trust of India. The election took place at a meeting of the Board of Directors following the Company’s 67th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in New Delhi.
Cama is the Managing Director of Bombay Smachar, which is the oldest continuously-published newspaper in India from 1855. A member of the Press Council, Cama succeeded Mohan Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director of the Jagran Prakashan Limited (JPL).
Riyad Mathew is the Director of Malayala Manorama and is a Senior Assistant Editor of the Malayala Manorama, which publishes one of India’s leading weekly magazines, The Week. He also has worked as a correspondent with Associated Press (AP) in Washington. He holds a masters degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.
Press Trust of India
- Press Trust of India (PTI) is the largest news agency in India. It is headquartered in New Delhi
- It took over the operations of the Associated Press from Reuters soon after India’s independence on August 15, 1947.
- It provides news coverage and information of the region in both English and Hindi.
- Major Indian subscribers of PTI include The Hindu, Times of India, the Indian Express, the Hindustan Times, The Statesman, The Tribune, the All India Radio and Doordarshan.
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