Shekhar Gupta is the new president of Editor's Guild of India

Shekhar Gupta, founder and editor-in-chief of the news portal The Print, is the new president of the Editors' Guild of India (EGI).

He was unanimously elected the president of the editors' guild at its annual general meeting on Sunday.

A K Bhattacharya, editorial director, Business Standard, was elected the EGI's general secretary, while NewsX channel's news affairs editor Sheela Bhatt the treasurer.

"The general body of the guild also placed on record its deep appreciation of the stewardship of the guild by the outgoing president Raj Chengappa, India Today group editorial director (publishing), and other office bearers," the EGI said in a statement.