Karunesh Bajaj elected as new chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulation

New Delhi: Karunesh Bajaj, executive Vice President (Marketing & Exports), ITC Ltd, has been unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2025-26.

With a distinguished career spanning close to three decades in brand building, marketing strategy and leadership across FMCG and retail, Bajaj brings a wealth of expertise to guide the Council in its next phase of growth and governance. Over his 25-year tenure at ITC, he has been instrumental in steering some of India’s most iconic brands and strengthening ITC’s market standing.

Mohit Jain, Chief Operating Officer (Publishing) and Executive Director Bennett Coleman & Co Ltd Publisher Member on the Council was unanimously elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Bureau for the year 2025-2026.

Some of the other office bearers are: Mohit Jain – Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd – Dy Chairman; Dhruba Mukherjee – ABP Pvt Ltd – Honorary Secretary; Riyad Mathew, Malayala Manorama Co Ltd; Girish Agarwal,  DB Corp Ltd; Shailesh Gupta, Jagran Prakashan Ltd; Karan Darda, Lokmat Media Pvt Ltd; Pratap G Pawar, Sakal Papers Pvt Ltd; and Adimoolam, Dinamalar.