New Delhi: Devendra V Darda, managing director of Lokmat Media Group, has been elected as the chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the year 2020-2021. ABC certifies and audits the circulations of major publications including newspapers and magazines in India.The members on the Bureau’s Council of Management for the year 2020-2021 include Riyad Mathew(Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd) who would be the secretary, Mohit Jain (Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd), Hormusji N Cama (The Bombay Samachar Pvt. Ltd), Shailesh Gupta (Jagran Prakashan Ltd), Pratap G Pawar (Sakal Papers Pvt. Ltd), Praveen Someshwar (HT Media Ltd) and Dhruba Mukherjee (ABP Pvt. Ltd). Darda’s Lokmat Media Group is one of the largest regional media groups in India . Darda has been part of several media industry bodies such as the Indian Newspaper Society. He also presides over several educational institutions in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, and is part of the managing committee of Western India Football Association. Karunesh Bajaj(ITC Ltd), representing the advertiser category of the Management Council, was elected as the deputy chairman.
