Media baron Markand Adhikari joins enba jury
Markand Adhikari is a media pioneer in the Indian entertainment sector and is the co-founder of SAB Group
Markand Adhikari, Chairman and Managing Director of Sri Adhikari Brothers Group (SAB Group), has joined the enba jury panel.
Adhikari is a media pioneer in the Indian entertainment sector and is the co-founder of SAB Group, which he started in 1981 with his brother, Shri. Gautam Adhikari. He is known for introducing the sponsorship-based model as a production house in the early 1980s. He has played a major role in differentiating SAB TV from others in its sphere by creating a comedy-centric channel.
He is a producer of several iconic Hindi television programmes. Adhikari also started a social initiative as per the Prime Minister’s ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ call during the Covid-19 pandemic known as the ‘Hunnar Initiative’.
The ENBA jury this year will be led by Sunil Arora, a senior bureaucrat, and former Election Commissioner of India.
In the last editions, the ENBA jury was led by Sh. Harivansh Narayan Singh – Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Kiran Karnik – Former President – Nasscom, Dr. Nasim Zaidi - Former Chief Election Commissioner of India, S.Y. Quraishi – Former Chief Election Commissioner of India, N. Ram – Chairman, Kasturi & Sons Ltd., Former Editor–in-Chief The Hindu and Group Newspapers, Sanjay Gupta – Managing Director – Star India.
exchange4media formulated enba in 2008 with the objective of recognizing the best in television news, and to reward industry leaders who are responsible for shaping the future of television broadcasting in India.
