Disney Star’s Amrutha Nair to go on a year-long sabbatical
As per sources, Ajit Varghese, Head-Network Advertising Sales, Disney Star, will be taking control of Amrutha Nair’s role till she returns
Disney Star’s Amrutha Nair, Head of Entertainment, Ad Sales and Strategy, will be going on one-year-long sabbatical, sources have told exchange4media.
According to the sources, Nair, who has been with Disney Star for over eighteen years, will be taking the break, starting next month, to pursue the MSx program at Stanford at Stanford University, California.
Meanwhile, Ajit Varghese, Head-Network Advertising Sales, Disney Star, will be taking control of Nair’s role till she returns, said the source close to the development.
Nair, who started her career with Asianet Communications Ltd, joined Disney Star in 2016 as the PRS Head for the English Cluster and moved to the regional business in April 2017.
Starting October 2022, she has been the leader of the integrated Hindi Speaking Markets & the Regional Entertainment Ad Sales team at Disney Star.
She was also the Associate Vice President at Star India Pvt Ltd from 2004 to 2014, post which she joined Discovery Networks Asia Pacific as Director, Ad Sales till 2016.