The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) on Friday elected Ravindra Kumar, editor of the Statesman newspaper, as its president for the year 2013-14. Mr Kumar, who succeeds K.N. Tilak Kumar of Deccan Herald and Prajavani, was chosen at the 74th annual general meeting of the society. At the meeting, Kiran B. Vadodaria (Sambhaav Metro) was elected deputy president while P.V. Chandran of Grihalakshmi was elected vice-president. Sanjay Gupta (Dainik Jagran, Varanasi) was chosen as the honorary treasurer of INS for the year 2013-14. V. Shankaran is the secretary-general of the society. Among the members of the executive committee of INS are Pawan Agarwal (Dainik Bhaskar) and Vijay Darda (Lokmat). Other members are Viveck Goenka (Indian Express, Mumbai), Jayant Mammen Mathew (Malayala Manorama), Naresh Mohan (Sunday Statesman), Maheshwar Peri (Outlook), K. Raja Prasad Reddy (Sakshi, Vishakhapatnam) and Manoj Kumar Sonthalia (New Indian Express). The executive committee also includes Akila Urankar (Business Standard), M. Venkatesh (Hindustan Times), Pratap G. Pawar (Sakal), T. Venkatram Reddy (Deccan Chronicle), Ashish Bagga (India Today) and K.N. Tilak Kumar (Deccan Herald and Prajavani).
