Imagining the Future

Prior to joining Star India, Sanjay was Vice President – Service Delivery at Genpact overseeing a team of 300+ employees delivering high end financial operations. He also spent considerable time with GE Capital Services handling various assignments in controllership, financial planning and analysis, acquisition integration, across continents.

Sanjay holds a CA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

In 2011, Kevin took over the premiere Bengali channel, Star Jalsha as General Manager and catapulted Jalsha into breaking its own ratings record with 'Chalo Paltai'. Kevin moved to lead the English channels cluster in 2013 where his role was to grow the English segment, especially in the light of digitization. Under his leadership, Star Movies Select HD was launched. In 2015, he took on the role of leading Hindi entertainment which includes Star Plus, and Star Utsav. Kevin started his career with The Times Of India Response as Senior Officer in 1992.

Gautam brings over 20 years of experience in global leadership roles across Asia, Europe and the US in startups and multinational consumer and internet businesses. In his last role as President & CEO of Living Social in the US, he led the turnaround of the business leading to an acquisition by Groupon. Prior to that Gautam spent a decade at eBay in a variety of executive roles based in California. This included leading the global marketing team for eBay’s international business, managing eBay’s multibillion-dollar cross-border business, transforming a global subsidiary company called Shopping.com as CEO into a large ad tech player. Gautam started his career with Procter & Gamble where he was a regional brand manager for detergents based out of India and the Philippines.

Gautam is a passionate sports fan who doesn’t let his limited athletic prowess get in the way of his conviction in the power of sport to inspire and shape future generations. Gautam has an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and a Bachelor’s in Commerce from Sydenham College, Mumbai.

Amita is an Electronics & Telecom engineer with a specialization in Human Resources from XLRI. Before Star, she has worked in diverse organizations such as Asian Paints, GE Capital, Genpact and MetLife India Insurance. Amita also provides pro-bono support to Care India, an international NGO.

Deepak played a significant role in the digitization of the analog TV industry resulting in unlocking of subscribers and revenues. He was one of the brains behind creating the self-regulatory mechanism for TV content i.e. the The Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) for addressing consumer grievances and also preventing the government from censoring television content.

Deepak has been a part of Star’s growth story and the acquisitions of Asianet, ESPN Star Sports, Maa TV, creation of media pro and the launch of Hotstar. Prior to Star, Deepak served as the Head of Legal for eBay India, where he was responsible for managing risk and driving growth of the e-commerce platform. Previously, Deepak was the Senior Legal Counsel at Reliance Infocomm supporting the Broadband & Corporate Wireless division in building a successful business of bundled telecom services.

Deepak is an alumnus of University of Madras and has spent considerable time as a litigation lawyer in Delhi High Court.

Gaurav joined Star India in 2004 as Anchor and Executive Editor of Star News prime time shows. He moved on to lead the content strategy of the network’s regional entertainment channels in 2008 and expanded the company’s reach in two new markets, Bengal and Maharashtra with Star Jalsha and Star Pravah respectively. Within a year of launch, Star Jalsha became the number one Bengali language channel in India.

In October 2009, Gaurav moved on to Hindi entertainment as Head of Content Strategy at Star Plus, and he was responsible for Star’s widely popular shows like 'Diya aur Baati Hum' and 'Sasural Genda Phool'.

Gaurav took on the role of General Manager of Star Plus in 2013 and propelled Star Plus into a strong leadership brand with blockbuster shows like Mahabharata and Yeh Hai Mohabbatein.

Around 2015-2016, as Star’s entertainment became available across screens, Gaurav took charge as the leader of the Content Studio and refreshed the storytelling approach for Star Plus and Star Bharat. Gaurav also leads Star’s English portfolio which includes Star Movies and Star World. He has strengthened the Hotstar library with world class content that appeals to unique tastes of the audiences with Hotstar Specials.

Gaurav is dedicated to nurturing a pool of talented writers with Star Writers Program – one of India’s most immersive courses in television writing.

Gaurav believes that good stories provide context. It comes from his experience of being a journalist with Aaj Tak in 2000. As an anchor, he covered the Afghan war and the General Elections.

Gaurav has a Master’s in Film Making and Video from Mass Communications Research Centre, Jamia Milia Islamia University, Delhi.

Gurjeev believes in delivering. He believes that the right mix of people, passion and vision can turn things around and deliver success for a business. In his current role, Gurjeev has created efficiency in the market and improved the business yield. He has also opened new markets with the syndication business and increased the business footprint through deeper reach and new subscribers. Gurjeev moved to London to lead the International Business for Star after a stint at MediaPro India (JV between Star & Zee) as the COO - managing India’s biggest distribution portfolio across 68 channels. In his role at MediaPro, Gurjeev worked with industry stakeholders to address the anomalies of the analog market and doubled the revenue in just three years.

He has played an invaluable role in curbing piracy and accelerating the pace of digitization to bring greater transparency in the business. He is an experienced industry veteran, with 22 years in media across destination channels such as ESPN, Star Sports, Discovery & Sony.

Gurjeev is a mechanical engineer from Delhi College of Engineering and holds an MBA from Faculty of Management Studies. He is also an avid sports player.

Prior to joining Star India in 2019, Nitin worked with Google for over eight years. In his last role, as the Country Director for Google Cloud India, he spearheaded the exponential growth of Cloud adoption in the country. In addition, Nitin has led the Google Ads business as Industry Director. Before joining Google, Nitin worked with Dell as a Director, where he handled multiple sales and business roles. 

Nitin holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing and Finance from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology.

He has over 20 years of experience, with a rare mix of product engineering and commercial expertise. He brings experiences from across the world – having scaled businesses in the US, setting up large teams in South East Asia, and working with super app players in Latin America.

Sunil joins Disney+ Hotstar India from Google (Mountain View, California) where he worked for 8 years, and last served as the GM & Managing Director, Cloud for Games. He oversaw product, engineering and business development to grow the Cloud business in the video games segment. Prior to Google, Sunil worked with McKinsey & Co. for 8 years, where he was instrumental in driving commercial growth for large tech clients and developed deep expertise in sales force productivity and technology-enabled selling. He has also worked with Infosys, iGATE Mastech and IBM.

Sunil was raised in Chennai and completed Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Madras University in 1996, after which he moved to the US in 1997.

Prateek joined Star in 2012, and since then has been instrumental in shaping the transformation of Star’s television business into a leading content-led digital enterprise. He oversaw the strategy and execution of the biggest initiatives spanning the depth and breadth of Star India, such as regional channel expansion in vernacular languages, building India’s largest and deeply local sports business, and the launch of India’s most successful digital platform Disney+ Hotstar (erstwhile Hotstar).

Prateek strengthened Star’s entertainment franchise by acquiring leading media networks. He led the sports team to successfully secure the highly sought-after marquee sports rights like IPL, BCCI & ICC, and conceptualised and operationalised domestic sports leagues to give India kabaddi and soccer as its #2 & #3 sport beyond cricket.

His work with Disney+ Hotstar (erstwhile Hotstar) has been focused on finding ‘out of the box’ strategic solutions and creating value for the business. Prateek is also responsible for championing strategic alliances with partners globally. Prateek moved in the Asia Pacific role after the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company.

 
Before Star India, Prateek worked with HSBC Principal Investment team for five years. Prior to this, he was with Sun Group Private Equity and Ernst & Young Lead Advisory. 

Prateek is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has completed his MBA from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.