Vineet Jain awarded ENBA Lifetime Achievement Award 2023 for news broadcasting

 Vineet Jain awarded ENBA Lifetime Achievement Award 2023 for news broadcasting

Mumbai, 01 April, 2024: Vineet Jain, Managing Director, The Times Group, has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement award 2023 by the jury of the exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards (ENBA) in recognition of his ‘immeasurable contributions to the Indian television news landscape.”

Accepting the award at a function here on Saturday, Mr. Jain said he dedicated the award to teams across The Times Group and acknowledged “the support of my elder brother, Mr. Samir Jain, in my journey to expand and diversify the Group.” Mentioning that he has “many miles to go”, he pointed out that all along in his journey, he has “always held one unshakeable core belief-- in a free, fair, independent and strong media.” “We have to be strong to be free. I am dedicated to strengthening our media industry and institutions in whatever way I can,” he added.

 Mr. Vineet Jain has been instrumental in transforming a hitherto newspaper and magazine entity into a media conglomerate spanning India’s biggest companies across FM radio (Mirchi), Internet (Times Internet Ltd), TV (Times Network), apart from leading presence in Music (Times Music), Films (Junglee Pictures), Events (TSSL), Outdoor media (Times OOH), Magicbricks, and more. The Group has also expanded beyond media into other knowledge areas like higher education (Bennett University) and executive education (Times Pro). Mr Vineet Jain –who has handled the day to day running of the Group for the last several decades including as its Chief Content Architect-- has successfully created Number 1 brands in every sector of the media. 

The award citation lauded Mr. Vineet Jain for founding the Group’s TV platforms -Times Network-- with its leading and influential channels like Times Now, ET Now, Mirror Now, Times Now Navbharat and ET NOW Swadesh which have “shaped the way news is delivered in India.”  Your commitment to innovative programming, balanced coverage and catering to a changing India has earned you widespread respect and admiration,” the citation read. It added that the jury also recognised his “exceptional ability to foster a dynamic work environment and attract top journalistic talent to the Times Network”.

The ENBA jury included Justice AK Sikri (retd), former judge, Supreme Court of India, Dr Annurag Batra, chairman and editor in chief exchange4media and Businessworld, Dhanendra Kumar, Chairman, Competition Advisory Services (India) LLP and Alok Mehta, former president Editors Guild of India among others.

About TIMES NETWORK:

TIMES NETWORK, a premium broadcast network is part of India’s largest media conglomerate, The Times Group. Times Network with its credo Now or Nothing takes the centre stage of influencing the influencer, by delivering the most compelling and irreplaceable content to over 250 million urban affluent viewers in India and is available in over 100 countries across the globe. It houses best in class News, Hollywood and Bollywood brands including; TIMES NOW – India’s leading English News channel, ET NOW - India’s leading English Business News channel, MIRROR NOW  -  the channel that Fights for ‘You’ and channelizes its focus on issues that impact people’s lives; Times Now Navbharat –  Network’s Hindi News Channel in SD & HD that leads with a transformational positioning, Ab Badlega Bharat, Banega Navbharat; ET NOW Swadesh –  Network’s Hindi Business News Channel which is driven with the mission, Badho Desh Ke Saath; MOVIES NOW and MOVIES NOW HD – Home to Blockbusters; MN+ – The Gold class of Hollywood; Romedy NOW– a unique destination for Love. Laugh and Live; MNX and MNX HD – Hollywood’s wild child, Zoom - India’s leading entertainment destination and The Zoom Studios – original content creator that brings stories to life with relatable and compelling narratives; Times Chronicles, the content studio from Times Network that produces originals, real and gripping stories on important topics pertinent to the contemporary world. Timesnownews.com, the digital entity of the Network, has seamlessly adapted itself to serve the diverse nature.