Dr Annurag Batra
Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Honours Dr Annurag Batra for Contribution to Media and Experiential Economy
Dr Annurag Batra, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of BW Businessworld and Founder of the exchange4media Group, has been conferred a Special Award in recognition of his enduring contribution to India’s media and experiential economy. The honour was presented by Union Tourism Minister Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. The recognition acknowledges Dr Batra’s more than two-and-a-half-decade contribution to building institutions, platforms and professional communities that have chronicled, convened and shaped conversations across India’s media, advertising, marketing, events, technology a | Click Here...
Picture abhi baaki hai: Dr. Subhash Chandra on Zee’s comeback
The Indian media industry has seen its share of reinventions: from the analogue cable boom of the 1990s, to the DTH wars of the 2000s, to the streaming avalanche reshaping everything today. But very few figures have been present at every inflection point, shaping the ground rather than simply standing on it. Dr. Subhash Chandra, Chairman of the Essel Group and the man who built Zee Entertainment into a national institution, is one of them. In a wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Annurag Batra, Chairman and Editor-in- Chief of BW Businessworld and the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of the | Click Here...
IWMBuzz Brings Top Minds Together For Its Second Kolkata Media Summit
Morning bloomed on 27th November, 2025. With young, bright minds ambulating through Fairfield, lit up with colours sprouting from above, a big screen, and titillating visuals of the ocean and lives beneath, the day promised to entertain not just to educate, but also to echo the outcomes and aftermath that lie in the years ahead. IWMBuzz, for the second time, unveiled the media summit in Kolkata, with a fierce ambition to ideate and leverage the future of the media landscape in the country. With stalwarts from the media industry embracing the stage, followed by panel discussions and g | Click Here...
India Web Fest 2025: Dr. Annurag Batra’s Special Keynote Address: The OTT Impact in Indian Media
Streaming platforms have long outgrown their “emerging trend” status in India. At Season 7 of India Web Fest, the conversation shifted from buzzwords and subscriber milestones to deeper questions about where OTT fits in the country’s evolving media terrain. Leading that conversation was Dr. Annurag Batra, Chairman of Exchange4Media and BW Businessworld, who offered a sharp, layered stance on how OTT is reshaping not just how India watches, but how its media ecosystem functions. OTT is no longer emerging—it has arrived. Advertising revenues crossed ₹40,000 crores, YouTube, A | Click Here...
IWMBuzz Media Summit 2024: Dr. Annurag Batra Decodes The Rise Of Regional Media
The City of Joy recently witnessed a pioneering conversation at the November 14 Media Summit, organised by IWMBuzz. With experts from advertising, marketing, and cinema coming together, the summit delved into topics reshaping India’s media landscape. Among the highlights was a metaphor-infused session by Dr Annurag Batra, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of BW Businessworld Media Group and Founder of exchange4media Group, exploring how regional businesses are redefining national trends. Dr Batra’s address began by dissecting the growth of regional media, positioning it as a force cha | Click Here...
Dr Annurag Batra adds another feather to his cap, read details
Media baron Dr Annurag Batra is on a roll, again, Vivacious and virtuous and an absolute gem of a person and professional, Mr Batra has another reason to smile. Yes, IWMBuzz editorial has learnt from its sources that Dr Annurag Batra, Founder exchange4media and Chairman BW Businessworld has been elected as a Member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. He joins a group of over 900 members from 60 + countries, representing the world’s leading television and media companies. Indeed, a great feat! The respected and revered doyen in the media and | Click Here...
Television is alive and ruling the era of omni-broadcasting
The perception is that print media brings in the bulk of moolah for media owners, while TV brings visibility for a brand, and digital is the biggest disruptor medium. In many data-forgotten conversations, it is common to hear about the imminent death of TV. Well, that’s been the topic for years now. While some of these are true in bits and pieces, there is an overwhelming moment of truth – that TV is the face of omni-channel communications. TV is essentially the mainstay for brand building. Even if one keeps mentioning the digital rights of IPL, it is an example of digital scorin | Click Here...
ZEE-Sony Merger: Roadblocks Are Many, Man-Made & Meaningless
The long-pending merger of ZEE and Sony ought to have completed its closure. But the sad reality is that despite good progress in the process and the all-essential CCI approval, it’s now stalled for a new insolvency plea. This freshly seen change of heart of an aggrieved party has now posed a question about the construct of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) as a tool. Is it a tool for genuine lenders’ recourse to a settlement? Is it a tool for rebuilding an insolvent or bankrupt enterprise back to its true potential with effective change in equity capital base as well as promoter | Click Here...
Media Entrepreneur, e4m founder and Chairman BW Businessworld Dr Annurag Batra invests in media start-up IWMBuzz Media
IWMBuzz Media Network, one of India’s fastest growing media start-ups, has raised an undisclosed amount of funds in its first round from media entrepreneur and veteran Dr Annurag Batra, promoter of successful media companies, BW Businessworld group and exchange4media group (e4m). Dr Batra has angel invested in many media tech companies and backed many other upcoming and pioneering ventures in various domains. IWMBuzz, founded in 2017, is followed across geographies garnering around 20 million unique users over its | Click Here...
Big News: Media baron Dr Annurag Batra to make his acting debut
The trajectory of OTT content space in India is on a rise. Each passing day consumers are witnessing shows which are riveting and innovative. Now, the editorial team at IWMBuzz has learnt that media honcho Dr Annurag Batra will soon be seen donning the hat of an actor for an upcoming OTT project. Confirms our source, “Dr Annurag Batra is a doyen in the field of media and entertainment and with this initiative, he has added another feather to his cap. His role is said to be pivotal to the overall crux of the plot. It’s too early to spill any more details at this point of ti | Click Here...