Mr. Manoj Dobhal, a seasoned leader in the media and entertainment industry, currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Dish TV India Ltd. He assumed the role of CEO in August 2023, following his initial appointment as Chief Operating Officer (COO) - DTH Business in October 2022. With a career spanning 24 years, Mr. Dobhal brings a wealth of expertise to his leadership role, where he provides both strategic and operational guidance to Dish TV India Ltd.

Throughout his extensive career, Mr. Dobhal has demonstrated remarkable versatility by managing various aspects of business operations, including Sales and Distribution, Marketing, Customer Experience, Field Service, and Business Process Automation. His professional journey has encompassed renowned brands such as Colgate, Dabur, Reliance Communication, Tata Play, and IndiaCast Media, where he held roles of both operational and strategic significance. Having managed diverse geographic regions throughout India at both operational and strategic levels across various industries, Mr. Dobhal has successfully overseen multiple brands in leadership capacities. His experience and insights into various consumer and geographic segments have helped in redefining and contributing significantly to the development of his leadership journey.

As the CEO of Dish TV India Ltd., Mr. Dobhal plays a pivotal role in overseeing critical areas of the organization, including revenue generation, logistics, brand management, on-site operations, and client relationship management transforming the organisation from a traditional DTH to a complete and ubiquitous entertainment platform. His strategic vision and wealth of industry experience position him to continue driving the company's growth and fostering innovation in the ever-evolving DTH landscape. In a rapidly evolving media and entertainment industry, Mr. Manoj Dobhal's leadership is set to redefine how audiences engage with content, further strengthening Dish TV India Ltd.'s position as a prominent player in the sector.

Mr. Dobhal's educational background includes an MBA (PGDBM) from Apeejay Institute of Management, Delhi, and an Electronics (Honours) graduate from the University of Delhi. This educational foundation, coupled with his industry expertise, has significantly contributed to his leadership journey.

Beyond his professional commitments, Mr. Dobhal enjoys running marathons, playing football & watching Cricket, reflecting his passion for sports and a balanced lifestyle.

• Atul Saraf and Associates Group is promoted by Atul Saraf, an early entrant in this sector.
• He has grass-root level hands-on experience as well as management expertise of over 32 years in the cable and satellite industry.
• He is the Vice President of All India Cable Association and has been involved in formulating policies and guidelines for the cable industry
• Mr. Saraf has expanded vertically in the entertainment and media sector by starting ventures engaged in broadcasting, content creation, distribution, MSO, ISP, OTT and advertising.
• He has been part of the convergence revolution and is a founder of "7 Star Satellite Network"
• Honored with BCS Ratna Award in March 2010 for remarkable contribution and outstanding achievement of Indian broadcasting & cable tv services by avishkar magazine.
• 1 st to start all India cable advertisement for all MSOs.
• Had a vision of the satellite cable Industry and diversified from the family business of real estate Construction.
• A technologist, a visionary, a creative head, and a hardcore seller has created many identities / opportunities within the cable & satellite industry.
• ABS group as taken carriage, distribution, revenues of all Sahara group channels. E.g Sahara one, Filmy, Sahara Samay and 7 more channels of the Sahara group.

Gulshan Verma is a digital technology and media executive with over 20 years of experiencebuilding fast growing organizations across the USA, UK, APAC and India.

Currently Gulshan leads JioAds – the advertising arm of Jio Platforms Limited which reaches more than 450M users.

Prior to JioAds, Gulshan was the Head of Advertising and part of the management team at Disney+Hotstar, India’s largest streaming platform where he grew the platform’s revenues more than 8x over three years.He has held other leadership positions inTimes Internet Limited, Outbrain, Komli Media, Yahoo!, Ernst & Young, McKinsey & Co and IMG.

Gulshan holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, MSc. Political Economy of Transition in Europe and a BSc. Economics from the London School of Economics.

“ I have been in the video distribution industry for over 25 years. Starting from ESPN, I have worked in the media space with renowned brands such as SET-Discovery and STAR.

I have been instrumental in shaping IndiaCast since 2012 and have spearheaded various distribution initiatives for content assets of IndiaCast in India, South Asia & APAC region”.

Padmakumar N ,The Chief Operating Officer of KCCL and KVBL has around 32 years of experience in management field and out of this he has around 20 years of experience in cable and broadband industry.He worked in senior level position in ASIANET Satellite Communications for around 15 years.He joined in KCCL in 2020 and contributed towards the tremendous growth of KCCL and KVBL during the last 4 years .

Sourjya has 16 years of experience in Sales & Distribution in Telecom and Media sector. In this role at EPIC ON (OTT) and Stream- Sense (OTT Video Streaming Tech Co), he is responsible for driving the growth agenda, along with focus on innovation in content and platform experience.

Before joining the network, Sourjya was Head of Business Development, India, for ZEE5. He has worked in India and abroad for more than 16 years in various senior capacities in ZEE5, Reliance ADA group and Vodafone Idea and Deloitte.

Sourjya is an alumnus of ITM, Mumbai and ACA(ICAEW), ACMA CGMA (CIMA)by qualification and has undergone advanced program from Wharton Business School.