MUMBAI: Indrani and Peter Mukerjea's INX News Pvt Ltd has announced the appointment of news broadcast veteran Arup Ghosh as its newsroom head.

Ghosh's appointment marks the first senior level hire by INX News after the departure of its CEO and editorial head Vir Sanghvi and the recent summary dismissal of executive editor Avirook Sen and others.

Indrani Mukerjea said, "I am delighted to welcome Arup to the INX family as the newsroom head, and I am sure he will add immense value to the company. We will also shortly announce the appointment of our editor-in-chief."

Ghosh said, "I really look forward to working with the team at INX. This is the perfect time in the industry to raise the bar where the English News genre is concerned, and I am very happy to be a part of the team who are committed to doing this."

Ghosh's television career started in 1995 with NDTV. He has at different points held top positions in Star News, Sahara Samay Rashtriya and Channel 7. Prior to joining INX News, Ghosh was running a consultancy firm called Network 1 Media Consultancy.