MUMBAI: India TV managing editor Rohit Bansal has been elevated to the post of Chief Operating Officer of Independent News Service, the holding company of India TV. The post is a newly created one.

He will directly report to Independent News Service managing director and co-founder Ritu Dhawan and Independent News Service chairman and co-founder Rajat Sharma.

In his new position, Bansal will look after various new avenues that the company is looking for in 2008. Bansal said, "Independent News Service has a very tight schedule for 2008. We will be leveraging our strengths in various non-news entities in 2008."

In a recent development, Vinod Kapree joined India TV to replace Rohit Bansal as the managing editor. Kapree comes in from Star News where he was deputy managing editor.