NEW DELHI: IBN18 Broadcast Ltd joint managing director Sameer Manchanda has been elected President of the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) for the year 2009-10. He succeeds TV Today CEO G Krishnan, who has held the post since the formation of the NBA in 2007.

NDTV Group CEO KVL Narayan Rao is the vice president while Zee News Ltd CEO Barun Das is the Treasurer.

The Board of NBA also consists of Krishnan, Times Global Broadcasting CEO Chintamani Rao, Independent News Service chairman Rajat Sharma, and Media Content & Communications Services (India) managing editor Shazi Zaman.