Fever FM biz head Keerthivasan quits, Harshad Jain to take over

Submitted by ITV Production on Sep 28
indiantelevision.com Team

MUMBAI: HT Media?s radio division Fever FM business head and CFO S Keerthivasan has quit.

Keerthivasan, who has been a key part of the leadership team at HT Media, had joined in 2004 as the head of business excellence and later took over the responsibility of leading its new venture into the FM radio space - Fever FM.

He will be replaced by Harshad Jain who will join the company soon, HT Media said in a statement.
 
Jain comes with 20 years of experience and was with Airtel Digital TV as senior vice president and head - Sales and Marketing. Prior to that, he was with World Space India as chief marketing officer.

Jain has also worked with PespsiCo, performing various regional and corporate roles in marketing, sales and business.

?Harshad is a highly passionate and motivated team player. We are sure he will be an excellent addition to HT Media leadership and we look forward to welcoming him into the fold,? HT Media said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the official communiqu? said that Keerthivasan is currently pursuing higher professional education from Kelloggs Business School and he has shown keenness that upon completion of his studies he would like to move to the next phase of his career - exploring new challenges and options outside of HT Media.

?While he will certainly be missed, we?re sure he will be very successful and be a great value to any team he joins. We wish him the best of luck in all of his future endeavours,? the company said.

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