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Anurag Batra is the Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of the BW Businessworld Group and the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of the exchange4media Group. Anurag Batra is a serial entrepreneur, media mogul, a journalist and an angel investor all rolled into one. Anurag Batra is also appointed by Government of India as the Chairman of an industry committee formed to come up with a vocational training framework for the media, communication and entertainment industry. Anurag Batra discusses on the Zee-Sony merger matter and the immense opportunities that the combined entity will be able to create. He also highlights the importance of home grown Indian giant companies and the essential role they play in the Indian media and entertainment sector. Zee is a home-grown Indian company and its merger with a global giant predicts well for the industry as it is bound to drive consolidation and growth while bringing in enhanced investment into the sector. Anurag Batra highlights that the immense oppor...

Anurag Batra is a serial entrepreneur, media mogul, journalist and lifelong optimist.  He holds a B. Tech degree in Computer Sciences before joining the Management Development Institute MDGurugram, one of the leading business schools in India.  He is a first-generation entrepreneur, after acquiring the iconic business media and magazine brand BW Business World, a 35-year strong media brand as well as the most respected business publication in the country. Early life Mr Anurag doesn’t come from a business family. He considers himself an accidental entrepreneur. He feels a lot of things are God’s wish. In that serendipity, one accidental thing leads to another and there is no grand plan. Studying at MDI was one such gift of God. Anurag met a friend who gave him 63,00,000   to start an exchange for media. He had gone to him for advice on accepting investment from others but he gave the first investment. That’s why Anurag says that life is a series of happy coincidence...