Sameer Nair
Sameer Nair | |
|---|---|
Applause Entertainment Limited | |
Present | |
| In office 2017–Incumbent | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 December 1965 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Spouse | Sawari Alagh |
| Relatives | Sunil Alagh (father-in-law) Maya Alagh (mother-in-law) Anjori Alagh (sister-in-law) |
| Occupation | Business executive, political activist |
Sameer Nair (born 1965) is an Indian
Star Plus.[2]
Personal life
Nair received his
Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology, and Applied Nutrition, Mumbai.[3][4] Alongside these fields, he studied Indian history and politics. These interests lead him to join the Aam Adami Party (AAP) [5]
Career
In his initial career, he spent 2 years in
Chief Operating Officer (overseeing Content, Communication, Advertising Sales, and Distribution) in 2002, and Chief Executive Officer in 2006.[2]
In 2007, Sameer began working with NBC Universal to establish NDTV Imagine Ltd. This corporation sought to introduce mythology and historical programming into daily primetime schedules.[6] In August 2017, Sameer began a new professional journey to helm Applause Entertainment - a Media, Content & IP Creation Studio - promoted by Aditya Birla Group chairman - Kumar Mangalam Birla.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Former Star India CEO Sameer Nair heads to Balaji". Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ a b Flegg, Michael (10 September 2001). "India's Star TV Leaps to Top Spot Due to Game Shows, Soap Operas". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 19 September 2001.
- ^ a b Wanvari, Anil (21 July 2001). "Into The Mind Of Sameer Nair - Part II". IndianTelevision.com. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ "The Star debonair". The Financial Express. 8 April 2006. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ "Former Star TV CEO Sameer Nair joins AAP, Kejriwal". Hindustan Times. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ "Sameer Nair and the new NDTV family - Hindustan Times". Archived from the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ Mandavia, Megha; Kalesh, Baiju (17 August 2017). "KM Birla hires Sameer Nair of Balaji Telefilms; to make 'binge-worthy' shows for Amazon, Netflix, Hotstar". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Human Attention is the New Oil, Media Veteran Sameer Nair Says". 15 March 2018.