ITC Karunesh Bajaj Audit Abc Chairman | Audit Bureau of Circulations | Karunesh became chairman of Bajaj Audit Bureau of Circulation: 30 years worked in brand making-marketing; Mohit Jain elected Deputy Chairman of ABC

Karunesh Bajaj has been made the chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) for the year 2025-26. He is currently the Executive Vice President of Marketing and Exports at ITC Limited. At the same time, Mohit Jain of Bennett Coleman & Company Limited has become deputy chairman.

Karunesh has worked in Brand Making, Marketing Strategy, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and retail sector for about 30 years. In the 25 -year career of ITC, he worked in posts like General Manager Marketing, Product Development and Supply Chain and Group Brand Head.

Prior to ITC, Karunesh Bajaj Bharti was the head of brands in the Retail Limited (Bharti-Volmart JV). There he contributed significantly in increasing the modern retail sector in India. Earlier, he also held positions like National Head Modern Trade, Marketing Manager and Regional Sales Manager North.

Karunesh studied Economics from DU

Karunesh Bajaj has studied business strategy from Wharton School, MBA (Marketing) from Symbiosis and Economics from Delhi University. Started a career with Shri Ram Industrial Enterprises Limited (Siel Ltd.), there was Corporate Communications Manager. Apart from work, Karunesh Bajaj likes to play golf and is very fond of Formula-1 racing.

Members of ABC Management Bureau Council 2025-2026

Advertising agencies representative

Karunesh Bajaj, ITC Limited – Chairman Anirudh Haldhar, TVS Motor Company Limited Partho Banerjee, Maruti Suzuki India Limited

Publisher representative

Mohit Jain, Bennett Coleman & Company Limited: Vice -Chairman Dhruba Mukherjee, ABP Private Limited – Secretary Riyad Matthew, Malayala Manorama Company Limited Girish Aggarwal, DB Corp Corp Ltd. Shailesh Gupta, Jagran Prakashan Limited Karan Darda, Lokmat Media Private Limited Pratap G. Pawar, Sakal Papers Private Limited Adimulam, Dinmalar

Advertising representative

Vikram Sakhuja, Madison Communications Private Limited – Treasurer Srinivasan K. Swami, RK Swami Private Limited Prashant Kumar, Group M Media India Private Limited Vaishali Verma, Initiative Media (India) Private Limited Sejal Shah, Publicis Media India Group