Avinash Pandey, CEO of ABP Network, will chair the Broadcaster Jury at the Abby One Show Awards 2023.

ABP Network runs 6 news channels, 10 digital channels, and a successful film production company ABP Studios.

Avinash is the President of the News Broadcasters & Digital Association (NBDA) and the International Advertising Association (IAA) India Chapter. He is also a former Director of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) and the Director of the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA).

Avinash is a Harvard Business School alumnus with a history degree and a postgraduate degree in Modern Indian history from Delhi University.

He has served on several committees, including the FICCI Media & Entertainment Committee, the National Council on Entertainment and Media – ASSOCHAM, the Panel Advisory Committee of the Bureau of Outreach & Communication for the release of government advertisements, and the I&B Ministry’s Committee of Experts on ethical standards in media coverage.

“Being a part of the Broadcaster jury for the ‘Abby One Show Awards’ allows me to reflect on the state of the media, perhaps the only business where truth is tested every minute, every day, every year,” Avinash adds.

Avinash was named Best CEO of the Year twice, in 2019 and 2022, in addition to various other honors, including Media Person of the Year by the Indian Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA).

The Abby Awards will be presented during Goafest 2023 on May 24, 25, and 26.