The Indian Newspaper Society (INS; formerly ''Indian and Eastern Newspaper Society'') acts as the central organization of the Press of India, an independent body authenticating circulation figures of newspapers and periodicals in India. It plays a major role in protecting and promoting freedom of the press in

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. The society was founded in 1939. Its headquarters are at Rafi Marg,

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. INS membership comprises the owners, proprietors and publishers of print media who discusses and suggest various measures to the government regarding the problems related to the newspaper industry. It is a kind of pressure group which works to protect the interest of newspaper industry in particular and print media in general. The Indian newspaper industry today faces problems ranging from rising cost and paucity of newsprint to shrinking revenue from advertisements due to the rise of online media. The executive committee of INS represents 990 members, ranging from newspapers and journals to periodicals and magazines. K. Raja Prasad Reddy of Sakshi (Media Group) is the current president of the society. for the year 2022–23. On 27 February 2014, the society marked its platinum jubilee with a celebration at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The President of India, Mr.

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, was chief guest and gave away commemorative plaques to extant founding members – ''Bombay Chronicle'', ''The Hindu'', The ''Hindustan Times'', ''The Pioneer'', ''The Statesman'', ''The Times of India'' and ''The Tribune''. On this occasion, President Mukherjee was also presented the first copy of a book ''Threescore and Fifteen – The Story of the Indian Newspaper Society'' written by INS president Ravindra Kumar. Priced at Rs 399, the book chronicles the accomplishments of and challenges faced by the society and is vital reading for media practitioners and policy makers. Copies can be ordered from the INS secretariat at Rafi Marg, New Delhi.

Presidents

The presidents of INS include: *

G. Narasimhan Gopalan Narasimhan (28 February 1916 – 5 July 1977) was an Indian journalist and entrepreneur who served as the Managing Director of ''The Hindu'' from 1959 until his death in 1977. He was a grandson of S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, the patriarch ...

(1956–57) * Upendra Acharya, 1958–1959 *

Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain (15 August 1925 – 22 September 2004) was a leading mediaperson, philanthropist, promoter of Indian literature, and a prominent member of the Jain religion. He was a descendant of the well-known Sahu Jain family of N ...

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* Ashish Bagga * Present: Ravindra Kumar * Hormusji. N. Kama * PV Chandran * Somesh Sharma * Akila Urankar * Jayant Mammen Mathew * Mr. Shailesh Gupta * L. Adimoolam * Mohit Jain * K. Raja Prasad Reddy

References

External links

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Photo Guide: Round the clock at Dainik Bhaskar, June 2010

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070709015313/http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/25/stories/2005062501482000.htm ''History in Lahore: The Indian Newspaper Society meet'', The Hindu, 25 June 2005

Newspaper associations

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