BENGALURU: Chinta Shyamsundar will return as CEO of Asianet News Network (ANN) to steer Rajeev Chandrashekar-promoted Jupiter Media & Entertainment Venture's (JMEV) news business following the exit of Suresh Selvaraj.

Shyamsundar is currently serving as the Director of JMEV, a subsidiary of Jupiter Capital Venture.

An MBA in Finance, Shyamsundar has been with JMEV for almost four years working in various capacities like CEO, CFO and COO. Infact he was Executive Director and CEO of ANN till February, 2012.

His responsibilities at JMEV included value creation and acceleration for all media and entertainment ventures including regional news channels (Suvarna News 24x7, Asianet News), regional Print Media (Kannada), FM radio channels 91.9 (Bangalore, Goa & Kerala), and live music (Indigo Music).

As reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com, Suresh Selvaraj whom Shyamsundar now replaces, had quit the company as CEO and executive director of ANN after spending almost a year at the company. He had joined ANN in February 2012 from Outlook Group, where he spent almost 13 years.

Selvaraj's last day at ANN was 29 March.

JMEV owns and operates Kannada news channel Suvarna News 24x7 and Malayalam news channel Asianet News. The company also owns and operates radio brands including Best FM and Radio Indigo.