Nachiket Pantvaidya to head Star Plus

MUMBAI: Star India has elevated Nachiket Pantvaidya to head its flagship Hindi general entertainment channel Star Plus as its general manager.

Prior to this, Pantvaidya was heading Star India?s Marathi GEC Star Pravah.

Star India spokesperson has confirmed the development to Indiantelevision.com.

Pantvaidya is replacing Nitin Vaidya, who had quit following his 14 months stint at Star India.

Pantvaidya had joined Star Group in November 2009 as MD of Fox Television Studios India. Later he was moved to Star Pravah as EVP and GM.

Prior to that, Pantvaidya has worked with Balaji Telefilms, BBC Worldwide, Disney and Sony Entertainment (now Multi Screen Media).

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