Dr Annurag Batra Joins International Academy Of Arts And Sciences As Its Member

Dr Annurag Batra, Founder of exchange4media and Chairman of BW Businessworld has been elected as a member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. He joins a group of over 900 members from 60 + countries, representing the world’s leading television and media companies. 

Dr Batra is respected and revered in the media and television industry through his contribution to setting up exchange4media and institutionalising exchange4media and creating a new and pioneering platform for media, television and related domains in digital and building a pioneering and impact-making organisation in a 360-degree. 

He has serendipitously created a new sector and an industry which is respected and emulated by all others in the domain. 

About Dr Annurag Batra 

Dr Annurag Batra is a serial entrepreneur, an author, an angel investor, a TV show host, a nationalist and a full-time dreamer who believes anything you believe in deeply manifests itself in reality. Dr Batra is the Founder and Editor in Chief of the exchange4media group (www.exchange4media), managing several big media brands that he has created from scratch. 

Dr Batra is the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of BW Businessworld Media Group (www.businessworld.in) which is in its 44th year and amongst the topmost respected business media platforms which are 360-degree and media neutral. Dr Batra has been busy pivoting and turning around BW Businessworld a company he acquired in late 2013 and in the last 9 plus years BW Businessworld has pivoted to becoming a content tech media conglomerate and is making an impact in India with its futuristic approach. Dr Batra  I also served as a  Member of the Board of Governors of the prestigious Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, his own Alma Matter and Dr Batra is the first PGPM (MDI's flagship program )  graduate from MDI Gurgaon to be on its Board of Governors for last three years and half years from 12th Jan 2020 to June 2023. Dr Batra believes what Confucius said, " If you make your hobby your profession you don't have to work." He also believes deeply in spirituality , Indian Vedas and the power of ideas and dreams to achieve anything we believe we can. Dr Batra is a die-hard optimist and believes sharing creates happiness.

As the founder of exchange4media group over the last 24 years, Dr Batra has interacted deeply with leading media owners, editors, journalists and new-age media professionals. Dr Batra in the course of building exchange4media.com, samachar4media.com, Impact and Pitch and the 75 plus experiential large-scale IPs of exchange4media, Dr Batra is in touch with the depth and width of the media industry across India. He has written extensively on media and is an accepted authority on media, television and new media. His book is likely to be out in 2025, titled 'Media Moguls of India'. Dr Batra truly brings the network effect to play through his deep personal relationships. He has a deep and personal approach to all issues and understands one has to do the right thing in the right manner for the right reason for the right impact. With his being on the ground in his dual roles as exchange4media and BW Businessworld Dr. Batra understands what media wants and how media works. Dr Batra believes in the three C's for media impact: Content, Connect and Context.

Dr Batra is also setting up his initiatives in UAE and MENA and you will see the media companies and media tech companies that have been mentored and invested by him also entering UAE and MENA.

About The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognises excellence in television produced outside of the United States with the prestigious Emmy Award at the International Emmy Awards Gala held in New York City, every November. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including comedy, documentary, drama, kids, news, non-scripted entertainment, performances and short-form, it also presents two special awards, the International Emmy Directorate and Founders Awards. 

Beyond its awards activity, the International Academy is a membership-based organisation comprised of the leading media and entertainment figures from 60+ countries from all sectors of television for whom it organixes a series of high-level business, networking, and social events throughout the world and online.