After spending one and a half years at BBC Worldwide, Nachiket Pantvaidya is taking up a new position as CEO of Balaji Telefilms.
According to industry sources, Pantvaidya is already meeting with the various companies that Balaji is creating content for, but will move to the company completely later this month.
Pantvaidya joined BBC Worldwide’s BBC Global Channels business as General Manager, South Asia, in July 11, 2007. He was responsible for managing the growth strategy for BBC-branded channels and leading the BBC Global Channels team in the region. He previously spent three years as Executive Director, Programming and Production, for India’s Disney Channels, where he managed the localisation of the Disney brands.