Arun Kapoor, after a short stint at Big TV as CEO and President, has put in his papers. Kapoor joined the company in July 2008 as COO, after which he was promoted to CEO.
An industry official has confirmed the news, adding that no decision has been made yet as to who would be replacing Kapoor. His further moves also remain a mystery.
In the meantime, according to another industry source, Mahesh Prasad has been made acting President, Big TV. He has been with Big TV since its inception, and has been the President, Applications, Solutions and Content Group, Reliance Communications.
Before becoming a part of Big TV, Kapoor had worked with Zee’s DTH company DishTV, where he was CEO and before joining DishTV, he was associated with Hutchison Essar South Ltd as CEO for the Punjab Circle.
Kapoor is a management graduate from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute, Mumbai. He has been instrumental in setting up and managing operations for Bharti Group/Spice Cell Ltd and then for Hutch for the Punjab circle.