Surej Salim, co-founder and COO of Digitally Inspired Media, has been re-elected president of the Advertising Club Madras for 2026-27.
The appointments were announced at the club’s annual general meeting on Sept. 10, where Kavitha Srinivasan, founder and CEO of Coeus Communications India LLP, was re-elected secretary. Murugan K., business head at Jaya TV Network, was elected treasurer, while Umanath V., managing editor of MediaNews4U.com, was re-elected vice president.
Stalin Periasamy, founder and CEO of Presto Advertising, was re-elected joint secretary. S. Balasubramanian of Dinamalar will serve as immediate past president as an ex officio member.
The executive committee for 2026-27 also includes Chockalingam S. of OPN Advertising, L.V. Navaneeth and John Justin of The Hindu Group, Ramkumar Singaram of Catalyst Public Relations, M. Ramalingam of Ontwikkel Advertising, Siluvai Amalan of Mr. A Brand Works, N. Upendran of Ayatiworks Technologies, Rakesh of Deepsense Digital Solutions, Ravindran Solomon of Soloverse and Baatul Turab of The Raven Claw.
Past presidents Karthic Moorthy, Anbuchezhian K., M.M. Charly, P. Shree Prakash, Saravanaa and Arabbhi Athreya will serve as co-opted members.
Meena Chhabbria of Ma.ai, Karthik Nagappan of Super Chennai and K.M. Sridevi of TAFE have been appointed as new co-opted members.