Gautam Lahiri elected as Press Club of India president

New Delhi: Gautam Lahiri was on Monday elected as the president of the Press Club of India while Manoranjan Bharati became its new vice-president. The election of the Press Club of India (PCI) office-bearers was held on Saturday and results were announced in the early hours of Monday.

Lahiri, a consulting editor journalist with the Millennium Post daily, has been elected president for a second time in a row. Bharti works with the NDTV. The post of secretary general went to Vinay Kumar, who is consulting editor with UNI, while Sanjay Singh was elected as the joint secretary, the Press Club release said.

Mohua Chatterjee was elected PCI's treasurer. Besides, 16 managing committee members were also elected, it said. Senior journalist Kamal Kishore Shankar, who is with Press Trust of India, has been elected as managing committee member of the Club.