MUMBAI: TV18 has strengthened its editorial leadership team, with new roles being assigned to Senthil Chengalvarayan and Udayan Mukherjee.

Chengalvarayan has been elevated to TV18 Business Media president and group editorial director. Earlier he was CNBC-TV18 managing editor.

CNBC-TV18 executive editor Mukherjee has been promoted to managing editor.

Network 18 Group CEO Haresh Chawla said, “Senthil will now take on additional responsibilities of building on our strengths and taking the business media franchise to a leadership position across all verticals. Udayan will continue to make sure we deliver cutting edge news and insights to our viewers."

TV18 operates channels CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz, and web networks Web18 that holds amongst others a portfolio of brands such as moneycontrol.com, commoditiescontrol.com, indiaearnings.com, poweryourtrade.com. It also runs news terminal provider Newswire18. Its print foray includes the acquisition of Infomedia.