Mumbai: Eurosport's SVP - affiliate sales and business head and media industry veteran Vijay Rajput on Friday announced his decision to move on from Discovery and retire on 31 December. 

Ruchir Jain, who has been heading finance at Discovery- South Asia for over three years, will take over from Rajput to lead the distribution and Eurosport business.  

“We at Discovery Inc would like to thank our supremely talented leader Vijay Rajput as he has decided to retire from the organisation. Vijay’s stellar contribution over the years has helped us in being at the pinnacle of factual broadcasting in India," stated Discovery Inc managing director - South Asia Megha Tata. "Although it is hard to say goodbye, we once again thank him for inspiring us and wish him the absolute best for the next phase of his life."

"Elated about Ruchir taking up the role where he designs the next chapter of growth ahead,” Tata further said.

Rajput’s career that spread over 39 years, kicked off at Discovery over seven years back where he was instrumental in the setup and driving year-on-year growth of the network in India. His endeavors included that of the network establishing itself in sports broadcast while laying extraordinary spotlight towards speeding up Discovery's main goal of staying the best real-life entertainment network in the country.