Megha Tata

Megha Tata Managing Director – South Asia, Discovery Communications India Megha Tata joined Discovery Communications India as Managing Director of South Asia on April 01, 2019. A media & entertainment industry veteran, Megha has held leadership roles at organisations such as BTVI, HBO, Turner International and Star TV, in an illustrious career spanning over 3 decades. Megha currently leads multiple national as well as international industry forums. She is an esteemed member on board of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation. She is on board of the National Media & Entertainment Committee of FICCI. After four years of being Vice President of the Indian chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA), Megha Tata was recently and unanimously elected President of the India Chapter of the International Advertising Association, thereby becoming the second woman to ever hold this position. She is also amongst the 2020 Impact top 50 influential women of the year. Megha has also been Jury member of leading industry awards like International Emmys, Promax, Children’s Film Festival, Golden Mikes Awards, International Women in Sales Awards, Impact’s 30 under 30 and many more. She was selected as the Chairperson for Promax India Virtual 2020 Conference. Besides being involved in industry initiatives, she feels energized by engaging with young minds through guest lectures at leading educational institutes including IIT, IIM, ISB, UBS and more. Megha has been bestowed with multiple industry accolades in her career. Recognized as the ‘top 50 influential women in media, marketing and advertising’, Megha was conferred ‘Women of the decade in media’ by the Women Economic Forum in 2018. Earlier, Megha received the Women Leadership Achievement award by the Women leadership Congress. Megha is passionately involved as a Volunteer with Isha Foundation – a non-profit organization started by Sadhguru.