Kalanithi Maran’s daughter Kaviya Kalanithi joins Sun TV board

Kaviya Kalanith Maran, daughter of Sun TV Network promoter Kalanithi Maran has been inducted into the Board of Directors of the company, marking the entry of one more next gen entrepreneur into the industry. K Vijayakumar, managing director and chief executive officer of the company has resigned from the post with effect from March 31, 2019, but will continue as an executive director of the Board.

The 27 year old Kaviya Kalanithi Maran is a B.Com graduate from Stella Maris College, Chennai, and had internship in various departments in Sun TV, including content and programming. After a couple of years working with the company, she joined for MBA in Leonard N Stern School of Business, New York University. After completing the course, she returned to India and took responsibility to run the operations of Sun TV Group’s Indian Premier League (IPL) team Sun Risers Hyderabad.