The Indian Newspaper Society


The Indian Newspaper Society is an independent body authenticating circulation figures of newspapers and periodicals in India. The INS was founded in 1939, and is headquartered in the capital city of New Delhi.
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History

The genesis of the INS goes back to 1927 with the formation of "The India, Burma & Ceylon Newspapers' London Committee" which, in 1935, evolved into the Indian & Eastern Newspaper Society. On 27 February 1939, the IENS was formally inaugurated in New Delhi as INS. The purpose of the INS is to uphold the freedom of the press and authenticate circulation figures.
INS membership comprises the owners, proprietors and publishers of print media who discusses and suggest various measures to the government regarding the problems related to the newspaper industry. It is a kind of pressure group which works to protect the interest of newspaper industry in particular and print media in general.
The Indian newspaper industry today faces problems ranging from rising cost and paucity of newsprint to shrinking revenue from advertisements due to the rise of online media. The executive committee of INS represents 990 members, ranging from newspapers and journals to periodicals and magazines.
On 27 February 2014, the society marked its platinum jubilee with a celebration at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, was chief guest and gave away commemorative plaques to extant founding members – Bombay Chronicle, The Hindu, The Hindustan Times, The Pioneer, The Statesman, The Times of India and The Tribune. On this occasion, President Mukherjee was also presented the first copy of a book Threescore and Fifteen – The Story of the Indian Newspaper Society written by INS president Ravindra Kumar. The book chronicles the accomplishments of and challenges faced by the society and is vital reading for media practitioners and policymakers.
Vivek Gupta of Sanmarg Group is the president of the society for the year 2025–26.

Presidents

The presidents of INS include:
NameOrganisationYear
Arthur MooreThe Statesman1939 - 43
Devdas GandhiHindustan Times1943 - 45
H.W. SmithThe Times of India1945 - 46
W.J.B. WalkerThe Statesman1946 - 47
Kasturi SrinivasanThe Hindu1947 - 48
Tushar Kanti GhoshAmrita Bazaar Patrika1948 - 49
Desh Bandhu GuptaDaily Tej1949 - 50
M.N. CamaThe Bombay Chronicle1950 - 51
Ramnath GoenkaThe Indian Express1951 - 52
Suresh Chandra MajumdarThe Hindustan Standard1952 - 53
C.R. SrinivasanSwadesamitran1953 - 54
J.C. JainThe Times of India1954 - 55
Nirmal Chandra GhoshJugantar1955 - 56
G. NarasimhanThe Hindu1956 - 57
H.R. MoharaySamyukta Karnataka1957 - 58
Upendra AcharyaThe Indian Nation1958 - 59
D.M. HarrisThe Statesman1959 - 60
Dr. N.B. ParulekarDaily Sakal1960 - 61
A.B. NairFree Press Journal1961 - 62
R.R. DiwakarSamyukta Karnataka1962 - 63
A.K. SarkarAnanda Bazaar Patrika1963 - 64
K.M. CherianMalayala Manorama1964 - 65
G.N. SahiThe Hindustan Times1965 - 66
C.G.K. ReddySports and Pastime1966 - 67
J.M.D. SouzaIllustrated Weekly of India1967 - 68
M.L. GanguliJugantar1968 - 69
M. Yunus DehlviShama1969 - 70
C.A. NarayanSunday Standard1970 - 71
C.R. IraniThe Statesman1971 - 72
K. NarendraDaily Pratap1972 - 73
K.M. MathewMalayala Manorama1973 - 74
P.K. RoyAmrita Weekly1974 - 75
A.G. SheoreyThe Nagpur Times1975 - 76
V.M. NairMathrubhumi1976 - 77
Dr. Ram S. TarnejaThe Economic Times1977 - 78
B.D. GoenkaAndhra Prabha1978 - 79
Shantilal A. ShahGujarat Samachar1979 - 80
K.L. SarkarHindustan Standard1980 - 81
Mammen VargheseMalayala Manorama1981 - 82
Ramesh ChandraNavbharat Times1982 - 83
N. MuraliThe Hindu1983 - 84
Saroj GoenkaAndhra Prabha1984 - 85
Basudev RaySunday Statesman1985 - 86
R.M. CamaBombay Samachar1986 - 87
Tuhin Kanti GhoshNorthern Indian Patrika1987 - 88
Pravinchandra V. GandhiJanmabhoomi1988 - 89
Mahendra Mohan GuptaDainik Jagran1989 - 90
Naresh MohanHindustan Times1990 - 91
P.R. KrishnamoorthyMaharashtra Times1991 - 92
R. LakshmipathyDinamalar1992 - 93
Adhip K. SarkarThe Telegraph1993 - 94
Vishwa Bandhu GuptaDaily Tej1994 - 95
Dr. B.S. AdityanVaaraantari Rani1995 - 96
Viveck GoenkaThe Indian Express1996 - 97
Vijay DardaLokmat1997 - 98
Mammen MathewMalayala Manorama1998 - 99
2018 - 19
Shobha SubrahmanyamAnanda Bazaar Patrika1999 - 00
Vijay Kumar ChopraHind Samachar2000 - 01
Pratap G. PawarSakal2001 - 02
Abhay ChhajlaniNai Dunia2002 - 03
M.P. VeerendrakumarMathrubhumi2003 - 04
Pradeep GuhaFilmfare2004 - 05
Jacob MathewVanitha2005 - 06
Hormusji N. CamaBombay Samachar Weekly2006 - 07
2008 - 09
Bahubali S. ShahGujarat Samachar2007 - 08
T. Venkattram ReddyDeccan Chronicle2009 - 10
Kundan R. VyasVyapar2010 - 11
Ashish BaggaIndia Today2011 - 12
K.N. Tilak KumarPrajavani2012 - 13
Ravindra KumarThe Statesman2013 - 14
Kiran B. VadodariaSambhaav Metro2014 - 15
P.V. ChandranGrihalakshmi2015 - 16
Somesh SharmaRashtradoot Saptahik2016 - 17
Akila UrankarBusiness Standard2017 - 18
Shailesh GuptaMid-Day2019 - 20
L. AdimoolamHealth & the Antispetic2020 - 21
Mohit JainThe Economic Times2021 - 22
K. Raja Prasad ReddySakshi2022 - 23
Rakesh SharmaAaj Samaj2023 - 24
M.V. Shreyams KumarMathrubhumi2024 - 25
Vivek GuptaSanmarg Group2025 - 26