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Sameer Nair
Sameer Nair
	Sameer Nair
Chief Executive Officer of STAR India Network
	Former
	In office; 2000–2007
Chief Executive Officer of NDTV Imagine
	Former
	In office; 2009–2011
Chief Executive Officer of Balaji Telefilms Limited
	Former
	In office; 2013–2017
Chief Executive Officer of Applause Entertainment Limited
	Present
	In office; 2017–Incumbent
Personal details
Born	3 December 1965 (age 59); Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Spouse	Sawari Alagh
Relatives	Sunil Alagh (father-in-law); Maya Alagh (mother-in-law); Anjori Alagh (sister-in-law)
Occupation	Business executive, political activist

Sameer Nair (born 1965) is an Indian media executive and CEO of Applause Entertainment Limited.^[1] He helped revamp the Star India, Star One, Star Utsav, Star Gold, Star Vijay, and Channel V television networks and participated in the launch of the Kaun Banega Crorepati, and Balaji Telefilms' soap operas on Star Plus.^[2]

Personal life

Nair received his Higher Secondary Certificate from Wilson High School in Mumbai.^[3] From 1982 to 1984, he studied physics at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He later earned his bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Madras via correspondence courses while studying hotel management at the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology, and Applied Nutrition, Mumbai.^[3]^[4] Alongside these fields, he studied Indian history and politics. These interests lead him to join the Aam Adami Party (AAP) ^[5]

In his initial career, he spent two years in Yellow Pages in Mumbai and four years in advertising and filmmaking with Goldwire in Chennai. Nair entered the nascent television industry in the early 1990s with STAR India Network taking charge of Star Movies, the only English movie channel in India. Over a 12-year career at STAR India Network, he worked in acquisitions, networking, and promotions, he was also the programming head of Star Plus,Executive Vice President, and the Chief Operating Officer (overseeing Content, Communication, Advertising Sales, and Distribution) in 2002, and Chief Executive Officer in 2006.^[2]

In 2007, Nair began working with NBC Universal to establish NDTV Imagine Ltd. This corporation sought to introduce mythology and historical programming into daily primetime schedules.^[6] In August 2017, Nair became the CEO of Applause Entertainment - a Media, Content & IP Creation Studio - promoted by Aditya Birla Group chairman - Kumar Mangalam Birla.^[7]^[8]

^ "Former Star India CEO Sameer Nair heads to Balaji". Retrieved 31 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b Flegg, Michael (10 September 2001). "India's Star TV Leaps to Top Spot Due to Game Shows, Soap Operas". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 19 September 2001.
^ ^a ^b Wanvari, Anil (21 July 2001). "Into The Mind Of Sameer Nair - Part II". IndianTelevision.com. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
^ "The Star debonair". The Financial Express. 8 April 2006. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
^ "Former Star TV CEO Sameer Nair joins AAP, Kejriwal". Hindustan Times. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
^ "Sameer Nair and the new NDTV family - Hindustan Times". Archived from the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
^ Mandavia, Megha; Kalesh, Baiju (17 August 2017). "KM Birla hires Sameer Nair of Balaji Telefilms; to make 'binge-worthy' shows for Amazon, Netflix, Hotstar". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
^ "Human Attention is the New Oil, Media Veteran Sameer Nair Says". 15 March 2018.