Akhil Gupta named chief financial officer at NDTV

NEW DELHI: NDTV has appointed Akhil Gupta as chief financial officer, tapping a seasoned finance leader with a track record across media, infrastructure, healthcare and telecommunications, as the network tightens its grip on strategy, governance and capital discipline.

Gupta steps into the role after a stint at Adani Enterprises Limited, where he served as BU finance controller, handling the hard yards of bookkeeping, audits, board processes and working capital, alongside internal financial controls, tax compliance, contract management, TEV studies, credit ratings and term loan facilitation.

Before that, he was head of investor relations, FP&A and internal audit at Zydus Group Cadila Healthcare Limited, where he led investor engagement, disclosures, budgeting, MIS, internal audit and enterprise risk management, bringing structure and rigour to complex, regulated businesses.

His earlier career spans senior finance and FP&A leadership roles at Bharti Infratel Limited and Bharti Airtel Foundation Limited, along with finance responsibilities at PVR Limited, giving him deep exposure to large-scale operations, capital planning and stakeholder management across sectors.

At NDTV, Gupta will oversee financial strategy, governance, compliance and reporting, a brief that puts him at the centre of the broadcaster’s next phase.

For a newsroom where numbers now matter as much as narratives, Gupta’s arrival signals one thing clearly: the balance sheet is back in sharp focus, and there will be no room for sloppy arithmetic.