MUMBAI, September 18: Mammen Mathew, editor and managing director, Malayalam Manorama, was today elected president of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 1998-99. He succeeds Vijay Darda of Lokmat group of publications.Mathew is a member of the Press Council of India and chairman of the Commonwealth Press Union, India section.Following are other office-bearers elected at the 59th annual general meeting of the society here:Shobha Subrahmanyan (Ananda Bazar Patrika): deputy president, Vijay Kumar Chopra (Hind Samachar): vice president, Paresh Nath (Woman's Era): honorary treasurer.R M Cama (Bombay Samachar), Tuhin Kanti Ghosh (Northern Indian Patrika), Pravinchandra V Gandhi (Janmabhoomi), Mahendra Mohan Gupta (Dainik Jagran), Naresh Mohan (Hindustan Times, Patna), R Lakshmipathy (Dinamalar), Vishwa Bandhu Gupta (Daily Tej), B S Adityan (Vaaraantari Rani), Vivek Goenka (Indian Express, New Delhi), VijayDarda (Lokmat), S D Bhambri (The Tribune), Shobhana Bhartia (Hindustan Times, New Delhi), Mohini Bhullar (India Today), Ramesh Chandra (Navbharat Times), Abhay Chaajlani (Nai Dunia), Sunil Dang (Day After), Sakti Dasgupta (Bartaman).J S Dardi (Charhdikala), Pradeep Guha (Filmfare), Ramawatar Gupta (Sanmarg), C R Irani (Statesman), Vineet Jain (Maharashtra Times), Gulab Kothari (Rajasthan Patrika), P K Maheshwari (Nava Bharat), Atul Maheshwari (Amar Ujala), Jacob Mathew (Vanitha), Ashok Mitra (Manorama), N Murali (The Hindu), V Murali (Kalki), Digvijay Singh (Indian Express, Mumbai), P G Pawar (Sakal), P K Roy (Aajkaal), Indira Rajkhewa (Sentinel), T Venkatram Reddy (Deccan Chronicle), Bahubali S Shah (Gujarat Samachar), C B Sen (Business World), K N Shanth Kumar (Deccan Herald), Manoj K Sonthalia(Dinamani), Jacob Thomas (Deepika), I Venkat (Sitara film weekly), M P Veerendrakumar (Mathrubhumi).
