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While congratulating Star India CEO Uday Shankar for winning the IMPACT Person of the Decade award, Aroon Purie, Chairman, India Today Group candidly admitted that he had “misjudged” Shankar’s potential for corporate leadership during his stint with Aaj Tak, the Hindi news channel run by the Group.

STAR India COO Sanjay Gupta says ratings from films have remained the same in three years adding that the return on investment (RoI) has worsened in the past three years.

Accepting the award, Shankar said, “This is overwhelming – there is nothing more special than peer recognition. I consider myself a creation of this industry, and for this industry to recognize that I might have made some impact on the last decade fills me with a sense of both -- pride and gratitude.”