Rajesh Sawhney is a key member of the Reliance ADAG leadership team. He is responsible for Group’s foray into entertainment, media and online verticals: spanning movie eco-system, Radio and TV broadcasting, Internet and New Media ventures, broadband & mobile content and services.

In a short span of 2 years, Reliance Entertainment has built leading businesses in many entertainment/media verticals. In Broadcasting, Big FM has become the No. 1 Radio-station Network in India with 45 stations within a year of its launch. In Filmed Entertainment space, Adlabs leads in Exhibition, and processing businesses. In New Media space, Zapak.com has become No.1 online games portal in India by a large distance.

Recently, Reliance Entertainment launched a number of new initiatives. In the filmed Entertainment space, Rajesh is driving US $ 1billion investment plan. Big Motion Pictures has announced a large slate of 69 movies and number of development silos with Hollyood production companies. Reliance Entertainment completed acquisition of ND Studios and Anirights Ltd, an animation studio with over 500 artists. In the new media space, Rajesh launched Bigadda.com, a fast growing social networking and media-sharing portal, and Bigflicks.com [Movie rental and Broadband Venture].

Rajesh comes to Reliance Entertainment from The Times of India Group. During his 14 years with The Times of India Group, Rajesh created successful businesses across several areas: Publishing, Radio & TV, Retailing, Internet, E-commerce, Travel and Mobile value added services.

Rajesh is an alumnus of Harvard Business School [AMP], and has a fellowship from the London School of Economics.