New Delhi, February 22 Vineet Jain, Managing Director of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd – The Times Group, India's largest media group, has been awarded the Lifetime Contribution to Media award by AIMA.
The award was presented to Jain at the All India Management Association's (AIMA) 70th Foundation Day and 20th National Management Day by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan here on Saturday, according to a press release.
The theme of AIMA's Managing India Award 2026 was 'Transforming for Tomorrow: Growth with Resilience'.
Jain was awarded in recognition of his transformative leadership in expanding The Times Group into India's largest diversified multimedia enterprise.
Under Jain's leadership, brands in non-print media such as Times Now, ET Now, and Zoom have strengthened the Group's television presence, while their digital platforms have achieved new milestones. Additionally, Radio Mirchi, Gaana, Times OOH, Times Music, and Magicbricks have emerged as the largest entities in their respective categories in India.
Times Group's legacy magazines Femina and Filmfare have continued to grow, even as the Group has also ventured into higher education and sports through a national pickleball league.
The citation also noted the Group's entry into education through Bennett University and the EdTech platform TimesPro, reflecting Vineet Jain's vision of integrating knowledge and enterprise.
Accepting the award, Jain said, "It is a great honour to receive this award. I dedicate it to my colleagues who have worked tirelessly to make The Times Group India's largest multimedia company."
AIMA praised Jain as a future-ready leader and agile entrepreneur who has transformed a legacy newspaper business into a diversified media powerhouse.
Highlighting how Jain revitalized and modernized the Group's print foundations and strategically expanded into emerging media technologies and markets across 35 from the late 1980s, AIMA said he did not just grow a newspaper company, but built a multifaceted media empire that dominates information and entertainment in India and shapes the nation's political and commercial awareness.
"From television and radio to the internet, movies, music, sports, events, outdoor advertising, education, and investments, his leadership has created influential brands across every platform," it said.