The Indian Newspaper Society

The Indian Newspaper Society (INS; formerly Indian and Eastern Newspaper Society) acts as the central organization of the Press of India, an independent body authenticating circulation figures of newspapers and periodicals in India. It plays a major role in protecting and promoting freedom of the press in India. The society was founded in 1939. Its headquarters are at Rafi Marg, New Delhi.

INS membership comprises the owners, proprietors and publishers of print media who discusses and suggest various measures to the government regarding the problems related to the newspaper industry. It is a kind of pressure group which works to protect the interest of newspaper industry in particular and print media in general.

The Indian newspaper industry today faces problems ranging from rising cost and paucity of newsprint to shrinking revenue from advertisements due to the rise of online media. The executive committee of INS represents 990 members, ranging from newspapers and journals to periodicals and magazines.

Rakesh Sharma of AAJ Samaj is the current president of the society. for the year 2023–24.

On 27 February 2014, the society marked its platinum jubilee with a celebration at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, was chief guest and gave away commemorative plaques to extant founding members – Bombay Chronicle, The Hindu, The Hindustan Times, The Pioneer, The Statesman, The Times of India and The Tribune. On this occasion, President Mukherjee was also presented the first copy of a book Threescore and Fifteen – The Story of the Indian Newspaper Society written by INS president Ravindra Kumar. Priced at Rs 399, the book chronicles the accomplishments of and challenges faced by the society and is vital reading for media practitioners and policy makers. Copies can be ordered from the INS secretariat at Rafi Marg, New Delhi.

Presidents
The presidents of INS include:


 * Arthur Moore	The Statesman	1939-43
 * Devdas Gandhi	The Hindustan Times	1943-45
 * H.W. Smith	The Times of India	1945-46
 * W.J.B. Walker	The Statesman	1946-47
 * Kasturi Srinivasan	The Hindu	1947-48
 * Tushar Kanti Ghosh	The Amrita Bazar Patrika	1948-49
 * Desh Bandhu Gupta	Daily Tej	1949-50
 * M.N. Cama	The Bombay Chronicle	1950-51
 * Ramnath Goenka	Indian Express	1951-52
 * Suresh Chandra Majumdar	The Hindustan Standard	1952-53
 * C.R. Srinivasan	Swadesamitran	1953-54
 * J.C. Jain	The Times of India 1	1954-55
 * Nirmal Chandra Ghosh	Jugantar	1955-56
 * G. Narasimhan	The Hindu	1956-57
 * H.R. Moharay	Samyukta Karnataka	1957-58
 * Upendra Acharya	The Indian Nation	1958-59
 * D.M. Harris	The Statesman	1959-60
 * Dr. N.B. Parulekar	Daily Sakal	1960-61
 * A.B. Nair	Free Press Journal	1961-62
 * R.R. Diwakar	Samyukta Karnataka	1962-63
 * A.K. Sarkar	Ananda Bazar Patrika	1963-64
 * K.M. Cherian	Malayala Manorama	1964-65
 * G.N. Sahi	The Hindustan Times	1965-66
 * C.G.K. Reddy	Sport and Pastime	1966-67
 * J.M.D.Souza	Illustrated Weekly of India	1967-68
 * M.L. Ganguli	Jugantar	1968-69
 * M. Yunus Dehlvi	Shama	1969-70
 * C.A. Narayan	Sunday Standard	1970-71
 * C.R. Irani	The Statesman	1971-72
 * K. Narendra	Daily Pratap (Delhi)	1972-73
 * K.M. Mathew	Malayala Manorama	1973-74
 * P.K. Roy	Amrita Weekly	1974-75
 * A.G. Sheorey	The Nagpur Times	1975-76
 * V.M. Nair	Mathrubhumi	1976-77
 * Dr. Ram S. Tarneja	The Economic Times	1977-78
 * B.D. Goenka	Andhra Prabha	1978-79
 * Shantilal A. Shah	Gujarat Samachar	1979-80
 * K.L. Sarkar	Hindustan Standard	1980-81
 * Mammen Varghese	Malayala Manorama	1981-82
 * Ramesh Chandra	Navbharat Times	1982-83
 * N. Murali	The Hindu	1983-84
 * Mrs. Saroj Goenka	Andhra Prabha	1984-85
 * Basudev Ray	Sunday Statesman	1985-86
 * R.M. Cama	Bombay Samachar	1986-87
 * Tuhin Kanti Ghosh	Northern India Patrika	1987-88
 * Pravinchandra V. Gandhi	Janmabhoomi	1988-89
 * Mahendra Mohan Gupta	Dainik Jagran	1989-90
 * Naresh Mohan	Hindustan Times	1990-91
 * P.R. Krishnamoorthy	Maharashtra Times	1991-92
 * R. Lakshmipathy	Dinamalar	1992-93
 * Adhip K. Sarkar	The Telegraph	1993-94
 * Vishwa Bandhu Gupta	Daily Tej	1994-95
 * Dr. B.S. Adityan	Vaaraantari Rani	1995-96
 * Viveck Goenka	Indian Express (New Delhi)	1996-97
 * Vijay Darda	Lokmat	1997-98
 * Mammen Mathew	Malayala Manorama	1998-99
 * Mrs. Shobha Subrahmanyan	Ananda Bazar Partika	1999-00
 * Mr. Vijay Kumar Chopra	Hind Samachar	2000-01
 * Mr. Pratap G Pawar	Sakal	2001-02
 * Mr. Abhay Chhajlani	Nai Dunia	2002-03
 * Mr. M.P. Veerendrakumar	Mathrubhumi	2003-04
 * Mr. Pradeep Guha	Filmfare	2004-05
 * Mr. Jacob Mathew	Vanitha	2005-06
 * Mr. Hormusji N. Cama	Bombay Samachar weekly	2006-07
 * Mr. Bahubali S. Shah	Gujrat Samachar	2007-08
 * Mr. Hormusji N. Cama	Bombay Samachar weekly	2008-09
 * Mr. T. Venkattram Reddy	Deccan Chronicle	2009-10
 * Mr. Kundan R. Vyas	Vyapar - Janmabhoomi Group,Mumbai	2010-11
 * Mr. Ashish Bagga 	India Today	2011-12
 * Mr. K. N. Tilak Kumar 	Prajavani 	2012-13
 * Mr. Ravindra Kumar 	The Statesman 	2013-14
 * Mr. Kiran B. Vadodaria 	Sambhaav Metro 	2014-15
 * Mr. P. V. Chandran 	Grihalakshmi 	2015-16
 * Mr. Somesh Sharma	Rashtradoot Saptahik	2016-17
 * Ms Akila Urankar	Business Standard	2017-18
 * Mr. Jayant Mammen Mathew	Malayala Manorama	2018-19
 * Mr. Shailesh Gupta	Mid Day	2019-20
 * Mr. L. Adimoolam	Health & The Antiseptic	2020-21
 * Mr. Mohit Jain	Economic Times	2021-22
 * Mr. K. Raja Prasad Reddy	Sakshi	2022-23
 * Present Mr. Rakesh Sharma Aaj Samaj