Bhattacharya, who was the vice president of the association, takes over from Tarun Rai, CEO at Worldwide Media (WWM).
The other elected office bearers include: R Rajmohan, publisher, Open Media Network as the vice president; B Srinivasan, MD, Vasan Publications as the general secretary; and Pradeep Gupta, chairman and MD, CyberMedia, as the treasurer.
The two-day IMC was held in the Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on 24-25 February. The speakers lined up for the event included Anant Nath, editor, Caravan, Delhi Press; Aroon Purie, editor-in-chief and chairman, The India Today Group; Chris Llewellyn, president and chief executive officer, FIPP; Maheshwer Peri, chairman, Pathfinder Publishing; Manish Tewari, minister, Information and Broadcasting, government of India; and Tarun Rai, CEO, WWM.