After Infosys mentor, Nandan Nilekani was roped in by government to handle its Special Project named UIDAI, the latest to join the team is Bloomberg UTV's editor-in-chief, Govindraj Ethiraj. Invited by Nandan Nilenkani to join the clan, Govindraj has been instrumental in establishing Bloomberg UTV's operations in the country.

As prior to 2006 the channel was in its takeoff stage until it grew into one of India's most dynamic English business news brands.

As commenting about the exit of Govindraj, Ronnie Screwvala, UTV Group chairman & CEO mentioned that Govindraj has been a founding pillar stone to the inception of the channel in India and his adieu to the company will be a loss for the channel in itself.

However he has also conveyed his best wishes for Govindraj in his journey ahead and has indicated his strong commitment towards UTV's nest stage of growth across all mediums including television, internet & mobile.

Even Govindraj is also quite upbeat about his latest association as he had always desired of working on a project that is in the best of interests for his country.

Govindraj will serve his tenure period till the end of September 2010 and will work closely with the business leadership team at Bloomberg UTV in order to pass on the baton.