Jyoti Deshpande is an Indian businesswoman and film producer and former

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. She was formerly the Group CEO and managing director of

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. Jyoti is also the former co-chair of the Media & Entertainment Committee, FICCI. She has been featured in Fortune India as well as Business Today's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business lists.

Early life and education

Deshpande was born in 1972 in

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, India. She earned a

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and Economics degree from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics. She gave tuitions during college to finance her education and went on to do

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in 1993, from Mumbai University's SP Jain Institute of Management and Research.

Career

After finishing MBA, Jyoti Deshpande acquired a position with Mindshare Media, a UK-based firm. She was a senior consultant at that time. She then was the Sales & Marketing Head for the Zee Network. She went to work for James Walter Thompson, an advertising firm, after working for Zee. She was a senior management team member that formed the B4U Television Network between 1999 and 2001. In 2018, she joined

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as president of Media Platform & Content and reported directly to

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. She is the former CEO of Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd. She was formerly the Group CEO and managing director of

. She is also President of Reliance Industries Limited Media and Content Business.

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Deshpande, Jyoti Living people Indian film producers 21st-century Indian businesswomen 21st-century Indian businesspeople Indian women film producers Year of birth missing (living people)