Peter Mukerjea quit the company in 2009 and retired to Bristol.
20 Facts About Peter Mukerjea
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Peter Mukerjea was released on bail on 20 March 2020.
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Peter Mukerjea graduated from the Doon school in Dehradun, India in 1971.
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Peter Mukerjea has a younger brother called Gautam Mukerjea who runs a lifestyle magazine named Planet Goa.
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Peter Mukerjea lived and worked in Mumbai while employed with STAR India.
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Later that year Peter Mukerjea married Indrani in a small wedding ceremony in friend Suhel Seth's garden house in New Delhi.
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Peter Mukerjea started his career in marketing with American food processing company Heinz and British retailer Storehouse plc in United Kingdom.
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Peter Mukerjea moved to Mumbai shortly after joining to establish STAR TV's advertising sales division in India.
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In 1996 Peter Mukerjea acquired additional responsibility for the Middle East market.
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Peter Mukerjea represented Star TV's interests as a member of the Board of Directors of television channel ESPN STAR Sports, cable television service operator Hathway and joint venture company Media Content and Communications Services for Star News.
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Peter Mukerjea has resigned as director at INX Executive Search Private Limited.
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Peter Mukerjea is an angel investor in Kratos, an on-demand digital advertisement platform.
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Peter Mukerjea is considered one of the most successful executives in the history of Indian television industry.
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At STAR India, Peter Mukerjea forged and nurtured a team whose members have become senior media executives in their own right: Raj Nayak, Ajay Vidyasagar, Jagdish Kumar, Sameer Nair, Tarun Katial, Tony D'Silva, Sumantra Dutta, Anant Rangaswami, Yash Khanna, Seema Mohapatra, Monica Tata, Sunita Rajan, Vibhu Sharma and Rajnath Kamath.
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Peter Mukerjea submitted a written statement to the police that was prepared in conjunction with his lawyer.
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Peter Mukerjea claimed that his passport was evidence that he was in Rome at the time of the murder in April, 2012.
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In November 2015 Peter Mukerjea was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation for his alleged role in the murder conspiracy.
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Peter Mukerjea was kept in CBI custody for two weeks during which period he subjected to a polygraph test with his consent and in the presence of his lawyer.
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In December 2015 Peter Mukerjea was remanded to judicial custody in Arthur Road Jail.
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On March 20,2020, Peter Mukerjea was released from Arthur Road Jail, six weeks after he was granted bail by the High Court and over 4.5 years after his initial arrest.