NEW DELHI — The Associated Journals Limited on Tuesday announced Zafar Agha as the group editor-in-chief and Mrinal Pandey, group as editorial adviser.

The company also announced the appointment of Agha as group editor-in-chief for its newspapers and digital properties, including National Herald, Navjivan and Qaumi Awaz, with immediate effect.

National Herald was founded in 1937 by the late Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The paper played a vital role in Indian independence movement and it continued to play a dominant role in Indian journalism until early 1980s when due to financial constraints its all publications were gradually shut down.

Since early last year, the company started reviving its publications and soon National Herald, Qaumi Awaz and Navjeevan came out in digital format.

Agha most recently editor-in-Chief of Qaumi Awaz, is a senior journalist and a well known columnist who has also contributed to Saudi Gazette, carries with him an experience of nearly four decades in print and electronic media. He started his career in 1980 with the first Indian news magazine, Link. In a span of a little over two decades, he pursued his dream with passion, working for many leading newspapers and magazines, including The Business and Political Observer, India Today and The Patriot. He has been writing columns both for national and foreign newspapers. His TV program “Guftagu” (Talk) on ETV (Urdu) was widely seen and perceived as the most watched program in Urdu.

Mrinal Pande has earlier served as editor of Saptahik Hindustan and later as group editor of the Hindi publications of the Hindustan Times House: the daily Hindustan, a monthly digest Kadambini and a magazine for children, Nandan. She has also previously been the editor of Vama and senior editorial adviser to NDTV and Doordarshan. She was chairperson of Prasar Bharati and is the founder president of the Indian Women’s Press Corps.