Peter Mukerjea
| Peter Mukerjea | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Pratim Mukerjea 1954 (age 63–64) United Kingdom |
| Residence | Mumbai, India and Bristol, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Education | Doon school |
| Occupation | Media executive |
| Years active | 1974 - 2009 |
| Known for | CEO, STAR India (1997 - 2007) |
| Spouse(s) | Shabnam Mukerjea (1975-1994) Indrani Mukerjea (2002 - 2017) |
| Children | 2 sons (Rabin Mukerjea , Rahul Mukerjea and VIdhie Mukerjea |
| Relatives | Gautam Mukerjea, brother, founder Planet Goa |
Peter Mukerjea is a retired Indian television executive. From 1997 to 2007 he was the CEO of STAR India. In 2007 he joined INX Media as chief strategy officer. He quit the company in 2009 and retired to Bristol.
In November 2015 he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the Sheena Bora murder case and has been in judicial custody at Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail since then. In February 2016 he was formally charged under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 (murder), 120-B (conspiracy) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence).
Peter Mukerjea was born in United Kingdom. His father was a doctor. He graduated from the Doon school in Dehradun, India in 1971. He attended college in UK. He took evening classes to study business management. He has a younger brother called Gautam Mukerjea who runs a lifestyle magazine named Planet Goa.
Peter married Shabnam Singh on September 9, 1975. The couple had 2 sons, Rabin, born in 1980, and Rahul, born in 1984, before divorcing in 1994. Rahul Mukerjea currently lives in Badripur near Dehradun with his mother.
Peter lived and worked in Mumbai while employed with STAR India. In 2000, he was named as the first Indian Tennessee Squire by Brown-Forman Corporation, the makers of Jack Daniel's whiskey.
In 2002 Alyque Padamsee introduced Peter to Indrani Bora, an HR consultant 16 years his junior. Later that year Peter married Indrani in a small wedding ceremony in friend Suhel Seth's garden house in New Delhi. After marriage, Indrani's daughter from a previous marriage, Vidhie Khanna, moved in with them and took the Mukerjea name. In 2005 Indrani introduced her children from a previous relationship, Sheena Bora and Mikhail Bora, to Peter as her younger siblings. In 2006 Sheena Bora moved in with them and enrolled in St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.
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