MUMBAI: Shyamala Venkatachalam has been appointed as the chief legal officer of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL). She started her career as legal and corporate affairs professional at Dynamatic Technologies which designs and builds highly engineered products for automotive, aerospace, hydraulic and security applications in Europe and India.

After spending close to eight years there, she handled a wide range of issues related to domestic and international contracts, intellectual property, foreign collaborations, banking finance, indirect and direct taxation. 

With over 15 years in the media industry, Venkatachalam was associated with several coveted brands like Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, Sony Pictures Network, Discovery Communications and, Star India Private Ltd, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. She joined Star India in 2014 as executive vice president head business counsel.

After her stint at Star India, she founded ‘The REMEDIATION Company’. Throughout her career, she continued to manage the legal, regulatory and corporate affairs in the television media and moved up to a senior leadership role over the years.

 Venkatachalam has also authored several media-related research papers and a book titled "Remediation - Digital Transformation of Television.”