Harsh Rohatgi, executive vice president at NDTV Imagine, is leaving the company to join National Geographic Channel as MD, a person familiar with the development said. Rohatgi denied he was leaving Imagine.

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Rohatgi spent seven years at Star India and was GM and senior VP, content and communication, prior to joining NDTV Imagine in 2007. His departure from Imagine, where he is a key member of the management team, is panning out even as the channel is just days away from signing a majority stake sale agreement with Turner Broadcasting.