MUMBAI: Sahara One Television chief operating officer Purnendu Bose has resigned from the post. With Bose moving out, the hunt for the post has begun.

Meanwhile, Sahara One CEO Shantonu Aditya will assume the charges, until a successor. Bose was reporting into Aditya.

"I will be directly overseeing Sahara One till such time as a suitable replacement is found. We have interviewed a few people and a decision to the effect will be announced in due course," Aditya tells Indiantelevision.com.

Prior to joining Sahara One, Bose was associated with the kids' channel Hungama TV as the COO. He earlier was associated with Star TV vice president special projects and was also actively associated with the launch of Radio City and Star News.