Thirty one-year-old Amit, who is the youngest person to hold the post, was elected at the IPI's 54th general assembly held in Nairobi, according to a Malayala Manorama release.
Amit joined the Malayala Manorama in June 2001 and has six years of editorial and management experience in dailies, television, radio and IT in India and abroad.
After graudating from St Stephen's College, Delhi, Amit worked with A F Ferguson, Mumbai's Management Consultancy Organisation. He has also worked in British newspapers including Western Mail and The South Wales Echo, besides Herald and Weekly Times and Austereo, Australia's largest radio network.
He has also been with the Channel 9 television company, which belongs to the Kerry Packer group and ninemsn.com, Australia's largest portal that is run by Microsoft and Channel 9.
Amit is the son of Malayala Manorama's managing editor, Philip Mathew who is also the Chairman of PTI.
IPI, an organisation of editors and senior journalists, works for freedom of the press globally and strives for excellence in journalism.