Sameer Nair (born 1965) is an Indian media executive and CEO of Applause Entertainment Limited.

[2] Nair received his Higher Secondary Certificate from Wilson High School in Mumbai.

Over a 12-year career at STAR India Network, he worked in acquisitions, networking, and promotions, he was also the programming head of Star Plus,Executive Vice President, and the Chief Operating Officer (overseeing Content, Communication, Advertising Sales, and Distribution) in 2002, and Chief Executive Officer in 2006.

[2] In 2007, Nair began working with NBC Universal to establish NDTV Imagine Ltd.

This corporation sought to introduce mythology and historical programming into daily primetime schedules.