Samir Jain Explained
Samir Jain |
Birth Date: | 1954 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | New Delhi, India |
Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of The Times Group |
Years Active: | 1980–present |
Spouse: | Meera Jain |
Samir Jain (born 11 March 1954) is an Indian publisher and the Vice-Chairman and Managing Director (VCMD)[1] of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., also known as The Times Group, a leading media conglomerate with its primary base of operations in India, which publishes The Times of India and has many other interests.[2] Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain family, an industrialist family of India.
Career
In 1975, Samir joined Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.[3] During his time, The Times of India has become the largest circulating English newspaper in the world.[4] [5] [6]
Further reading
- Auletta, Ken: "Citizens Jain – Why India's Newspaper Industry is Thriving". The New Yorker, 8 October 2012, Pages 52 to 61.
- Subramanian, Samanth : "Supreme Being : How Samir Jain created the modern Indian Newspaper Industry", Caravan Magazine, 1 December 2012.
- Menon Malhan, Sangita P, "The TOI Story: How a Newspaper Changed the Rules of the Game" (2013) HarperCollins India
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Samir Jain, Bennett Coleman & Co LTD: Profile and Biography . .
- News: Singh. Pragya. Samir Jain and the Times group. 21 March 2018. Outlook. 3 April 2017.
- Auletta. Page 55.
- News: TOI Online is world's No.1 newspaper websites . https://web.archive.org/web/20120301071330/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-12/india/28166748_1_comscore-website-newspaper . dead . 1 March 2012 . . 12 July 2009.
- Web site: The Hindu News Update Service . 2009-06-20 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20071012140612/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/001200608291820.htm . 12 October 2007 . dmy-all .
- http://archives.newswatch.in/newsblog/7983 Top 10 English Dailies: Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 — Quarter 1 | Newswatch