Samir Jain
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Samir Jain | |
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 Samir Jain in 2019 | |
| Born | 11 March 1954 New Delhi, India |
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| Years active | 1980–present |
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| Title | Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of The Times Group |
| Spouse | Meera Jain |
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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
[edit | edit source]In 1975, Samir joined Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.[3][full citation needed] During his time, The Times of India has become the largest circulating English newspaper in the world.[4][5][6]
References
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- ^ Top 10 English Dailies: Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 — Quarter 1 | Newswatch
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- 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
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