Prasad Sangameshwaran

Editor

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India27 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Worked on Michael Jackson's India tour.
  • Winner of Seema Nazareth award for business journalism.
  • Shaped Campaign India as a digital-only offering.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned media and journalism professional with a focus on marketing and advertising.

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Skills

Core Skills

JournalismAdvertisingMarketing

Other Skills

Business JournalismContent DevelopmentCopy EditingCorporate CommunicationsCreative WritingEditingEditorialEvent ManagementFeature ArticlesHeadline WritingManagementMarketing CommunicationsMedia RelationsNew MediaNews Writing

About

In his 25 years at the workplace, Prasad Sangameshwaran has seen himself face-to-face with Philip Kotler, Jack Trout and Michael Jackson (yes, the King of Pop). Career highlights: A stint in event management with Wizcraft Worked on Michael Jackson's India tour Embraced the world of journalism with the country's leading business newspapers, Business Standard, The Economic Times and The Hindu Business Line. Part of a journalist exchange programme with the world's leading business daily, Financial Times. Winner of the Seema Nazareth award for excellence in business journalism for his articles on management and marketing in The Strategist. One of his feature articles found its place of pride in the 13th edition of Prof. Philip Kotler's marketing bible, Marketing Management. At The Economic Times, he was associated with the marketing and advertising section of Brand Equity. The stint brought him close to leading advertising and marketing men from around the world and got him a reporting assignment to the mecca of advertising, Madison Avenue. In this second stint with the online edition of ETBRANDEQUITY.COM, the journey of a million steps is taking strides as we speak. At The Hindu Business Line, relaunch of its advertising & marketing section, cat.a.lyst as editor. As the managing editor of Campaign India, a 50 year-old global title on marketing and communication, Prasad got a ringside view of the advertising and marketing action and shaped the future of Campaign as a digital-only offering in India, and moderated a session of global CCOs at the Cannes Lions festival of creativity.  When Prasad is not chasing information to feed his stories, he is in the hot pursuit of spirituality as a student of the Vedas and as a singer of Bhajans (Hindu devotional songs). In August 2018, his team, Gurupaadhuka, won the runner-up title of Bhajan Samrat, a South Indian television talent hunt after competing with 307 teams. He is also attempting to bring traditional Kerala Iyer cuisine to the mainstream.

Experience

Times internet limited

Editor, ET Brandequity.com

Feb 2020Present · 6 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India · On-site

AdvertisingBusiness JournalismCopy EditingCreative WritingEditorialFeature Articles+8

Haymarket media group

Managing Editor

Jan 2017Jan 2020 · 3 yrs · Mumbai

The hindu business line

Editor, cat.a.lyst

Sep 2013Dec 2016 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Concept to execution of a new marketing and advertising section, cat.a.lyst

Businessworld

Senior Editor

Feb 2010Aug 2013 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • From management to marketing, from consumer goods to retail, the world's my stage

The economic times

Assistant Editor

Jun 2008Jan 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • The Economic Times is India's largest business daily newspaper, that now has a television space of its own called ET NOW. I primarily write on advertising and marketing topics for this newspaper, though the newspaper has given me a wide canvas to paint that resulted in stories like Mahatma Gandhi's literary works going off-patent, politician Raj Thackeray's campaign outsourcing and Nigerian Scams

Business standard limited

chief of the strategist bureau

May 1998Jun 2008 · 10 yrs 1 mo

  • Writing management and marketing articles for the strategist, the Tuesday supplement of Business Standard.

Education

University of Mumbai

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)

Jan 1991Jan 1996

General Education Academy - 1978-1990

Jan 1978Jan 1990

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