Jan 2021 – May 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Apr 2017 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• Vice President & Head of Corporate Communications for India & Southwest Asia

Oct 2014 – Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Head of Corporate Communications for India & Southwest Asia

Mar 2011 – Sep 2014 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• Responsibility: Evolving strategy for coverage of sectors key to organization’s growth. Heading a team of reporters, train, ideate and execute news and features. Also liaise with companies, associations, bankers, investors, PEs, ministers and bureaucrats.
• Key Achievements: Built new verticals from scratch. The paper was looking to break free from the clutter of heavy, number crunching content and these verticals have made a big difference. Efforts have won them the ET Wordsmith Awards on several occasions. New verticals have been added to portfolio.

Dec 2009 – Feb 2011 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Responsibility: To conceive and manage a complete end-to-end product every week, ideate with team. Around 20 reporters, copy editors and designers reported to me.
• Key Achievements: Set up a crack team. Successfully redesigned the paper and made it feature-based (it has now evolved in a new ‘compact magazine’ avatar). Produced several special editions.

Jan 2008 – Feb 2011 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Responsibility: To launch and bring out a brand new paper as its Editor. Has a team of 20 people reporting to me. Worked closely with cross-function teams such as Brands, Response and Marketing, to plan the launch of the paper and later to managing day to day operations.
• Key Achievements: This was big launch. While I also launched ET Gujarati in Ahmedabad (in 2007), this was significant because of its scale. The entire process was time-bound and the teams met all deadlines and launched the products on schedule. Won accolades for a successful launch and was rewarded with being given the additional responsibility of the Editor for ET on Sunday.

Mar 2007 – Oct 2014 · 7 yrs 7 mos

• Senior Editor. Writer - wrote on a diverse subject - business, economy, companies, sectors, start-ups, leaders, politics.
• Leader - Led large teams, led new projects such as Power of Ideas
• Launched - ET Gujarati, ET Hindi
• Editor - Sunday ET

Mar 2007 – Feb 2010 · 2 yrs 11 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Responsibility: Launched and headed the small companies’ vertical. This was the first national vertical in ET and responsibility included expanding the horizon of coverage for start-ups, MSMEs, VCs and PEs.
• Key Achievements: Established a successful vertical and dedicated coverage of small companies. Helped the launch of Starting Up, ET NOW's program on startups
• Also launched the Power of Ideas Campaign in 2009: Led the editorial initiative of campaign in 2009 and 2010. The first two editions of the campaign managed to get more than 12,000 entries. Was awarded the ‘Chairman’s Award’ for the effort.

Mar 2004 – May 2007 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Ahmedabad Area, India

• Responsibility: To lead a team of reporters and manage the Ahmedabad edition of ET and turn it around.
• Key Achievements: Revamped the ET English Edition-Circulation went up by more than 50%. Expanded operations, from 4 reporters to 30 journalist. Opened new editorial offices in Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot. Got the CM, his government and key businessmen, on board. Strategized and successfully thwarted competition from DNA Money and later DNA in Gujarat. Launched ET in Gujarati, ET’s first vernacular foray, as its Editor
• Was promoted from Bureau Chief to Assistant Editor to Senior Assistant Editor and Resident Editor in 3 years and then promoted to Senior Editor and transferred to Delhi office.
• I was moved to Delhi to take up new assignments.

Oct 2000 – Feb 2004 · 3 yrs 4 mos · New Delhi

• Was part of the companies team. Wrote on the automobile, petroleum and consumer sectors, industrial and FDI policy, etc

Jan 1997 – Oct 2000 · 3 yrs 9 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Companies writer, also wrote on industrial and foreign investment policies

Jan 1996 – Jan 1997 · 1 yr · New Delhi Area, India

• Cub Reporter - was made to write on everything

May 1994 – Jan 1996 · 1 yr 8 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• career start........ worked at the desk and wrote editorials. was anchor by the end of that stint.