Samir Jain
Samir Jain (born 11 March 1954) is an Indian publisher and the current Vice-Chairman of media group Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain family which owns Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., the parent company of The Times of India and other large newspapers.[1]
Samir Jain | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 March 1954 New Delhi, India |
| Occupation | Vice-chairman of The Times Group |
| Parent(s) | Indu Jain Ashok Kumar Jain |
| Relatives | Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain |
Career
In 1975 Samir joined the family-owned Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. as a junior executive.[2] By 1982, Samir was vice-chairman and running the company as his father Ashok Jain, pursued by charges of fraud and suffering from a weak heart, departed to the United States for medical treatment.[2] During Samir's time, Times of India has become the largest circulating English newspaper in the world.[3][4][5][6]
References
- Singh, Pragya (3 April 2017). "Samir Jain and the Times group". Outlook. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- Auletta. Page 55.
- "TOI Online is world's No.1 newspaper websites". The Times of India. 12 July 2009.
- "The Hindu News Update Service". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- List of newspapers in the World by circulation
- Top 10 English Dailies: Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 — Quarter 1 | Newswatch
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
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