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Samir Jain 
Summary
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.
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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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Career edit
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 edit
- ^ "Samir Jain, Bennett Coleman & Co LTD: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg News.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
- ^ "The Hindu News Update Service". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Top 10 English Dailies: Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 — Quarter 1 | Newswatch
Further reading edit
- 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 edit
- Indiatimes Times of India