Ravindra Kumar (born 1960) is an Indian journalist who is serving as the editor and managing director of The Statesman, one of India's celebrated and oldest newspapers. He writes on Indian politics and on South-Asian and South-east Asian affairs.
Early life
Born in New Delhi, India on 24 July 1960, he was a director of United News of India, a leading Indian news agency, from 1992 to 2008, and twice its chairman. He was the chairman of Media Research Users' Council for 2012-13 and president of the Indian Newspaper Society in its platinum jubilee year, 2013-14. During this period he wrote a book, "Threescore and Fifteen - The story of the Indian Newspaper Society". The first copy of the book was presented to the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, at a function to mark the platinum jubilee. A founding member of the executive board of Asia News Network, a grouping of 22 Asian newspapers, he was twice its chairman.[1]
Positions
- Member, Executive Committee (and past president), Indian Newspaper Society
- Founding member (and past Chairman), Asia News Network
- Member, Board of Governors (and past chairman), Media Research Users' Council
- Member, Council of Management, All India Management Association
- Member, Executive Board, Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism
Awards
- Durga-Ratan Award for Investigative Journalism, 1986