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  • The HT editor-in-chief will stay on for a while helping in the transition

    Aparasim ‘Bobby’ Ghosh quits HT after just 14 months as ed

    By A Correspondent

     

    Photo: HTmedia.in

    The leadership positions at mainstream newspapers don’t see changes too often. Or upheavals. So the announcement of the exit of Aparasim Ghosh, now better known as Bobby Ghosh, comes as a bit of a surprise. Especially since it comes just a little over a year after he took charge at the helm of the editorial teams at HT Media’s flagship print and digital arm – Hindustan Times.

     

    Ghosh took over from Sanjoy Narayan who was incharge for eight years starting 2008. For three years starting 2013, HT also brought in Nicholas Dawes from South Africa’s ‘Mail and Guardian’ newspaper.

     

    Ghosh has had a steady rise ever since he got into the profession with Deccan Chronicle. Those who were in the A&M fraternity in the early 1990s would remember Ghosh in BusinessWorld magazine where he ran an A&M section. From there he moved to the Far Eastern Economic Review stable which also published Asiaweek. In the last two-odd decades, Ghosh has worked with CNN and Time magazine as also Quartz, the Atlantic Media website in New York which he initially joined as Managing Editor in June 2014 but was soon moved over to an Editor-at-Large role.

     

    According to mail sent by HT Media Chairperson Shobhana Bhartia, Ghosh is returning to New York for personal reasons. He has engineered a dramatic transformation of our various news products, she wrote in a communication to staff.

     

  • Fortune India’s first ranking of India’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business includes Balaji Telefilms’ Ekta Kapoor and HT Media’s Shobhana Bhartia.

    Fortune India releases ranking of 50 Most Powerful Women in Business

    By Akash Raha

    For the first time Fortune India ranked India’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business in its November issue. Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson and Editorial Director, HT Media Ltd. is one of the media personalities to make it to the top ten at number seven spot.

    Chanda Kochhar of ICICI Bank is in the first place, whereas Shikha Sharma of Axis Bank and Mallika Srinivasan of TAFE have taken the second and third place in the ranking.

    Kirthiga Reddy, India Head, Facebook; Lynn De Souza, Chairman and CEO, Lintas Media Group and Radhika Roy, Managing Director and Executive Co-Chairperson, NDTV Group are at number 21st, 39th and 45th spot respectively.

    Dibyendra Nath Mukerjea, Editor, Fortune India said, “Indian women span generations and today we find them in every field. Acquisitions, garnering profits, successful new ventures, pioneering concepts, snagging mega deals…all important factors, no doubt, when defining power. We looked at the changes they brought in, and the way they transformed businesses. In the process, we made some surprising discoveries. But then, surprise was what we expected when we put together Fortune India’s first ranking of the most powerful women in India Inc.”

    Other women who figure amongst the Top 10 as per the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business by Fortune India, include – Aruna Jayanthi, CEO, Capgemini India; Zia Mody, Co-founder, AZB Partners; Vinita Bali, Managing Director, Britannia Industries; Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson and Editorial Director, HT Media; Chitra Ramakrishna, Joint Managing Director, NSE; Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon and Frenny Bawa, ex-MD, RIM India.

     

    Pavan Varshnei, President of Fortune India, said, “Fortune India’s Most Powerful Women in Business list is the most comprehensive ranking of influential women in Indian business.”

     

    The issue also carries a feature on the compensation package of the 10 highest paid Indian business women. The story gives a graphical comparison of the salaries of the highest paid women in India vis-à-vis their counterparts in US and the highest paid men in India.

     

    Fortune India’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business

     

    Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO, ICICI Bank

    Shikha Sharma, MD and CEO, Axis Bank

    Mallika Srinivasan, Chairperson, TAFE

    Aruna Jayanthi, CEO, Capgemini India

    Zia Mody, Co-founder, AZB Partners

    Vinita Bali, Managing Director, Britannia Industries

    Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson and Editorial Director, HT Media

    Chitra Ramakrishna, Joint Managing Director, National Stock Exchange

    Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director, Biocon

    Frenny Bawa, ex-Managing Director, RIM India

    Meenakshi Saraogi, Joint MD, Balrampur Chini Mills

    Naina Lal Kidwai, Group General Manager and Country Head, HSBC India

    Preetha Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospital Enterprises

    Amrita Patel, Chairman, National Dairy Development Board

    Harshbeena Sahney Zaveri, MD and President, NRB Bearings

    Kalpana Morparia, CEO, J.P. Morgan India

    Mira Kulkarni, MD, Mountain Valley Springs India

    Sujata Keshavan, Co-founder, Ray+Keshavan Brand Union

    Roopa Kudva, Managing Director and CEO, CRISIL

    Renuka Ramnath, Founder, Managing Director and CEO, Multiples Alternate Asset Management

    Kirthiga Reddy, India Head, Facebook

    Priya Paul, President, Park Hotels Group

    Jasmeet Kaur Srivastava & Gitanjali Ghate, Managing Directors, The Third Eye

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    Rama Bijapurkar, Marketing Consultant

    Kaku Nakhate, President & Country Head India, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

    Rekha Menon, Executive Director, Accenture

    Neelam Dhawan, Managing Director, Hewlett-Packard India

    Sangeeta Pendurkar, Managing Director, Kellogg India

    Vedika Bhandarkar, Vice Chairperson, Credit Suisse

    Ekta Kapoor, Joint Managing Director, Balaji Telefilms

    Vishakha Mulye, Managing Director & CEO, ICICI Venture

    Reshma Shetty, Managing Director, Matrix India Entertainment Consultants

    Sminu Jindal, Managing Director, Jindal SAW

    Renu Sud Karnad, Managing Director, HDFC

    Ritu Kumar, Ritu Kumar Design

    Anuradha J. Desai, Non-executive chairperson, Venky’s, and chairperson, V. H. Group of companies

    Vandana Luthra, Founder and mentor, VLCC Health Care

    Lynn De Souza, Chairman and CEO, Lintas Media Group

    Bala Deshpande, Country Head and senior MD, New Enterprise Associates India

    Suvalaxmi Chakraborty, CEO, State Bank of Mauritius (India)

    Farah Khan, Co-founder, Three’s Company

    Meher Pudumjee, Chairperson, Thermax

    Ashu Suyash, Managing Director and Country Head, India, Fidelity International

    Radhika Roy, Managing Director and Executive Co-Chairperson, NDTV Group

    Rajshree Pathy, Chairman and Managing Director, Rajshree Sugars and Chemicals

    Swati Piramal, Director, Piramal Healthcare; Vice Chairperson, Piramal Life Sciences

    Manisha Girotra, Chairperson and Managing Director, UBS

    Meera Sanyal, Country Executive & Chairperson, RBS India

    Anita Arjundas, Managing Director, Mahindra Lifespaces