Ravindra Kumar is Editor and Managing Director of The Statesman

The Statesman

The Statesman is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper founded in 1875 and published simultaneously in Kolkata, New Delhi, Siliguri and Bhubaneswar. The Statesman is owned by The Statesman Ltd., its headquarters at Statesman House, Chowringhee Square, Calcutta and its national...

, one of India's best-known and oldest newspapers. He writes on Indian politics and on South-Asian and South-east Asian affairs. Born in New Delhi

New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

, India on 24 July 1960, He was a Director of United News of India

United News of India

United News of India is one of the two primary Indian news agencies. It works in collaboration with several foreign news agencies and partners, including Reuters and DPA....

, a leading Indian news agency, from 1992 to 2008, and twice its Chairman.

Positions

• Member, Executive Committee, Indian Newspaper Society
• Founding member (and past Chairman), Asia News Network
  Asia News Network
  The Asia News Network is a network of Asian daily newspapers that share editorial content with each other, including news stories, feature articles, editorials and personality profiles...
  
  
• Member, Board of Governors, Media Research Users' Council
• Member, Council of Management, All India Management Association
• Member, Executive Board, Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism

External links

• The Statesman, Official website