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Jayanta Roy Chowdhury
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Acting Resident Editor (Eastern Region), Press Trust of India
New Delhi
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Currently working as Consulting Editor for a new long-form news website The Secretariat - thesecretariat.in, helping manage a team of about 10 full time editors/journalists and economists. Till December last year (2023), I was working with the Press Trust of India as Act. Resident Editor of the national news agency’s Eastern India network, based in Kolkata. I have earlier worked for the United News of India (Sub-Editor -- 1986-1988), Macmillan India Ltd (Commissioning Editor -- 1989-1992), The Pioneer (Sr Correspondent --1992-1995) and The Telegraph (Starting as Principal Correspondent ending up as Senior Editor-Business -- January 1995 - till March 2019) and The New Indian Express (Business Editor -- April 2019- 28 February 2021). On occasion, I have also written for the Businessworld, Yojana, 'Desh' (Bengali magazine of the ABP group) and the London-based Asian Affairs magazine. I currently also write Op-ed coloumn for The Free Press Journal, Mumbai and for Bangladesh Pratidin (Dhaka). An Economics Graduate from Delhi University, I was a Chevening Fellow (awarded by the British Government) in Development Economics at the University of Bradford, UK. I have frequently appeared as an expert analyst on television and radio shows, including All India Radio's Market Mantra programme. I am also Honorary Secretary of the Commonwealth Journalists' Association, an international body of Journalists, accredited to the Commonwealth Secretariat.
International Trade , Diplomacy , Economics , Political Economy
NFTs, cryptocurrency, logistics, funding news.
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Press Trust of India
The Press Trust of India (PTI) is India's leading news agency, founded in 1947 as a cooperative by Indian newspapers to provide independent news coverage. Headquartered in Mumbai, PTI operates as a non-profit organization, supported by various media houses that subscribe to its services. The agency employs over 600 journalists and 800 staff members, ensuring comprehensive news coverage across the country. PTI offers a variety of services, including news distribution to newspapers, TV channels, and digital platforms, covering diverse topics such as politics, business, sports, and international affairs. The agency has expanded its multilingual services to include Hindi and other languages since the 1980s. Additionally, PTI provides visual content, including wirephoto and video services, adapting to the evolving media landscape. Its cooperative ownership structure promotes editorial independence, allowing PTI to maintain credibility and serve a wide range of media outlets throughout India.
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