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Content and Communication Consultant

About

More than 18 years of experience of working in media, in both print and online medium. Currently a freelance consultant on content and communication strategies, delivering end to end customized print and online solutions. Worked with CyberMedia India Ltd as Executive Editor of The DQ Week, the largest circulated B2B weekly newspaper for the IT channel community. Before joining CyberMedia, for a year headed, Trav Talk a publication that dealt with the happening and the issues of the travel industry in India which included airlines, hotels, foreign tourism boards and government tourism departments. Worked with The Times Group for seven years. Started off in Delhi Times, the city specific supplement, with The Times of India later moved to the main paper heading a project for the upcountry market. At the dawn of the dotcom boom in the country moved to Indiatimes and spent a couple of year heading various verticals under the parent umbrella including fitness, health, spirituality, fashion, lifestyle, astrology and celebrity live chats. Specialties: Developing content strategies, delivering high quality content primarily for IT, telecom and travel industry, conceptualizing and executing events,

Location

Gurugram

Work experience

Content and Media Consultant at Freelance, Aug 2010 - Present · 15 yrs 11 mos, Freelance consultant and writer, providing end to end custom publishing solutions in print and online for corporates.

Executive Editor, The DQ Week & DQ Channels at CyberMedia, Jan 2006 - Aug 2010 · 4 yrs 8 mos, Working as Executive Editor with The DQ Week, Channel Publications Group, a B2B publication, targets the entire IT selling ecosystem, from a reseller to the vendors. We look at the business aspect of the business and the problems faced by the channel partners. While it is printed from Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkatta, it reaches out to partners in 150 cities in India. DQ Channels is a fortnightly magazine aimed at the Solution Providing community in India.

Associate Editor at Incredible India, Trav Talk, Mar 2005 - Dec 2005 · 10 mos, Was the Editorial in-charge of TravTalk India (fortnightly) and Middle East (monthly) both B2B publication on travel, hospitality and tourism industry. I was also the film and music reviewer for the Incredible India magazine apart from contributing various other features.

Freelance Writer at Working from home, Jan 2004 - Mar 2005 · 1 yr 3 mos, During this period I did a lot of freelance writing with Times oi India, Incredible India and also did various projects like one for UNICEF, Rolex etc. Also did a short stint as Associate Editor -- Lifestyle with Business and Economy magazine, which is brought out by Arindam Choudhary.

Chief Copy Editor at Times Internet Limited, Apr 2000 - Jan 2004 · 3 yrs 10 mos, Worked as part of the editorial team managing sites like Fitness and Health, Celebrity Chat, Entertainment, Astro etc

Education

Bachelor, Journalism, Delhi University

Bachelor's degree, Journalism, Delhi college of art and commerce