Kasturi Balaji (born 1955) is an Indian journalist and publisher who is the

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of ''

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...

'' since 20 March 2010.

Early life

Balaji was born in 1955 to

G. Kasturi Gopalan Kasturi (17 December 1924 – 21 September 2012) was an Indian journalist who served as the Editor of ''The Hindu'' from 1965 to 1991. He was a grandson of S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, S. Kasturi Rangya Iyengar, the patriarch of the family ...

and his wife, Kamala. He graduated in commerce from the

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and MBA from the

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Career

Balaji joined ''The Hindu'' in 1977 and till 1991, he was associated with newspaper and magazine production. He was instrumental in setting up an ink manufacturing plant. From 1991 to 2000, Balaji served as Managing Director of Sanka Graphics Pvt Ltd and from 2000 to 2010, he was director of

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, which published ''The Hindu''. He is in-charge of production, EDP, accounts and circulation.

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* 1955 births Living people Indian male journalists {{India-journalist-stub