Malini Parthasarathy is an Indian journalist, who was an editor 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 sec ...

'' during 2015–2016, and is currently the chairperson of group's publishing company, THG Publishing Private Limited (formerly part of Kasturi & Sons Limited).

Family

Malini Parthasarathy is the daughter of Srinivasan Parthasarathy, a granddaughter of Kasturi Srinivasan, and a great-granddaughter of

S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar (15 December 1859 – 12 December 1923) was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist, politician and journalist who served as the managing director of ''The Hindu'' from 1 April 1905 till his death. Ancestry an ...

, who was the patriarch of the Kasturi family that owns ''

''.

Education

Parthasarathy completed a Ph.D. in 2008 from the Centre for Political Studies,

Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a public major research university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties an ...

, New Delhi. She has an M.S. in journalism from the

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and a B.A. in history from Stella Maris College in Chennai. She graduated from the

Career

She took up various roles in reporting,

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with ''The Hindu'' and served as executive editor of the newspaper until 20 June 2011. Parthasarathy became the

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of the paper on 21 October 2013. She also founded The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy. Malini Parthasarathy was appointed as the Editor of The Hindu on February 1, 2015. She later stepped down after eleven months of being an editor. In an email to employees, Parthasarathy said she was forced to resign following the feedback she received on her performance as editor. Parthasarathy’s tenure as the editor of the paper has been eventful, and has seen many high-profile journalists exit on not-very-cordial terms. Malini Parthasarathy was appointed Chairperson of the Board of Directors of The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited on July 15, 2020. She succeeded N. Ram, who stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Directors on attaining the age of 75. The

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named her as one of the recipients of the 2022 Alumni awards. In a statement, the School said, "the award is presented every year to distinguished graduates who exemplify the best of the Journalism School's high standards of journalism." During her tenure as the editor of the newspaper, she launched the Mumbai edition of ''The Hindu'' on 28 November 2015. Since 2004, she is a member of the governing board of the

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References

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