Narasimhan Murali (born 10 May 1946) is currently Director of The HIndu Group Publishing Private Limited that publishes

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 ...

and other allied publications. He is also the Director of the holding company, Kasturi and Sons limited.

Career

In a career spanning over four decades Murali handled all non-editorial and business functions focussing on finance, advertisement, circulation, administration and other commercial aspects. Posts held in Newspaper and Media Industry bodies: President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) - (1983–84) Chairman, Council of Management, Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) (1996–97); Chairman, National Readership Studies Council (NRSC) (1998-2000); Chairman, Board of Governors, Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) (2003–04) ) Elected as first Board Member from South Asia of IFRA, Darmstadt, Germany (the world’s leading association for media publishing) (1998-2004); Member of the Board of World Association of Newspapers(WAN),Paris (2005–06) Chairman, Board of Trustees of Press Institute of India – RIND (May 2003-Sept.2010). Conferred "Distinguished Service Award" by the Advertising Club Chennai in 1995 for contribution to Advertising.

Other interests

Trustee of The Music Academy, Madras (up to 6 November 2005); Currently, President of The Music Academy, Madras, (from November 2005)in Chennai He has held administrative positions as Chairman, Finance Committee and a Vice-President of the

Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) is the governing body of cricket activities in the India state of Tamil Nadu. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India and governs the Tamil Nadu cricket team. Rupa Gurunath is the for ...

President, Tamil Nadu Tennis Association, (1994–96) Trustee, Media Development Foundation, Chennai; Member of the Board of Governors of Thiagarajar School of Management (Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University), Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Personal life

Murali is married to Tara, an architect. They have two children, Krishna and Kanta who live in London, United Kingdom and Toronto, Canada, respectively.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murali, N. Living people Businesspeople from Chennai The Hindu Group Indian mass media owners Indian publishers (people) Newspaper executives Year of birth missing (living people)