Narasimhan Ravi is an Indian journalist and the current Director of Kasturi & Sons Ltd. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of ''

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'' from 1991 to 2003 and then again took over the position in October 2013.

Early life and education

Ravi was born in

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in1948. He is the youngest son of journalist

G. Narasimhan Gopalan Narasimhan (28 February 1916 – 5 July 1977) was an Indian journalist and entrepreneur who served as the Managing Director of ''The Hindu'' from 1959 until his death in 1977. He was a grandson of S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, the patriarch ...

. Ravi's elder brothers are

N. Ram Narasimhan Ram (born 4 May 1945) is an Indian journalist and a prominent member of the Kasturi family that controls The Hindu Group of publications. Ram was the managing-director of ''The Hindu'' since 1977 and its editor-in-chief since 27 Ju ...

(Chairman of Kasturi & Sons Limited, the company that owns and publishes ''

''), and

N. Murali Narasimhan Murali (born 10 May 1946) is currently Director of The HIndu Group Publishing Private Limited that publishes The Hindu and other allied publications. He is also the Director of the holding company, Kasturi and Sons limited. Career I ...

(Co-Chairman of KSL). Ravi had his early education in Madras and joined ''The Hindu'' in 1972.

Career

Ravi served as the

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correspondent of ''The Hindu'' from 1977 to 1980 and became deputy editor in 1980 and later, associate editor. In 1991, he succeeded his uncle, G. Kasturi as editor on the former's retirement. Ravi served as editor till July 2003 when N. Ram, the managing director, took over. Subsequent to changes in Editorial and Business roles of ''The Hindu'' in October 2013, N. Ravi has taken over as editor-in-chief of ''The Hindu''.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ravi, N. 1948 births Living people Indian male journalists Indian newspaper editors Writers from Chennai The Hindu journalists 20th-century Indian journalists Journalists from Tamil Nadu