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Narasimhan Ravi is an Indian journalist and the current director of Kasturi & Sons Ltd. He served as the editor-in-chief of The Hindu from 1991 to 2003 and then again took over the position in October 2013.

Early life and education

Ravi was born in Madras in 1948. He is the youngest son of journalist G. Narasimhan. Ravi's elder brothers are N. Ram (Chairman of Kasturi & Sons Limited, the company that owns and publishes The Hindu), and N. Murali (Co-Chairman of KSL). Ravi had his early education in Madras and joined The Hindu in 1972.

Career

Ravi served as the Washington 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

1. "N. Ravi". The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
2. "Changes at the Helm: Editorial and Business". The Hindu.

• India who's who. India News and Feature Alliance. 2004. p. 397.

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