Aroon Purie
Editor-in-Chief, Chairman, CEO & Promoter, The India Today Group

Professional Profile:
• Founding Editor & Editor-in-Chief of India Today, the largest selling English current affairs magazine in India. He founded the India Today Group in 1975.

• Chairman of TV Today Network Ltd., the private news broadcaster owning the number one Hindi language news channel ‘Aaj Tak’ along with English language channel ‘Headlines Today’, and ‘Tej’.

• Managing Director of Thomson Press (India) Ltd., a printing and typesetting company claimed to be the largest commercial printer in South Asia. He inherited Thomson Press from his father.

• Member of the Council of Management, Audit Bureau of Circulations (Chairman, 2000-2001). Audit Bureau of Circulations is an auditing organization that certifies the circulation, readership, and audience information of the member publication houses.

• Member of the Executive Committee of The Editors' Guild of India, an apex body of journalists.

• Member of the Council of Management, All India Management Association (Special Invitee), an apex body of professional management formed with the active participation of the Government of India and Industry in 1957.

• Former Chairman, CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) National Committee on Media (2001-2002), an apex body representing the development agenda of the media industry.

• Recipient of the National Award, the Padma Bhushan, in March 2001, one of India's highest civilian honours conferred by the Government of India for his contribution to Indian journalism.

• Recipient of the B.D. Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism (1988).

Academic Profile:
• An alumnus of the London School of Economics
• A Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants (England & Wales)
• An alumnus of The Doon School, Dehra Dun, India

Personal Profile:
• Lives with his wife, Rekha Purie in New Delhi
• Fond of playing golf