Samir Jain (born 11 March 1954) is an Indian publisher and the vice-chairman and managing director (VCMD) of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., also known as The Times Group, a leading media conglomerate with its primary base of operations in India, which publishes The Times of India and has many other interests. Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain family, an industrialist family of India.
Career In 1975, Samir joined Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.Auletta, Ken: "Citizens Jain – Why India's Newspaper Industry is Thriving". The New Yorker, 8 October 2012, Page 55. During his time, The Times of India has become the largest circulating English newspaper in the world.Top 10 English Dailies: Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 — Quarter 1 | Newswatch
References
Further reading Auletta, Ken: "Citizens Jain – Why India's Newspaper Industry is Thriving". The New Yorker, 8 October 2012, Pages 52 to 61. Subramanian, Samanth : "Supreme Being : How Samir Jain created the modern Indian Newspaper Industry", Caravan Magazine, 1 December 2012. Menon Malhan, Sangita P, "The TOI Story: How a Newspaper Changed the Rules of the Game" (2013) HarperCollins India
External links Indiatimes Times of India