Samir Jain

Samir Jain (born 11 March 1954) is an Indian publisher and the vice-chairman and managing director (VCMD)^[1] 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.^[2] Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain family, an industrialist family of India.

Samir Jain
Samir Jain in 2019
Born	(1954-03-11) 11 March 1954 (age 70) New Delhi, India
Occupations	Publisher businessman
Years active	1980–present
Known for	Architect of The Times Group Media and Advertising Mogul
Title	Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of The Times Group
Spouse	Meera Jain
Children	Trishla Jain (daughter) Satyan Gajwani (son-in-law)

Career

In 1975, Samir joined Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.^{[3][full citation needed]} During his time, The Times of India has become the largest circulating English newspaper in the world.^[4][5][6]

References

1. "Samir Jain, Bennett Coleman & Co LTD: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg News.
2. Singh, Pragya (3 April 2017). "Samir Jain and the Times group". Outlook. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
3. Auletta. Page 55.
4. "TOI Online is world's No.1 newspaper websites". The Times of India. 12 July 2009. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
5. "The Hindu News Update Service". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
6. Top 10 English Dailies: Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 — Quarter 1 | Newswatch

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