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SOUMYA BHATTACHARYA
Address: N 109; Greater Kailash 1; New Delhi 100048
Phone: +919*********
Email: ****************@*****.***
Statement of purpose
For more than a quarter of a century, I have been a journalist and an editor. For the past three and a half years, I have been the Managing Editor of the Hindustan Times, one of the world’s largest English language newspapers. I have been shaping the coverage and driving the operations of the publication, which has editions across the country and about 650 journalists and editors all over India.
I am the author of six acclaimed books of fiction, narrative non- fiction, and memoir.
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My writing has been a part of anthologies published in India and abroad. My work has appeared in a host of publications, such as the New York Times, the Guardian (London), the Observer, the Independent, Granta, Wisden, the New Statesman, the Sydney Morning Herald, and the Age (Melbourne).
I believe that my training as an editor and a journalist, and my success as an established author make me suitable for any job, in any field, that requires my abilities: close reading; writing; communication; rational and lateral thinking; creativity; leadership; team work. Anything that requires writing and communication would come naturally to me. Being widely travelled, I am able to feel myself at home in any situation and culture.
Dec 2016-June 2019: Managing Editor, Hindustan Times, New Delhi.
Along with the Editor in Chief, run the operations of one of the world’s largest English language newspapers, with separate editions across the country with a circulation of 1.2 million copies daily.
June 2008-Dec 2016: Editor of Hindustan Times, Mumbai. Led the operations of the Mumbai edition of the publication.
June 2005-June 2008: One of the co-founders of the Mumbai edition of Hindustan Times.
Jan 2000-May 2005: Deputy Editor, Hindustan Times, Kolkata. One of the co-founders of the Kolkata edition of the publication.
Aug 1997-Dec 2000: Chief copy editor, The Telegraph, Kolkata. Edited, rewrote and managed news operations of the national and local coverage of the daily newspaper.
Aug 1996-Aug 1997: Staff writer, India Today magazine. A junior editor with one of India’s best weekly news magazines.
June 1994-July 1996: Staff reporter, The Telegraph, Kolkata. Reported on civic issues, crime, urban development, environment, politics.
1993-1994: Post graduate diploma in journalism from the London School of Journalism.
1989-1992: Bachelor of Arts with major/honours in English Literature, Presidency College, Calcutta University
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