Delhi-based Aksharganga Media Pvt. Ltd is a relatively new Media house which was incorporated in 2008. But within a short-span of two years, the company has built quite a diversified portfolio. It is presently publishing four titles with a couple of new publications slated to be launched soon.
It goes to the credit of the Media house to launch India’s first Hindi Tourism Monthly “YEH HAI INDIA” (www.yehhaiindia.net). This consumer specific magazine would be celebrating its second anniversary in May, 2011. Another established B2C title of Aksharganga Media is NCR Mail (www.ncrmail.com), a political news weekly on the affairs of Delhi and its suburbs. NCR Mail is available in both English as well as Hindi.
As a holistic media tool – Logistics Times was launched last year in two phases. Firstly, logisticstimes.net (India’s first daily news portal on the business of logistics and its linkages) was unveiled in April which was followed by the launch of the monthly print in May. Within a very short span of time, Logistics Times has emerged as a knowledge platform for the vast logistics and supply chain industry. In July, yet another title- “Yuva India” targeting the youth segment in the country was rolled out. This B2C publication is English monthly.
Raj Misra is the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director of Aksharganga Media Pvt. Ltd. He comes with an experience base of over 20 years in the mainline journalism working in senior positions in print as well as in the electronic media including Prabhat Khabar, Jansatta and Dainik Jagaran and TV companies like TV18, Mexican TV, ANI, Reuters TV etc. He was one of the core members of the team when Sahara Group launched its channel in 2000.
The other core members of the editorial team for Logistics Times are: Ramesh Kumar (Editorial Advisor) and Ritwik Sinha (Editor).
Ramesh Kumar is the senior most member of the team bringing on the table national and international media exposure of over 30 years. A macro-economic journalist to the core, Ramesh Kumar has been associated with several leading publishing groups such as Living Media India (Computers Today), Business India Group (BiTV), Mid-Day Group, Reliance (Observer of Business & Politics), Free Press Journal, etc. Between 2005 and 2009, he spent time in the Gulf as Group Editor for United Media Services and Strategic Editorial Advisor for Oman Tribune/Al Watan group. He is also on the editorial advisory board of Insure magazine, published out of Dubai Media City and contributes to www.industrialinfo.com on SAARC economies and Bahrain's GFI.
Ritwik Sinha has an experience profile of over 14 years cutting across different mediums - television, print and web. Primarily a business journalist, he has also held senior positions with some of the leading niche publications in the country. In his career, he has been associated with BITV, Doordarshan, and Sahara TV. On the print side, he has worked with Sakaal Times (Assisstant Editor); Investors India(Associate Editor); Travel Trends Today, Destination India and Cargo Times (Managing Editor). He had also served as editor of a daily news portal www.voiceofindia.in launched in 2006 in English as well as Japanese. Presently, he is also working as consulting editor of another niche daily news portal – www.indianchemicalnews.com.
