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Amanpreet Singh named managing editor as PTI reshapes newsroom
NEW DELHI: Press Trust of India has appointed Amanpreet Singh as managing editor, effective January 1, 2026, marking a key leadership move as the national wire sharpens its newsroom structure.
The appointment was announced by CEO and editor-in-chief Vijay Joshi in an internal note to staff on New Year’s Eve, capping a six-month reorganisation aimed at strengthening editorial leadership across PTI’s text and photo operations.
Singh joins from Hindustan Times, where he served as deputy executive editor overseeing the daily edition. A Ramnath Goenka Award winner and a trained lawyer, he brings experience spanning macroeconomics, law, data-led journalism and long-form reporting.
Joshi credited PTI’s newsroom for delivering accurate and credible journalism through 2025, despite mounting pressures on newsrooms.
The transition also sets the stage for the retirement of senior editor Sudhakar Nair on March 31, 2026. Described by Joshi as the backbone of PTI’s journalism, Nair will continue for the interim, supporting Singh as he settles into the role.
Nair joined PTI in 1979 as a trainee sub-editor in New Delhi and went on to report and edit some of the agency’s most consequential political stories, including a stint as PTI’s Germany correspondent between 1998 and 2001.
