Shekhar Gupta steps down from managerial position of Indian Express
MUMBAI: Though, he did not officially hold the title of CEO, he will be giving up his position as managerial chief of the group while still staying as editorial chief. In a letter to his employees, he stated that the company was no longer in ‘crisis‘ and it was time for him to step down.
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Indian Express chairman and MD Viveck Goenka will be assisted by a newly appointed CEO George Verghese to undertake operations. Gupta will be devoting more time to EXIMs, their media institute. He also mentioned in the letter that there is a need for a more structured and formally organised corporate leadership for the group.
In 2009 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution in the field of Journalism. He has a weekly column in the newspaper and hosts the interview based show ‘Walk the Talk‘.