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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.
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Nestlé India names Prateek Tripathi head of IS/IT and business excellence
Analytics veteran brings over two decades of data and governance expertise
GURUGRAM: Nestlé India has appointed Prateek Tripathi as head of IS/IT and Nestlé Business Excellence, effective 1 April, 2026, subject to approvals, the company said in a regulatory filing.
Tripathi will succeed Krishna Guha Roy, who will step down from the role on 31 March, 2026 to take up a larger leadership position within the global Nestlé group.
The company disclosed the development in a filing to stock exchanges under Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements.
Tripathi, 45, joined Nestlé in 2019 and currently serves as data governance lead for the Asia, Oceania and Africa zone since February 2025. In this role, he has helped strengthen analytics and data integration capabilities across the South Asia region.
Before joining Nestlé, Tripathi held leadership roles at General Electric, Citibank, Parle Agro and Nielsen, bringing more than 21 years of experience in analytics, data governance and business transformation.
At Nestlé, he began as data analytics manager and played a key role in shaping the company’s data governance framework, driving compliance with internal policies while identifying optimisation opportunities across markets in the Asia-Oceania-Africa zone.
Tripathi holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, computer science and statistics from Osmania University and a postgraduate diploma in business management from Goa Institute of Management.
The company said his experience in analytics, governance and digital integration positions him to lead Nestlé India’s IT and business excellence function as the firm scales its technology and data-led initiatives.
