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Pradeep Kamalasanan joins The Financial Standard as senior assistant editor
Veteran business journalist with newsroom stints across India, the Gulf and South-East Asia starts a new chapter at The New Indian Express’s new business newspaper
KOCHI: Three decades, seven newsrooms and a passport full of stamps. Pradeep Kamalasanan has started a new position as senior assistant editor at The Financial Standard, the new business newspaper from The New Indian Express, and the desk has gained a proper old hand.
Kamalasanan has been in the role since Oct 2026. He is an experienced business journalist, digital content specialist, SEO content writer, web editor, social media strategist and media consultant. It is a rare mix in a trade that is being reshaped by search, social and speed.
His newsroom map is wide. Kamalasanan has worked with The Times of India in Ahmedabad, Khaleej Times in Dubai, The Brunei Times in Brunei, Khmer Times in Phnom Penh, Business Standard in Mumbai, Rediff in Mumbai and Bridge News in Mumbai. He has developed content for newspapers, weeklies, web portals, social media, news agencies and corporates, and has published more than 500 by-lined articles on business, sports, politics, films and international affairs.
The breadth is matched by miles. Kamalasanan has travelled to the UK, Germany, Spain, South Africa, the UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka to cover assignments. His sports reporting took in the 2011 Cricket World Cup, the ICC Champions Trophy, Dubai Tennis, the Dubai Horseracing World Cup and Dubai Golf.
Digital skills sit alongside the reporting. Kamalasanan is skilled at managing and developing content for the social media profiles of corporates. He holds a certificate from the Reuters Training Course: Introduction to Digital Journalism, and has received the Facebook Community Manager honour for developing thriving online communities.
That combination is the point. A new business title needs more than good copy. It needs people who know how a story travels, from the printed page to the search result to the social feed. A journalist who has worked in print, on the web and across corporate content, and who has covered markets, boardrooms and cricket grounds with equal ease, is the sort of hire a young newspaper wants. At The Financial Standard, Kamalasanan brings that range to a fresh masthead.
