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Varun Kapur joins TPG Ventures as firm partner
MUMBAI: Texas Pacific Group Ventures (TPGV) has announced Varun Kapur, as a firm partner effective February 2007.
A former Intel capital executive, Kapur will lead expansion stage and growth-oriented investments in India with investments up to as much as $ 75 million, asserts an official release.
Kapur will also have additional responsibility for growth and expansion investments in Japan, Australia and parts of Southeast Asia.
TPG Newbridge is part of the TPG global buyout and late stage private equity fund that invests across the globe in multiple sectors. In India, TPG has invested in Matrix Laboratories and Shriram Finance.
TPG Newbridge managing director Puneet Bhatia said, “We are pleased to welcome Varun Kapur to the TPG family. India represents a compelling opportunity to invest in expansion stage and growth companies, and Varun can help sharpen that focus.”
TPG Partner and Wipro, Ltd former vice chairman Vivek Paul added, “Varun has established a strong reputation with investments like NIIT, India Infoline, Sasken, Elpida (Japan), and Unwired (Australia). Given TPG’s strong interest in India, we are delighted to have someone of Varun’s caliber join the TPG Ventures team. We plan to build the TPGV team under him so we can best address the vast and diverse investment opportunities in expansion stage and growth-oriented companies in India”
Commenting on his appointment Kapur said, “TPG is one of the earliest private equity investors in Asia and is certainly among the most successful. I view the invitation to join the firm to help oversee its substantial commitment to growth investments in the region as a unique career opportunity. I was particularly attracted by the significant value that TPG can bring as a sophisticated global investor across multiple asset classes and industries.”
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI:Â Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
