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Aroon Purie
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Aroon Purie
Born 1944
Lahore, Punjab province, British India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Editor-in-chief and chairman, india today group; chairman, fipp (the international federation of the periodical press)
Children Kalli, Koel and Ankoor Purie
Awards

Padma Bhushan  – amongst India's highest civilian honours by the president of India in 2001.

  • He has been honoured by the All India Management Association with the Managing India 2010 Award for outstanding contribution to media.
  • The NT lifetime achievement Award 2008 from the Indian Television Dot Com in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian news television.
  • The ITA Television Icon 2007 Award from the Indian Television Academy
  • The Apsara Award from the Film and Television Producers Guild of India in 2006
  • The G.K. Reddy Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism (1993–94)
  • The B.D. Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism (1988)

Padma Bhushan  – amongst India's highest civilian honours by the president of India in 2001.

Aroon Purie (born 1944) is an Indian businessman who is the founder-publisher and editor-in-chief of India Today and the chief executive of the India Today Group. He is the managing director of Thomson Press (India) Limited and the chairman and managing director of TV Today. He is also the editor-in-chief of Reader's Digest India.

A British Chartered Accountant, Aroon Purie graduated from The Doon School and was awarded his BSc. in Economics from the London School of Economics in 1965. Bollywood actress Koel Purie is his youngest daughter.

He started his career in 1970 at Thomson Press as Production Controller and continues to be its guiding force even though he recently handed over the reins to his son Ankoor Purie. With five facilities across India, it has a national presence. He began the India Today Group with an eponymous magazine in 1975. Today the group is India's most diversified media group with 32 magazines, 7 radio stations, 4 TV channels, 1 newspaper, multiple web and mobile portals, a leading classical music label and book publishing arm.

Vidya Vilas Purie, Aroon Purie's father, launched the fortnightly magazine India Today in 1975, with his sister Madhu Trehan as its editor and Aroon Purie as its publisher. The magazine was born in the time of emergency. With it, Aroon tried to "fill the information gap which exists amongst persons interested in India residing abroad". With editions in five languages, it is the most widely–read publication in India – a position it has held for over a decade – with a readership of over 11 million.

He sets the journalistic style for the largest and most respected magazine publishing group in India and for the premier 24-hour news and current affairs Hindi news channel Aaj Tak and English news channel Headlines Today.


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