N. Ram
| Narasimhan Ram | |
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N. Ram at a public function in New Delhi
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| Born | 4 May 1945 |
| Residence | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | Loyola College, Chennai Presidency College, Chennai Columbia University |
| Occupation | Chairman of kasturi & sons limited & publisher of the hindu (2013 – incumbent) managing director of The Hindu Group (1977–2003) Editor of Frontline and Sportstar (1991–2003) Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu Group (2003–2012) |
| Known for | Journalism, Newspapering, exposing Bofors scandal (1989) |
| Board member of | The Hindu Group (2012 – present) |
| Spouse(s) | Mariam Chandy |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | G. Narasimhan |
| Relatives |
N. Murali (brother) N. Ravi (brother) Malini Parthasarathy |
| Awards | Asian Investigative Journalist of the Year (1990) JRD Tata Award for Business Ethics (2003) Sri Lanka Rathna Award (2005) |
Narasimhan Ram (born 4 May 1945) is an Indian journalist and prominent member of the Kasturi family that controls The Hindu Group of publications. Ram was the Managing-Director of The Hindu since 1977 and its Editor-in-Chief since 27 June 2003 until 18 January 2012. Ram also headed the other publications of The Hindu Group such as Frontline, The Hindu Business Line and Sportstar, and has been awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India and Sri Lanka Ratna by the Government of Sri Lanka. He is referred to as a left-wing editor and known to believe in left/communist ideology.
Subsequent to changes in the Editorial & Business of 'The Hindu' on 21 October 2013, N.Ram has become Chairman of Kasturi & Sons Limited and Publisher of 'The Hindu'.
Ram was born on 4 May 1945 in Madras, British India. He was the eldest son of G. Narasimhan who served as Managing-Director of The Hindu from 1959 to 1977. Ram is a great-grandson of S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, the patriarch of the Kasturi family.
Ram graduated from Loyola College, Chennai, with a bachelor's degree in arts in 1964, received a master's degree from Presidency College, Chennai, in 1966, and later an M.S. in comparative journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He actively participated in the students politics. He was vice-president of the Students Federation of India (SFI), which is politically linked to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), at the time of its formation in 1970 in Thiruvananthapuram.
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