Ananth M.K. Email & Phone Number

Chennai, TN, IN

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

• I had to move from Chennai to Coimbatore temporarily due to a pressing medical emergency in my family. I am primarily working with a reputed Public Relations agency that is handling reputed industrial, banking, and.
• Pre-event and post-event press releases for major events including one in which founders and CEOs of top listed companies in India participated.
• Strategizing media, social media, and outdoor campaigns for a government-run industry body of a Southeast Asian country.
• Strategizing their pitch and successfully positioning them against competitors before existing clients and acquiring new clients.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

My role is ensuring that StartupTN and the efforts taken by the Government of Tamil Nadu is projected to the Startup ecosystem stakeholders and masses, thereby strengthening the Startup ecosystem of Tamil Nadu. To achieve this I and my team, consultants and vendors curate content, design and collaborate to project StartupTN and its efforts to the Startup.

Madurai Area, India

I head a team of six including four reporters and two photographers that covers the 10 southern districts of Tamil Nadu - Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Virudhunagar, Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Kanyakumari.I ensure that we are number one in the whole of South Tamil Nadu despite having a relatively smaller team compared to.

Tirunelveli Area, India

Covered Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Tenkasi and Kanyakumari districts extensively in a brief tenure of eight months before I was elevated as the Chief of Bureau for the southern region. Some of the major incidents I covered extensively from the field include:* The police firing and excess that claimed 15 lives on the 100th day of the anti-Sterlite protest in.

Coimbatore Area, India

Covering the eight districts of Western Tamil Nadu – Coimbatore, The Nilgiris, Tirupur, Erode, Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri – and filing five to ten stories a day for the Chennai edition of DT Next.Staying connected with district and area reporters of the parent company Daily Thanthi in the said districts and with journalists from other.

Coimbatore Area, India

• Extensively covering news items in police, court, social issues, prison and transportation sectors.
• Recent major developments covered by me that were widely appreciated include the honour killing of Dalit youth Shankar at Udumalpet and the serial man-animal conflict and elephant deaths in Coimbatore and The Nilgiris.
• Also covered issues pertaining to Maoist issues and counter efforts of the government, tribal welfare in Coimbatore and The Nilgiris.
• Covering major incidents and filing special stories in The Nilgiris in the absence of a journalist there from May 2015.
• Keeping track of major developments in all eight districts in Western Tamil Nadu as top officials of police, fire and rescue services and other departments for the region are stationed at Coimbatore.
• Experience working under pressure at times of manpower shortage and ensuring that quality and quantity does not take a hit.

Coimbatore Area, India

• Extensively covering news items in police, court, social issues, prison and transportation sectors.
• Recent major developments covered by me that were widely appreciated include the honour killing of Dalit youth Shankar at Udumalpet and the serial man-animal conflict and elephant deaths in Coimbatore and The Nilgiris.
• Also covered issues pertaining to Maoist issues and counter efforts of the government, tribal welfare in Coimbatore and The Nilgiris.
• Covering major incidents and filing special stories in The Nilgiris in the absence of a journalist there from May 2015.
• Keeping track of major developments in all eight districts in Western Tamil Nadu as top officials of police, fire and rescue services and other departments for the region are stationed at Coimbatore.
• Experience working under pressure at times of manpower shortage and ensuring that quality and quantity does not take a hit.

Namakkal

• Got more than 900 special stories that appeared in the National, Business, State and Regional Editions of The Hindu.
• Have covered all the news items in Namakkal District and issues such as child marriages, child labour, bonded labour, pollution of River Cauvery, HIV/AIDS affected persons and their children, exploitation by education.
• Contributed to package stories on pollution, power crisis, Emu scam and other issues in the Regional and State Editions of The Hindu.
• As a journalist representing The Hindu at many occasions I have been a one point contact with top police and district administration authorities who also got queries raised by other journalists clarified by the.
• Staying in touch with electronic and print media journalists, district and area reporters on a regular basis and shared various issues with them for the betterment of the society.
• Have been posted on deputation in Erode, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri Districts where I have written on issues including female infanticide and foeticide.

Vellore Area, India

• Covered news items in Vellore and Tiruvannamalai Districts.
• Traveling extensively across the length and breadth of the two districts for news and special stories.
• Creating sources to keep me posted on happenings in their locality and filing 7-14 news items everyday and about 6 special stories every month.
• Assigning assignments to the photographer and coordinating with stringers and regular news contributors of our sister concern Dinamani and other dailies in both the districts.
• Coordinating with reporters of The New Indian Express in Vellore, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri everyday to prepare the news list.
• Well versed in spot news coverage and generating story ideas and filing news items in short deadlines.

Vellore Area, India

• Covering news items across all beats in Vellore District.
• Got four byline stories including two in the all India edition.
• Reported to the Political Editor in Chennai.

Coimbatore Area, India

• Core Competencies:* Market Research* Advanced Internet Research Techniques* Competitive Recruitment Intelligence* Corporate Intelligence* Web Technologies Evaluations* Deep Web ResearchAs a Web Researcher my Roles &.
• Searching the deep web using search engines like Google, Yahoo, AltaVista and Clusty to identify passive candidates in addition to job boards like Monster and Dice.
• Handling Passive as well as Hybrid (Combination of Active and Passive Search) searches for Fortune 500 clients from the Information Technology (IT), Broadcast Media, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Manufacturing.
• Worked on identifying candidates for various Vice President, Director and Managerial positions.
• Simultaneously handling multiple searches to identify candidates for clients from various industries. Worked on Location constraint passive searches on highly competitive hiring ratios.
• Analyzing the profiles of suspects and qualifying a perfect fit for the position to be filled, before passing their contact details and profile to the sourcing team.

Coimbatore Area, India

• Interviewed several key personalities including Union and State Government Ministers, Industrialists and International Delegates of high repute.
• Covered news items that suit the weekend readers of the locality mainly focusing on positive journalism.
• I reported to the Editor and Publisher of the neighbourhood newspaper.

Master’S Degree, Advertising & Public Relations

Bachelor’S Degree, English Literature

Activities and Societies: Secretary, Youth Red Cross Society, 2004-05 Sports Secretary, Department of English Literature, (2003-04 and.