Ashish Gupta Email & Phone Number

Delhi, India

It is only in June 2021 that I decided to change course and become a full-fledged researcher, which had been my true calling for so many years. I decided to join Kaizzen, a public relations and digital media agency as Director, Kaizen Insights, the new research vertical of the organisation. The plan is to convert Kaizzen into a knowledge-based, data-led, solution provider to its various clients. I will be working closely with Vineet Handa, Founder and CEO, Kaizzen, to make the plan a reality.

I was fortunate enough to be a part of the launch team of the Indian edition of the US Fortune magazine in 2010, under the editorship of D N Mukerjea, and remained a part of the team till 2020, from where I retired. As the senior most member of the team, I not only covered all major national economic developments—Budgets, RBI’s announcements including regular Monetary Policy developments, trade and WTO discussions—but also chronicled the rise and fall of many of the important players of corporate India, the gyrations of the stock markets and the rise of the new technology companies and start-ups. Wrote more than 30 cover stories across sectors and industries Held Budget discussions with top economists and partners of Big Four Interviewed Nobel Prize winners like Amartya Sen, Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee and also top corporate honchos. Was responsible for leading the Delhi bureau, suggesting, guiding and curating story ideas and ensuring their timely implementation.

Delhi, India

Former Deputy Editor and Delhi Head of Delhi Bureau with Outlook Business, a fortnightly business publication from the Outlook Group. Ever since the magazine was launched, some three years ago, I had been a part of the lead team working with former editor Sonal Sachdev and the next editor Anand Mahadevan. In a short span of three years, Outlook Business is reported as the second largest business magazine according to the IRS. Functional Responsibilities:Major National Economy, Finance and Business Stories, Editorial planning, Story Planning and Commissioning, Content Assessment and Cover Features. Key Achievements • Over 20 cover stories• Over 20 Specials and Analyses• Three Consecutive Budget Analysis• News and Feature reports on taxation, global trade, economy, energy, monetary policy, infrastructure, rural development, state economies,• State of the Economy Report• Outlook Record Bestseller Cover on Sino-India Business• Rural Reportage: News breaking stories and analyses on indebted farmers in Punjab and success stories of Gujarat farmers; transformation of ITC from a tobacco major to an agriculture and consumer durables company.

I was entrusted with heading the Economic Section of the Magazine and in charge of key annual specials on the Union Budget, Indian Stock Markets and Economic Trends. Key Achievements • Over 10 cover stories• Over 6 Specials and Analyses• Annual Specials on the Union Budget• Special Assignment on Global Trade Talks, WTO, Hong Kong Round 2001• News and Feature reports on taxation, global trade, economy, energy, monetary policy, infrastructure, rural development, state economies,• Cover story in 2001 on jobless growth in the economy during the growth phase of the 1990s (“Where have all the jobs gone?”) was rated among The Best of 2001.• Major cover stories included the boom in Initial Public Offering, That Sinking Feeling on the downturn in the Indian economy in 2001-02 and the annual Budget.• Special Report on World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz’s visit to interiors of Andhra Pradesh• Special Reports on collapse of development financial institutions such as IFCI.• News Break on the transformation of ICICI into ICICI Bank and IDBI into IDBI Bank.

Delhi, India

Head of business bureau in Delhi. • Over 20 news and feature stories• News breaking stories while covering the ministry of finance, commerce and industry and oil and gas sector. The Planning Commission was another area of importance.

Principal correspondent in the Delhi Bureau of Newstime, an English daily from the Hyderabad-based Eenadu Group. • Over 20 news and feature stories• Covered both politics and economics, which helped me gain some insights into the political economy of the country—how economics was mainly driven by politics and other pressure groups in the country. • Covered BJP Congress leaders such as L K Advani and Manmohan Singh as well as Parliament proceedings.

Delhi, India

Worked as an assistant copy editor in Expressions, the Sunday magazine edition of Indian Express. Wrote many stories on different subjects for the week-end magazine

Delhi, India

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India