Ramesh Mathew Email and Phone Number

Major Responsibilities: Generating stories of public interest Meeting up regularly with Ambassadors of different nations and other diplomats Following labour related developments as a substantial number of the workers constituted country’s population  Highlighting the requirements of different residential, commercial and other areas to the authorities through weekly write ups Regularly interacting with such sections as contractors, engineers and other professionals directly involved in the development of Qatar’s infrastructural development Working consistently for the development of a better public transport network in Qatar Filing most number of special stories on different areas of daily life every week

Major Responsibilities Coordinating the activities of sports desks in Kerala, from the main desk in Kochi. Took care of sports pages in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode editions. Covered a series of national and regional sport events, along with remarkably good local coverage of events, which was widely appreciated in Kerala sports circles. Filing numerous special stories, unlike most other newspapers in Kerala those days. Highlighted the achievements of a multitude of young talents in different games through special reports Meeting daily, weekly and monthly reporting targets impeccably Developed enormously large contacts in the sports circles of Kerala Leading a team of young and aspiring journalists to meet their targets as well

Major responsibilities  Covered a large number of national, regional, state and inter-varsity level events during my stints in New Delhi, Ahmedabad and Kochi editions. They included such sports as football, cricket, basketball, volleyball, athletics and hockey among others. Travelled extensively across Kerala and other parts of India for coverage on sports assignments. Was part of the Indian Express’ National Games reporting team at Bengaluru National Games , May 31-June 11, 1997Actively involved in the promotion of different games at the inter-school and inter-collegiate level in Kerala while working in Kochi, Kerala between 1993 and 1998 Took care of the sports pages and led team members while coordinating activities from Kochi.  Had the distinction of filing most number of special reports for the sports pages and received appreciation from Sports Editors more than once.  Apart from sports stories, many other reports of public interest on a host of human interest areas also filed during the period