Annurag Batra
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Annurag Batra is from South Delhi, Delhi, India. Annurag is currently Chairman and Editor-in-Chief at BW Businessworld Media Group, located in New Delhi Area, India. Annurag also works as Chairman & Editor-in-Chief at exchange4Media Group, a job Annurag has held since Jun 2000. In Annurag's previous role as a Principal Advisor at Stylekandy.Com, Annurag worked in Mumbai Area, India until Oct 2013. Prior to joining Stylekandy.Com, Annurag was a Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief at exchange4Media Group and held the position of Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief at New Delhi Area, India. Prior to that, Annurag was a Head - Portland Delhi and Media Planner at JWT - J. Walter Thompson, based in New Delhi Area, India from May 1999 to Aug 2000.
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Annurag Batra's current jobs
Just over twenty three years ago, I was reading India’s oldest and premier business magazine BW | Businessworld and today I bought it. Dreams really do come true! I learnt that life is always full of surprises! Twists, turns, new opportunities. BW | Businessworld, is one of the oldest as well as most respected business publications in the country was part of the ABP Group, one of India's largest media groups and the brand leader in eastern India. But now it is just my cup of tea. On September 19, 2013 ABP Group owners has sold BW | Businessworld to me and Vikram Jhunjhunwala, who runs investment banking and assets management firm Shrine Capital. We have few business plans to take this magazine to the great heights and digitally number one in the category of business magazines. We are in a stage of execution with few events like BW Magna Awards, BW 500, Businessworld Marketing Whitebook 2013-2014, BW INFOCOM ICT Awards, BW International Business Awards and many more… Please visit our website www.businessworld.in and share your experiences with us.
Mr. Batra is the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of exchange4media Group, which includes exchange4media.com - India’s leading media industry website, PITCH - India’s only Advertising, Marketing and Media magazine, Impact - the marketing weekly, Franchise Plus - India’s Business Opportunity Magazine, Realty Plus - India’s leading monthly real estate magazine, and www.samachar4media.com. Besides Mentoring leaders within the institution of E4M and within the eco system of media and digital he is creating intrapreneurs.
Annurag Batra's past jobs
Stylekandy.com is one of India's premier fashion & lifestyle online magazines, which gives an insider’s view of the happenings and buzz on the fashion and lifestyle segment in India. The site is updated daily with globally dynamic editorial content, news, and views, aesthetically packed inside a daily e-newsletter that dispels the monotony of the day. The newsletter has a database that includes over 125,000 people across the globe. Close to 100,000 subscribers receive the daily newsletter and over 50,000 readers log in daily from the homepage. From runway reviews, to collection previews, from model diaries to designer exclusives- www.stylekandy.com spells the alpha and omega of the fashion fraternity, taking the reader on a fashion trip- beyond the runways and beyond the clothes!
During 2000 to 2008, I was the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of exchange4media Group, which includes exchange4media.com - India’s leading media industry website, PITCH - India’s only Advertising, Marketing and Media magazine, Impact - the marketing weekly, Franchise Plus - India’s Business Opportunity Magazine, Realty Plus - India’s leading monthly real estate magazine, and www.samachar4media.com.
JWT, previously known as J. Walter Thompson is a global advertising and marketing agency headquartered in New York City. With more than 200 offices in 90 countries, JWT is the fourth-largest agency network in the world and is one of the key companies within the WPP Group (NASDAQ:WPPGY). JWT was named Adweek magazine's 2009 "Global Agency of the Year". In 1864 the company was founded in New York as Carlton and Smith, an advertising broker buying and selling space in the popular religious journals of the nineteenth century. The firm was later purchased and renamed by James Walter Thompson in 1878.