Aroon Purie | |
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![]() Purie in 2008 | |
Born | 1944 (age 79–80) |
Alma mater | The Doon School London School of Economics |
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Title | Founder of India Today Group |
Children | 3, including Koel Purie |
Relatives | Madhu Trehan (sister) |
Awards | Padma Bhushan (2001) |
Aroon Purie (born 1944) is the founder-publisher and editor-in-chief of India Today, and former chief executive of the India Today Group. He is the managing director of Thomson Press (India) Limited and the chairman and managing director of TV Today. He is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan award.[2] He was also the editor-in-chief of Reader's Digest India.[3] In October 2017, he passed control of the India Today Group to his daughter, Kalli Purie.[4][5]