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	'''Narasimhan Ram''' (born 4 May 1945) is an Indian journalist and a prominent member of the Kasturi family that controls [[The Hindu Group]] of publications. Ram was the managing-director of ''[[The Hindu]]'' since 1977 and its editor-in-chief since 27 June 2003 until 18 January 2012.<ref>{{citation \|title=Editorial succession in The Hindu group \|newspaper=The Hindu \|date=18 January 2012 \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2811956.ece \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120230005/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2811956.ece \|archive-date=20 January ~~2012~~}}</ref> Ram also headed the other publications of The Hindu Group such as ''[[Frontline (magazine)\|Frontline]]'', ''[[The Hindu Business Line]]'' and ''[[Sportstar]]'', and has been awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] by the Government of India<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|archive-date=15 October 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|url-status=unfit }}</ref> and [[Sri Lankan honours system#Sri Lanka Ratna for non-Sri Lankans\|Sri Lanka Ratna]] by the Government of Sri Lanka.<ref name ="Sri Lanka">[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124105051/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/15/stories/2005111517191400.htm Sri Lanka honours Arthur Clarke, Kadirgamar], The Hindu, 15 November 2005. "Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Monday conferred the "Sri Lanka Ratna" — the island-nation's highest honour for non-nationals — on N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, for his 'outstanding, professional contribution towards journalism.'</ref>		'''Narasimhan Ram''' (born 4 May 1945) is an Indian journalist and a prominent member of the Kasturi family that controls [[The Hindu Group]] of publications. Ram was the managing-director of ''[[The Hindu]]'' since 1977 and its editor-in-chief since 27 June 2003 until 18 January 2012.<ref>{{citation \|title=Editorial succession in The Hindu group \|newspaper=The Hindu \|date=18 January 2012 \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2811956.ece \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120230005/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2811956.ece \|archive-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> Ram also headed the other publications of The Hindu Group such as ''[[Frontline (magazine)\|Frontline]]'', ''[[The Hindu Business Line]]'' and ''[[Sportstar]]'', and has been awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] by the Government of India<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|archive-date=15 October 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|url-status=unfit }}</ref> and [[Sri Lankan honours system#Sri Lanka Ratna for non-Sri Lankans\|Sri Lanka Ratna]] by the Government of Sri Lanka.<ref name ="Sri Lanka">[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124105051/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/15/stories/2005111517191400.htm Sri Lanka honours Arthur Clarke, Kadirgamar], The Hindu, 15 November 2005. "Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Monday conferred the "Sri Lanka Ratna" — the island-nation's highest honour for non-nationals — on N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, for his 'outstanding, professional contribution towards journalism.'</ref>

	Subsequent to changes in the editorial & business sections of ''The Hindu'' on 21 October 2013, Ram has become chairman of Kasturi & Sons Limited and publisher of ''The Hindu''.<ref name="The Hindu"/>		Subsequent to changes in the editorial & business sections of ''The Hindu'' on 21 October 2013, Ram has become chairman of Kasturi & Sons Limited and publisher of ''The Hindu''.<ref name="The Hindu"/>
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	Ram has been chosen for the prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award, presented by the [[Press Council of India]], for his outstanding contribution towards journalism, the Councils announced on 5 November 2018.		Ram has been chosen for the prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award, presented by the [[Press Council of India]], for his outstanding contribution towards journalism, the Councils announced on 5 November 2018.
	The award will be presented on 16 November on the occasion of the National Press Day.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/n-ram-chosen-for-raja-ram-mohan-roy-award-by-pci/article25429576.ece/amp/ \|title=N Ram chosen for 'Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award' by PCI}}</ref>		The award will be presented on 16 November on the occasion of the National Press Day.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/n-ram-chosen-for-raja-ram-mohan-roy-award-by-pci/article25429576.ece/amp/ \|title=N Ram chosen for 'Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award' by PCI\|date=5 November 2018 }}</ref>

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| occupation = Chairman of Kasturi & Sons Ltd. & publisher of [[The Hindu]] (2013 – incumbent)<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/changes-at-the-helm-editorial-and-business/article5257829.ece?homepage=true | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Changes at the Helm: Editorial and Business | date=21 October 2013}}</ref> managing director of [[The Hindu Group]] (1977–2003) Editor of Frontline and [[Sportstar]] (1991–2003) Editor-in-Chief of [[The Hindu Group]] (2003–2012)
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| boards = [[The Hindu Group]] (2012 – present)
| awards = Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award (2018) Asian Investigative Journalist of the Year (1990) JRD Tata Award for Business Ethics (2003) [[Sri Lanka Rathna]] Award (2005)
| relatives = [[N. Murali]] (brother) [[N. Ravi]] (brother) [[Malini Parthasarathy]]
| parents = [[G. Narasimhan]]
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'''Narasimhan Ram''' (born 4 May 1945) is an Indian journalist and a prominent member of the Kasturi family that controls [[The Hindu Group]] of publications. Ram was the managing-director of ''[[The Hindu]]'' since 1977 and its editor-in-chief since 27 June 2003 until 18 January 2012.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2811956.ece Editorial succession in The Hindu group] – [[The Hindu]]</ref> Ram also headed the other publications of The Hindu Group such as ''[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]'', ''[[The Hindu Business Line]]'' and ''[[Sportstar]]'', and has been awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] by the Government of India<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> and [[Sri Lankan honours system#Sri Lanka Ratna for non-Sri Lankans|Sri Lanka Ratna]] by the Government of Sri Lanka.<ref name ="hindu">[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124105051/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/15/stories/2005111517191400.htm Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Monday conferred the "Sri Lanka Ratna" — the island-nation's highest honour for non-nationals — on N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu]</ref>

Subsequent to changes in the editorial & business sections of ''The Hindu'' on 21 October 2013, Ram has become chairman of Kasturi & Sons Limited and publisher of ''The Hindu''.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/changes-at-the-helm-editorial-and-business/article5257829.ece?homepage=true | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Changes at the Helm: Editorial and Business | date=21 October 2013}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

Ram was born on 4 May 1945 in [[Madras]], [[British India]]. He was the eldest son of [[G. Narasimhan]] who served as managing-director of ''[[The Hindu]]'' from 1959 to 1977. Ram is a great-grandson of [[S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar]], the patriarch of the Kasturi family.

Ram did his schooling at [[Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School]], [[Chennai]] and was graduated from [[Loyola College, Chennai|Loyola College]],<ref>[[Loyola College, Chennai]]</ref> [[Chennai]], with a bachelor's degree in arts in 1964, received a master's degree from [[Presidency College, Chennai]], in 1966, and later an M.S. in comparative journalism from the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]].<ref name="Profile of N.Ram">[http://chennaionline.com/chat/celebchat/15ram-profile.asp Profile of N.Ram]</ref> He actively participated in the students politics. He was vice-president of the [[Students Federation of India]] (SFI), which is politically linked to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], at the time of its formation in 1970 in Thiruvananthapuram.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1702/17020970.htm | title = Towards a progressive educational agenda | access-date = 2 February 2014 | last = Sridhar | first = V. | date = 2000 | work = [[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]}}</ref>

==Journalism and career==
Beginning his career in ''[[The Hindu]]'' as an [[associate editor]] in 1977, Ram was made the [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] correspondent in 1980. His association with the news magazine [[Frontline (magazine)|''Frontline'']] dates back to 1984, when the magazine was started.<ref name="Profile of N.Ram"/> Ram has become famous as a journalist during his writings in exposing [[Bofors Scandal]] during the reign of former prime minister of India [[Rajiv Gandhi]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://centennial.journalism.columbia.edu/1989-scandal-in-india/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413215725/http://centennial.journalism.columbia.edu/1989-scandal-in-india/ |archive-date=13 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Prior to his position as the editor-in-chief of the ''Hindu'' daily, Ram had served as the editor of ''Frontline'' magazine and [[Sportstar]] between 1991 and 2003.

Towards the end of a bitter family feud, Ram stepped down as editor-in-chief and publisher of The Hindu group on 19 January 2012.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/editorial-succession-in-the-hindu-group/article2811956.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Editorial succession in ''The Hindu'' group | date=18 January 2012}}</ref> In consequence, [[Siddharth Varadarajan]], editor, The Hindu, succeeded him, with effect from 19 January 2012, as editor of The Hindu responsible for the selection of news under the Press and Registration of Books (PRB) Act of 1867. D. Sampathkumar, editor, [[Business Line]], R. Vijaya Sankar, editor, Frontline, and Nirmal Shekar, editor, Sportstar, took over, with effect from 19 January 2012, as editors responsible for the selection of news under the Press and Registration of Books (PRB) Act of 1867 in these Group publications. [[K. Balaji]], managing director of Kasturi & Sons Ltd., the public limited company that brings out The Hindu group of publications, succeeded Mr. Ram as publisher of all the group publications. Subsequent to changes in the Editorial & Business of 'The Hindu' on 21 October 2013, Ram has become chairman of Kasturi & Sons Limited and publisher of 'The Hindu' and group publications.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/changes-at-the-helm-editorial-and-business/article5257829.ece?homepage=true | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Changes at the Helm: Editorial and Business | date=21 October 2013}}</ref>

During his younger days, Ram also started a journal called ''Radical Review'', with his friends, [[P.Chidambaram]] and [[Prakash Karat]].<ref name="forbesindia.com">{{cite news|first1=N.S.|last1=Ramnath|first2=Mitu|last2=Jayshankar|first3=S.|last3=Srinivasan|title=The Hindu: Board Room Becomes Battlefield|url=http://forbesindia.com/article/boardroom/the-hindu-board-room-becomes-battlefield/12462/0|access-date=28 July 2019|newspaper=Forbes India|date=24 April 2010}}</ref>

===Awards and recognition===
Ram's contribution to journalism has been recognised by a number of awards. These include the Asian Investigative Journalist of the Year (1990) Award conferred by the Press Foundation of Asia at the "One Asia Assembly", [[Bofors Case]], the disciplined application of his journalistic idealism and the impact of his revelations on the Indian political scene"; the [[B.D. Goenka]], 1989, shared with [[Chitra Subramaniam]]; in the interest of the nation"; and [[XLRI]]'s First [[JRD Tata Award]] for Business Ethics, awarded at the institute's 46th Annual Convocation at [[Jamshedpur]] on 23 March 2003.<ref>[http://www.businessline.in/2002/03/20/stories/2002032002740300.htm The Hindu Business Line : Business Ethics award for N. Ram]</ref> The Highest national honour conferred by Sri Lanka on non–nationals is the [[Sri Lanka Rathna]] award. Ram, the editor in chief of four Chennai-based publications, became the first Indian national to be awarded that honour on 14 November 2005.

Ram has been chosen for the prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award, presented by the Press Council of India (PCI), for his outstanding contribution towards journalism, the Councils announced on 5 November 2018.
The award will be presented on 16 November on the occasion of the National Press Day.<ref>[https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/n-ram-chosen-for-raja-ram-mohan-roy-award-by-pci/article25429576.ece/amp/]</ref>

===Controversies===
On 25 January 2012, Mr. [[K. C. Palanisamy|K.C. Palaniswamy]] a former [[AIADMK]] Member of Parliament registered a complaint against Ram and eight others with the Chennai police, accusing them of a 400-acre land grab scam, worth nearly Rs. 3 billion.<ref>{{cite news|title=ரூ.300 கோடி மதிப்பு 400 ஏக்கர் நிலம் இந்து ராம், ரமேஷ் அபகரிக்க முயற்சி|url=http://www.dinakaran.com/News_Detail.asp?Nid=652|access-date=15 February 2013|newspaper=[[Dinakaran]]|date=26 January 2012}}</ref> Ram has filed for anticipatory bail in the case<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-ADMK leader files FIR over TN land grab|url=http://dailypioneer.com/nation/98005-ex-admk-leader-files-fir-over-tn-land-grab.html|access-date=15 February 2013|newspaper=[[The Pioneer (newspaper)|The Pioneer]]|date=29 September 2012}}</ref> and was granted the same.<ref>{{cite web|title=நில ஆவணப் பறிப்பு வழக்கு... இந்து ராம், ரமேஷ் ரங்கராஜன் கோர்ட்டில் சரண்|url=http://tamil.oneindia.in/news/2012/12/25/tamilnadu-hindu-ram-ramesh-rangarajan-surrender-166841.html|work=[[Oneindia.in]]|access-date=15 February 2013}}</ref>

In 2012, shortly after Ram was honoured by his alma mater, the [[Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University]], Chitra Subramaniam alleged that he was responsible for compromising the identity of their source on the [[Bofors scandal|Bofors]] story and that she had not received her due as the journalist who broke the story. Ram denied the allegations.<ref>{{cite news|last=Trehan|first=Madhu|title=CHITRA: THE STORY BEHIND BOFORS|url=http://www.newslaundry.com/2012/06/chitra-the-story-behind-bofors-2/|access-date=5 August 2013|newspaper=News Laundry|date=1 June 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Ram's first wife Susan was an English woman who came to India as a research student. Like Ram, she was (and remains) an atheist with a Leftist perspective on politics. After their marriage, Susan worked as a teacher, a freelance journalist, an editor for [[Oxford University Press]] publications in India and a television presenter. As a husband and wife team, they published the first volume of a biography on [[R K Narayan|R. K. Narayan]], the eminent Indian writer.

Ram and Susan's daughter, Vidya Ram, became a journalist and graduated at the top of the class at her father's alma mater.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vidya Ram tops class at Columbia University's journalism school|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/21/stories/2007052101982000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523095046/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/21/stories/2007052101982000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 May 2007|access-date=5 August 2013|date=21 May 2007|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> She also won a Pulitzer fellowship, was an intern at [[The New York Times]], a reporter at [[Forbes]] and is the European Correspondent at [[Business Line]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile – Vidya Ram|url=http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/vidya-ram/6/b05/636|publisher=Linked In|access-date=4 March 2014}}</ref> <ref>[http://deanstudents.blogsome.com/2007/05/15/ Pulitzer Fellowship]</ref>

After the divorce from Susan, Ram married Mariam Chandy, a [[Malayali]] Christian. It was Mariam's second marriage as well.<ref name=mar_book>https://books.google.com/books?id=oMYeyhrgd_wC&lpg=PT372&ots=oyjxBrncWb&dq=%22mariam%20ram%22&pg=PT372#v=onepage&q=%22mariam%20ram%22&f=false</ref> Mariam comes from a prosperous family that owned the now defunct [[Travancore National and Quilon Bank]], liquidated in 1938.<ref name=mariam_redeiff>http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/sep/19inter.htm</ref><ref name="thehindu.com">http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/new-era-of-medicine-in-the-offing-says-scientist/article2860127.ece</ref> She has worked in advertising agencies, HTA and O&M. Mariam Ram is presently the managing director of TNQ Books and Journals, that she founded in Chennai in 1998.<ref name=mar_book/><ref name=mariam_redeiff/><ref name="thehindu.com"/> The company does editing, pagination and design for scientific, technical and medical publishers of the US, the UK and the European Union.<ref name=mariam_redeiff/> As of 2008, the company had an annual turnover of Rs 50 crores and employs 1200 staff.<ref name=mariam_redeiff/>

During his youth, Ram played [[cricket]] and was the [[wicket-keeper]] [[Batsman]] for the [[Tamil Nadu]] state team in the [[Ranji trophy]].<ref name="forbesindia.com"/>

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