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{{Infobox magazine
| title = Top gear India
| image_file = Top_Gear_India_Magazine_cover,_August_2015_edition.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| image_caption = August 2015 cover
| alt =
| editor = Girish Karkera
| editor_title = CCO and Editor
| publisher_title = Publisher
| frequency = Monthly
| total_circulation =
| category =
| company = [[BBC_Worldwide|BBC Worldwide Limited]]
| publisher = [[The_Times_Group|Worldwide Media Pvt. Ltd.]]
| firstdate = September 2005
| country = India
| based = [[Mumbai]]
| language = English
| website = {{URL|http://www.topgear.com/india}}
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The Indian edition of '''''BBC TopGear''''' is published by Worldwide Media Pvt. Ltd (WWM), a sub-division of [[The Times of India]] Group formed in 2005 as a joint venture with the [[BBC]].<ref>{{cite news |title=BBC magazines being sold in India by child labourers earning 12p a day |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2614023/BBC-magazines-being-sold-in-India-by-child-labourers-earning-12p-a-day.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=24 August 2008 |accessdate=23 March 2010 }}</ref>

The magazine is published out of the Times of India Building, opposite [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus]] Railway Station. The first edition was launched in September 2005.

''BBC TopGear'' is an automotive magazine with a lifestyle flavor. So apart from road tests its USP are its surreal features which normally test the cars and bikes in various environment and talks a lot about driver interactions with the car and not just the technical specifications. The magazine has made a niche for itself with its take on automotive journalism.

WWM, led by Deepak Lamba (CEO), also publishes other popular titles like ''[[Femina (India)|Femina]]'', ''[[Filmfare]]'', ''[[Grazia India]]'', ''[[Hello (magazine)|Hello]]'', ''BBC [[Good Homes India]]'', ''[[BBC Knowledge (magazine)|BBC Knowledge]]'' and ''[[Lonely Planet Magazine India]]''.

==Editorial team==
*Girish Karkera (Editor)
*Debabrata Sarkar (Associate Editor)
*Agasti Kaulgi (Features Editor)
*Devesh Shobha (Features Editor)
*Ashok George (Road Test Editor)
*Samarpan Bhowmik (Senior Copy Editor)
*Aatish Mishra (Features Writer)
*Tejal Bhatkar (Senior Editorial Coordinator)

===Contributors===

Srinivas Krishnan

==Design team==
*Kiran Jadhav (Senior Art Director),
*Rajeev Gaikwad (Photographer)

===Contributing Photographers===

Himanshu Pandya, Parag Parelkar, Somdutta Nhawkar, Shashank MB

==See also==
*[[Top Gear (magazine)]]
*[[Dhaval Dhairyawan]] (Former Chief Photographer)
*[[List of magazines in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.topgear.com/india/ Official site]

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