G. Narasimhan

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Gopalan Narasimhan
Born(1916-02-28)28 February 1916
Madras, India
Occupationjournalist
ChildrenN. Ram,
N. Ravi,
N. Murali

Gopalan Narasimhan (28 February 1916 – 5 July 1977) was an Indian journalist and entrepreneur who served as the Managing Director of The Hindu from 1959 until his death in 1977. He was a grandson of S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, the patriarch of the family that owns The Hindu.

Early life

Narasimhan was born in

G. Kasturi
who served as Editor of The Hindu from 1965 to 1991.

Narasimhan graduated from the

Presidency College, Madras
and joined The Hindu at an early age. He was the Manager of The Hindu from 1937 to 1959. On the death of his uncle K. Srinivasan in 1959, Narasimhan became the Managing-Director.

Career

Narasimhan served as Managing Director of The Hindu from 1959 to 1977. He also served as the President of the

Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society (INS) during 1956-57, Chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations of India from 1955 to 1959, Press Institute of India
and was the Director of the Press Foundation of Asia.

His eldest son N. Ram was the Managing-Director of The Hindu since 1977 and its Editor-in-Chief since 27 June 2003 until 18 January 2012, while his youngest son N. Ravi (b. 1948) served as the Editor-in-chief of The Hindu (1991–2003).

Death

Narasimhan died of a

Madras on 5 July 1977, aged 61.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ The New York Times biographical service, Volume 8. New York Times & Arno Press. 1977. p. 1000.

References

  • The Times of India directory and year book including Who's who. 1971. p. 798.