Qualification: M.A.

Affiliation: Anandabazar Web at Anandabazar Patrika

Current Designation: Editorial Consultant

A media professional with a passion for weaving words, Suparna Pathak is regarded as a pioneer in modern business journalism in the Bengali media. An eloquent and proficient writer in both English and Bengali, he is also known for his astute and incisive analysis of government and corporate policies.

He has an experience of more than three and a half decades in the ABP Group of publications (owner of The Telegraph and Anandabazar Patrika among others) as an editorial board member and as a senior editor. He crafted sub-publication brands around concepts that, till his involvement, were considered risky as a business proposition. He made them sustainable with his sheer skill of appropriate content planning.

Known also as a skill inculcator and for deft handling of diverse talents while leading a big team of journalists, he has a deep understanding of strategies and their implications. He carries this skill as a visiting faculty member to academic/ training institutes in India and abroad in post-graduate management training classes while teaching a course on country risk and investment.