Apurva Purohit

Apurva Purohit (born 3 October 1966) is an Indian Businesswoman. She is the President of Jagran Prakashan Ltd. The Jagran Prakashan Ltd owns publications like Dainik Jagran, Mid Day, Inext, and Inquilab along with India's first private FM radio station Radio City (Indian radio station).[2]

Apurva Purohit
Born (1966-10-03) 3 October 1966
Chandigarh, Punjab, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materIndian Institute of Management Bangalore
Stella Maris College[1]
OccupationPresident - Jagran Prakashan Ltd
Websitehttps://apurvapurohit.com/

She is the author of the national bestselling book Lady, You’re not a Man – the Adventures of a Woman at Work published in 2013 by Rupa Publications. She has been ranked as one of the Most Powerful Women in Business as per the India Today Group for 2016 & 2018[3][4][5] and Fortune India in the year 2018.[6]

Career

Apurva is credited with the listing of Radio City (Indian radio station) on the stock exchange in 2017. During her stint as the CEO of Radio City, the organization was ranked among the Top 20 places to work according to the Great Place to Work Survey, 2015.[7] In the past, Apurva was associated with BCCL & Zee Telefilms, where she was a part of the successful launch of TV brands like Zoom and engineered the re-launch strategy for Zee TV. She also launched one of the largest media buying agencies in the country, Lodestar.[8]

Board memberships

Apurva Purohit is an Independent Director on the boards of Mindtree[9][10] She is also on the board of Midday Infomedia limited and Music Broadcast Limited.[11]

Recognition

She has been ranked as one of the Top 30 Most Powerful Women in Business as per Business Today in 2016, 2018[12] and 2019.[13] She was featured in Fortune India's Most Powerful Women in Business list 2018[14] and 2019[15]

Apurva Purohit receiving the 'Most Powerful Women in Business' by Business Today magazine in September 2018

Bibliography
  • Lady, You're Not a Man!: The Adventures of a Woman at Work[16]
  • Lady, You're the Boss!: The Adventures of a Woman at Work – Part 2[17]

Personal life

Apurva is married to Sanjay Purohit and has a son. She lives in Mumbai. She is an avid sports follower and represented Tamil Nadu in hockey in 1984–1987.[18]

References
  1. "Power Couple Apurva & Sanjay Purohit". outlook business. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  2. "Apurva Purohit appointed President at Jagran Group". Economic Times. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  3. "Apurva Purohit". huffington post.
  4. "Breaking new ground comes naturally to her". iimb.
  5. "The Most Powerful Women In Business 2018". Businesstoday.
  6. "Most Powerful Women". Fortuneindia.
  7. "Apurva Purohit". huffington post.
  8. "Company Overview of Mindtree Limited". bloomberg.
  9. "Mindtree appoints Apurva Purohit to board of directors". live mint. 26 December 2013.
  10. "Company Overview of Mindtree Limited". bloomberg.
  11. "Radio City AGM Leaves Shareholders Impressed". mid-day. 15 September 2018.
  12. "Most Powerful Women". fortune india. 2018.
  13. "Business Today honours 'Most Powerful Women' who broke the glass ceiling in corporate India". Business Today. 2019.
  14. "The Most Powerful Women In Business 2018". Business Today.
  15. "Most Powerful Women". Fortune India.
  16. "It is not about the glass ceiling, it is about the leaky pipeline- Apurva Purohit, Jagran Prakashan". Business World. 23 August 2017.
  17. "Apurva purohit, launches her second book - 'lady, you're the boss!'". adgully. 28 September 2019.
  18. "Power Couple Apurva & Sanjay Purohit". outlook business. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2017.


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