The Economic Times Leadership

Akriti Banerjee is a Chief Manager L&D at The Economic Times and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She has worked as Asst Manager Traning at Hindustan Times, Sr Executive HR at Business World, and HR Specialist at Hughes. Akriti studied at DPS Dwarka Expressway between 1993 and 2005 and M4U between 2005 and 2008.

Experienced Correspondent with a demonstrated history of working in the publishing industry. Skilled in Research, Editing, Teamwork, and Leadership. Strong media and communication professional with a BJ&MC focused in Journalism and Mass Communication from Amity University, Gautam Budh Nagar.

Dilip Kumar Shaw is a Chief Copy Editor at The Economic Times and is based in New Delhi Area, Delhi, Delhi, India. He has worked as Sub Editor-cum-reporter at The New Indian Express and Senior Sub Editor at Business Standard. Dilip studied at St. Xavier's College between 1999 and 2002, ACJ, and ST AUGUSTINE S DAY SCHOOL.

Investment professional with diverse experience in stock market research (fundamental as well as technical), financial planning & wealth management. Keeping a close watch of the mutual fund indstry also since its liberalisation in 1993. Strong academic and leadership qualities (was leading a team of researchers in several organisations).Specialties: equity research, fundamental analysis, technical analysis, mutual fund research, financial planning, wealth management, investment writing

Keerti Sharma is a Chief Copy Editor at The Economic Times and Senior Copy Editor at The Economic Times and is based in New Delhi Area, India. She has worked as Copy editor at Deccan Herald. Keerti attended Delhi University between 2005 and 2008, Delhi University between 2006 and 2009, and Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University between 2009 and 2011.

Experienced journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the print industry. Skilled in health writing, news writing, headline writing, editing and reporting. Strong media and communication professional with a Diploma in Journalism and Communication from Kerala Press Academy.

A journalist with over two decades of experience in print and Online, my last formal job (before taking this assignment in 2006) was that of Editor, Times Interactive (Times of India group's web initiative), in 1999. During that stint, I launched the three major online initiatives of the Group viz The Times of India, The Economic Times and Indiatimes. Prior to that, I was Editor - Special Reports with The Economic Times.

In between, I also ran my own Internet company for some time and managed dynamic content areas of websites such as Yahoo India, MSN India, Mantra Online and Narad Online.

I am an active sportsperson and a trained high altitude mountaineer, and have successfully completed two Mumbai International marathons.

Apart from all this, I am closely involved with a school for the tribal children in Dehradun, North of India. The school, Information Technology Institute for the Tribes of India, is a fully residential, free institution and offers formal education to students who come from remote corners of India.

PROFESSIONALLY, MY STRENGTHS WOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:-

Analysing, forecasting and commenting on Telecom/IT, current affairs and social issues.

Complete knowledge of the print and web space, that includes, very importantly, a knowledge of what readers want. Running some of the largest websites in India, with international readership, has meant an in-depth knowledge and feel of what communities want, where, and at what time of the day.

Conceptualising/setting up/operating websites. Basically ideating, implementing and putting in place a structure that can generate content that is monetisable.

Managing large websites with all features, and that includes large teams necessary for the task.

Building alliances necessary for sourcing content from different parts of the world.

Language editions of websites.

Getting WAP and mobile sites readied across languages.

Specialties: Analysing, forecasting and commenting on Telecom/IT. Complete knowledge of the web space and readers' requirements. Running some of the largest websites in India, with international readership, has meant an in-depth knoweldge and feel of what communities want, where, and at what time of the day.

Conceptualising/setting up/operating websites that are monetisable. Interacting with divisions within and outside the group for seamless delivery.

Language editions of websites.