Malini Parthasarathy is an Indian journalist, who was an editor of '' The Hindu'' during 2015–2016, and is currently the chairperson of group's publishing company, THG Publishing Private Limited (formerly part of Kasturi & Sons Limited).

Family

Malini Parthasarathy is the daughter of Srinivasan Parthasarathy, a granddaughter of

Kasturi Srinivasan Kasturi Srinivasan (7 August 1887 – 21 June 1959) was an Indian journalist and businessman. He was the eldest son of S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar. Biography Srinivasan was born to well-known lawyer and journalist, S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, ...

, and a great-granddaughter of

S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar (15 December 1859 – 12 December 1923) was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist, politician and journalist who served as the managing director of '' The Hindu'' from 1 April 1905 till his death. Ancestry an ...

, who was the patriarch of the Kasturi family that owns '' The Hindu''.

Education

Parthasarathy completed a Ph.D. in 2008 from the Centre for Political Studies,

Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a public major research university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and r ...

, New Delhi. She has an M.S. in journalism from the

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism s ...

and a B.A. in history from Stella Maris College in Chennai. She graduated from the

Career

She took up various roles in reporting,