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Viveck Goenka is the Chairman, Managing Director and Editorial Director of the
Indian Express Group Indian Express Limited (IEL) is an Indian news media publishing company. It publishes several widely circulated dailies, including ''The Indian Express'' and ''The Financial Express'' in English, the '' Loksatta'' in Marathi and the ''Jansatta ...
. The newspapers included in the Indian Express Group include the flagship newspaper, The Indian Express, business and economy daily Financial Express; Marathi daily;
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and
Jansatta Indian Express Limited (IEL) is an Indian news media publishing company. It publishes several widely circulated dailies, including ''The Indian Express'' and ''The Financial Express'' in English, the '' Loksatta'' in Marathi and the ''Jansatta ...
in Hindi. Online, the group is today the third largest news group in the country.


Early life and education

Viveck Goenka was born in Chennai – then Madras, to Krishna Khaitan and Ajay Mohan Khaitan. Ramnath Goenka, his maternal grandfather, was the founder of the Indian Express Group. In 1991,
Ramnath Goenka Ramnath Goenka (22 April 1904 – 5 October 1991) was an Indian newspaper publisher. He bought the majority stake of ''The Indian Express'' in 1930s. He created the Indian Express Group with various English and regional language publications.'' ...
formally adopted him as his son and heir. He self identifies himself as Tamilian Viveck Goenka completed his B Tech, Chemical Engineering from
Madras University The University of Madras is a public university, public State university (India), state university in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and most prominent universities in India, incorporated by an ...
in 1979. In 1985, he moved to Mumbai and joined the Indian Express Group.


Career


Publishing, Press and Media

Viveck Goenka has led the Indian Express Group for nearly three decades. The newspaper has to its credit, significant newsbreaks in journalism which have effected change in public policy and legislation in contemporary India. Goenka pioneered the first organized B2B segment in trade publishing India. Today, this showcases a range of publications: Express Computer, Express Pharma, Express Healthcare and Express Travelworld. Goenka is credited with starting Bollywood's first jury based awards - the
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. He is currently the Chairman of The
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Limited (PTI) and has served as Chairman of the
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. He has been a Council Member of the National Readership Studies Council (NRSC) and on the board of Governors of the Media Research Users Council (MRUC), two organizations providing research data on media in India. He has also been a Council member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC), and was one of the past presidents of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS). He is a member of the Advertising Association, India Chapter and was a member of the International Advertising Association Inc., New York.


Ramnath Goenka Journalism Awards

To help acknowledge and build excellence in journalism beyond the Express Group, Goenka launched the
Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards The Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards (RNG Awards) are one of the awards in India in the field of journalism. Named after Ramnath Goenka, the awards have been held annually since 2006, with the 12th edition being held in 2017. The awa ...
. The awards cover a range of categories - from politics and investigation to sport and civic reporting.


Social Service

The Ramnath Goenka Memorial Trust which is headed by Goenka is active in the fields of wildlife and water conservation. It helps to support education in Adivasi areas of Madhya Pradesh, and education and medical needs of underprivileged children in urban areas.


Other interests


Sports

Goenka became Secretary of Tamil Nadu Badminton Association at the age of twenty one. He was the first person to start a prize money, ranking and selection tournament in 1991 for juniors and sub-juniors. This tournament, which Goenka named after his late mother Krishna Khaitan, has become the premier badminton tournament in the country.


Cars

Goenka has a collection of 4x4s, vintage and classic cars. He restores cars and those restored cars have also won prizes in competitions including in all 5 editions of the prestigious Cartier Concours de Elegance vintage car shows that have been held in India.


Restaurateur

He and his daughter have founded The Sassy Spoon chain of restaurants. The Sassy Teaspoon patisseries are noted for their desserts and pastries. The Barazza Bar in Pune and The House of Mandarin in
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(
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) fall under Goenka's ownership as well.


Family and personal life

Viveck Goenka is married to Zita Goenka and they have two daughters –
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and Sasha. He has a son – Anant, from a previous marriage. His first wife Ananya lives with his Son Anant.


References

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