Ingredients South
Asia will be read by CEOs as well
as department heads from R&D,
Purchase, Production, QA/QC, Regulatory
Compliance, Hygiene & Sanitation
Management, Legislation, Distribution,
Logistics, Marketing & Sales
as well as General Management across
the Generics / API Manufacturing,
Health Ingredients and Fine &
Speciality Chemicals industry across
India.. Secondary segments will
include Government & Independent
Research Labs, regulatory authorities,
Distributors, Traders, research
institutes, academia, Allied Suppliers,
consultants as well as equity analysts
who track the sector.
In celebration
of our Anniversary and in response
to the feedback PfI has received
from our readers and advertisers.
We have expanded our horizons in
Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage,
Nutraceutical, Fine & Speciality
Chemicals & Cosmetic Sectors.This
change is not simply skin deep,
it will be reflected not only by
our new identity and the new sectors
we will cater to, but also by the
fresh new editorial features that
from now on will be an integral
part of the magazine every fortnight.
These features will include industry-friendly
and informative content –
cover story, industry news, regulatory
affairs, updates and developments,
new products and innovations interviews
of people making the headlines,
expert articles and upcoming events
from across South Asia and the world.Ingredients
South Asia is published by Saffron
Media, whose products include Chronicle
Pharmabiz, the No. 1 newspaper in
the South Asian Pharma markets;
Pharmabiz.com, South Asia's No.
1 pharma portal; Food & Beverage News, the only
newspaper for the F&B sector,
and FnBNews.com.
P N V Nair, the Editor
of Ingredients South Asia, is the
former Editor of Deccan Chronicle.
Nair was instrumental in reviving
the paper and making it the largest
circulated English daily in Andhra
Pradesh. Deccan Chronicle is one
of the success stories in print
media in recent times.
After leaving Deccan
Chronicle, Nair became the Editor
of Free Press, Indore, and Lokmat
Times, Nagpur. In April 2000, he
joined a website, touchindia.com,
a portal on India’s Art &
Culture. He had written hundreds
of articles for the website on various
subjects related to India’s
past and present glories.
A man known for aggressive
and investigative journalism, Nair
started his career in the year 1966
in Free Press Journal, Bombay. He
then moved over to Indian Express
in 1967 and rose to the position
of News Editor. Later he was associated
with the successful launching of
three newspapers in Bombay –
Mid-Day as News Editor in 1979,
The Daily as Editor in 1981 and
the Indian Post as Deputy Editor
with Nihal Singh as Editor. During
his long career in journalism, Nair
had worked with well-known Editors
like Frank Moraes, S Moolgaokar,
V K Narasimhan, B G Varghese, Arun
Shourie, R K Karanjia and Nihal
Singh. Nair had been inspired by
two doyens of Indian journalism,
the late Ram Nath Goenka of Indian
Express and Russy Karanjia of Blitz
publications.
