Mukund Padmanabhan Is The Editor, Of The Hindu Business Line

Mukund Padmanabhan is the Editor, of The Hindu Business Line. He took over as Editor in August 2012, before which he worked for The Hindu for the last 15 years.

An M-Phil in Philosophy, he studied in Chennai, Delhi and the London School of Economics. He worked briefly as a lecturer in Delhi University before switching to journalism.

In his career as a journalist, he has reported from various countries including Sri Lanka, Britain, Australia, Malaysia, Britain and other countries in Europe.

He worked for Sunday, the weekly magazine in Calcutta and the Indian Express before joining The Hindu, where he wrote editorials and oversaw many of the newspaper’s supplements including the Sunday Magazine, Literary Review and Metro Plus.

He is interested and has written about politics, legal affairs, and literature. He is an adjunct faculty of the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, where he teaches law and advanced writing to post-graduate students.

He also curates two festivals of theatre and music on behalf of the Hindu group of publications -- the MetroPlus Theatre Fest and the Friday Review November Fest.