PROFILE
Born 29th October, 1952. Currently heads TNQ Books and Journals,
a publishing services company. Career spanning 34 years, the first
ten years working in advertising agencies, the subsequent years as
an entrepreneur in advertising and
in the area of Scientific, Technical, and Medical publishing.
EXPERIENCE
MANAGING DIRECTOR TNQ Books and Journals Since 1998
Chennai-based TNQ Books and Journals employs over 1250 people and
provides editorial, technological and publishing services to
publishers of Scientific, Technical, and Medical books and
journals. TNQ produces over a million pages
annually for publishers like Reed Elsevier, Lippincott Williams
and Wilkins, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press,
British Medical Journal and the Royal Society of Chemistry.
MANAGING DIRECTOR TNQ Communications 1986-1998
Founded TNQ Communications in 1986, an agency specialising in
corporate and financial services advertising and communications
with a focus on creating and delivering communication for
businesses entering the financial markets. Among its customers were
several large Indian business groups and multinationals such as the
Ford Motor Company and Citibank.
ACCOUNT MANAGER Hindustan Thompson Associates (now JWT)
1980-1986
Helped establish and build many brands, including a few prominent
Unileverbrands, while managing the people and processes necessary
for the balance between the creative and strategic functions.
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Ogilvy and Mather 1976-1980
Trained in Media Planning and Account Management.
EDUCATION
SCHOOL
Indian School Certificate (ISC), Cathedral and John Connon School,
Mumbai, India. Class of 1968.
COLLEGE
B.A. (Fine Arts) from Stella Maris College, University of Madras,
Chennai, India. Class of 1972.
PHILANTHROPY
All donations are made through TNQ Books and Journals and
include:
Since 2009
Support for a government aided pre-school and nutrition centre for
pregnant women, nursing mothers, and pre-school children.
Since 2007
Co-sponsorship of the Cell Press-TNQ India Distinguished Lecture
Series, an annual event that brings top scientists in the
biological sciences face to face with the Indian scientific
community.
Since 2006
Five annual scholarships for training in the performing arts for
those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Since 2006
Adoption of an agricultural village after the crops were destroyed
by floods.
Since 2005
Adoption of a fishing village hit by the tsunami.
Since 1999
An annual scholarship at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai,
for postgraduate studies in journalism for a woman student from an
economically and socially disadvantaged background.
Since 1999
Support for Karunaii Trust, a school for children with
disabilities.
