Ravindra Kumar
Managing director and editor of The Statesman
Ravindra Kumar is the managing director of The Statesman Ltd and has served as editor of The Statesman. He was elected president of the Indian Newspaper Society for 2013–14. He has been a trustee of the Kolkata trusts that owned the paper until 2024.Sources:1Scroll.in: How a loan from a mysterious lender helped a distressed newspaper take over UNI, Scroll.in, 22 March 2026 (source, opens in a new tab)2Wikipedia: The Statesman (India), Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)3GKToday: Indian Newspaper Society elects Ravindra Kumar as its President, GKToday (source, opens in a new tab)
He led The Statesman's 2025 takeover of the news agency United News of India, which he called a "special project" that the paper was raising finance for.Sources:1Scroll.in: How a loan from a mysterious lender helped a distressed newspaper take over UNI, Scroll.in, 22 March 2026 (source, opens in a new tab)4Newslaundry: From courtrooms to uncertainty: Inside UNI's Rs 75-crore deal with Statesman, Newslaundry, 21 March 2025 (source, opens in a new tab)
Roles and connections
- United News of IndiaDirector of United News of India: Managing director of The Statesman, who led the UNI takeoverIndian news agency founded in 1959, owned by The Statesman since 2025
- The Statesman LtdManaging directorKolkata publisher of The Statesman; owns UNI since 2025Sources:1Scroll.in: How a loan from a mysterious lender helped a distressed newspaper take over UNI, Scroll.in, 22 March 2026 (source, opens in a new tab)4Newslaundry: From courtrooms to uncertainty: Inside UNI's Rs 75-crore deal with Statesman, Newslaundry, 21 March 2025 (source, opens in a new tab)
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