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The Smart Manager, India’s first world-class management magazine, was founded in 2002 by eminent business historian Dr Gita Piramal with Harvard Business School Dean, Prof. Nitin Nohria with the mission of updating managers and business practitioners in India with the latest thought-provoking strategic ideas from experienced, world-class managers, academics and consultants from across the globe. Over the years, the magazine has carried articles authored by illustrious management gurus such as the late CK Prahalad and Sumantra Ghoshal, Jack Trout, Ram Charan, Gary Hamel, Gay Haskins, Jagdish Seth and Lynda Gratton. We believe that “managers are the best teachers of managers” and most of our articles are written in the first person by top-tier CEOs such as Kumaramangalam Birla, Sunil Mittal, Aditya Birla, KV Kamath, Santrupt Mitra, Rajeev Dubey and S Ramadorai. We also have relationships with a number of B-schools around the world, apart from most top-level schools in India.

The Smart Manager hosts the Tata Consultancy Services Smart Manager Case Contest, the most prestigious competition of its kind in the Indian print media. The contest, with a cash prize of INR50,000 per issue, sees wide participation from national and international business managers and students. 
The ‘Smart” in The Smart Manager is an acronym for Strategy, Marketing, Analysis, Resources and Technology. Truly useful knowledge when you need it 24 x 365, year after year.

The STAT Trade Times is a multi modal international transport media, specializing in Air Cargo, provides in-depth coverage for the Aviation,Transport, Shipping and tourism industries. STAT TIMES, as it is popularly known, provides a ringside view of the latest developments in the multi modal transport industry worldwide. The Media’s integrated approach to news coverage is appreciated and used by the decision makers for their commercial benefits since 1986. Apart from the print media, the STAT Trade Times has also launched its Website as early as 1990 for the benefit of its high profile readers worldwide. This site is useful to professionals from Aviation and Air Cargo Industries. Breaking News related to Airlines strategies, Airport updates, Air Cargo, Air Traffic and Air Travel trends form a major source of latest information. The Billion Dollar News capsules provide encapsulated news for the benefit of its worldwide readers. STAT TIMES is news-specific.

India’s first, one-stop destination for tiles.
An exceptionally unique and innovative concept is brought to enhance the visibility towards the Indian tile industry, in the name of THE TILES OF INDIA. This concept will take you on an unforgettable ride through tiles and related products. The attempt is to source and display information of the industry in one single platform.

THE TIMES OF AFRICA, bi-monthly reading is well known in diplomatic and corporate circles of India and Africa. The synergy of acclaim, recognition and appreciation has infused in us a gala spirit and made us feel proud since it has won accolades and established itself by virtue of meaningful presentation of credible rich content on Africa-India partnerships, socio-economic issues, business and investment opportunities, political developments, features on travel and tourism and cultural extravaganzas. Personality rendezvous, interviews with Ambassadors/High Commissioners and country specific spotlights are other special attractions. 
It has succeeded in making successful in-roads to the reading desks of diplomatic and corporate houses in India as well as the African continent. It is indeed blessed with the good genes of its clients and its new fusion look has become an International business statement. 

We have a very robust distribution network covering metro cities, diplomatic missions, national organizations, foreign agencies, corporate and export houses, business class hotels and airlines, both within the country and offshore. 
A fair sprinkling of top professionals from the fraternity, former senior government officials, public servants, journalists and renowned educationalists contribute to the team of THE TIMES OF AFRICA.