"It was a wonderful experience interacting with you and appreciate the way you have planned and executed the whole publication process within the agreed timelines.”
Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
This is the story of a boy from an obscure remote town in India who reaches the highest rung of the glitzy media corporate house. I believe it would provide inspiration, confidence and hope to any middle-class Indian child to reach the top.
The story is intertwined between my life and the media. It throws some light into the backrooms of the media about which people are curious but about which little is known.
D. D. PURKAYASTHA
D. D. Purkayastha is a veteran in the media industry, where he spent more than four decades. He was the Managing Director & CEO of one of the largest media groups in India, ABP, for 14 years. He retired from an executive role in 2021 and is, at present, a Non-Executive Director at ABP.
During his tenure at ABP, he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Audit Bureau of Circulation and was the Deputy President of INS (Indian Newspaper Society). He was on the Board of MRUC (Media Research Users Council)
He is a Board member of the largest global media association, WAN-IFRA, headquartered in Frankfurt. He is also a member of their five-member Nominating Committee. He was a Board member of International Media Association ( INMA ) based in Dallas for eight years.
His professional domain is at the intersection of Media, Finance and IT. He is a Cost & Management Accountant and an IT specialist.
