Ajay Vaishnav

Experience

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  Central Monitoring Services, NTRO, GoI

  Oct 2003 - Dec 2006

  News Monitor - Part Time

  English news monitor and produced daily deliverables

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  Indicus Analytics

  Feb 2007 - Aug 2008

  Assistant Manager

  Research writer at Indicus Analytics working on projects.Worked for Commodity Canvas, a fortnightly magazine, and MCX's Commodity News, focusing on the commodities sector

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  Mail Today Newspapers (India Today Group)

  Sept 2008 - Apr 2009

  Sr. Copy Editor

  Worked for both print and online news desk. Content creation, uploading and testing on the CMS.

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  Hill & Associates Limited

  Jan 2010 - May 2010

  Analyst - RM & RI

  Managed and brought out daily, weekly and fortnightly risk reports for multinational clients.

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  Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times of India)

  May 2010 - May 2012

  Assitant Editor (Jr) - Edit Page of The Times Of India

  Worked as an editorial writer with The Times of India’s Edit Page writing editorials on an array of topics. Contributed interviews of eminent personalities such as Erik Solheim, the Norwegian minister for international development and chief negotiator from the LTTE, novelist Abha Dawesar, former CBI director Joginder Singh and others.Specialised in writing from a contrarian viewpoint in ‘Times Views vs Counterview’ debates published thrice a week.Handled and edited letters to editor. Show less

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  Zee Media Corporation Limited

  Jun 2012 - Nov 2013

  Team Lead - ZRG

  Contributed news stories to DNA newspaper and other English news websites of Zee Media. Worked on advertorials for Dish TV and other Group properties.Coordinated with TV for content on Zee News special election shows ‘Bharat Bhagya Vidhata’ and ‘Karmshetra’ before the May 2014 polls. Generated news content from the two shows for publication in DNA and Zee Media’s English News Websites.

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  PINKERTON | Comprehensive Risk Management

  Nov 2013 - Jun 2016

  Intelligence Specialist - Level 3

  Editing, writing, research and analysis for daily, weekly and monthly deliverables for GRG and APAC region.Writing strategic threat briefs for Fortune 500 clients investing and traveling globally.Lead author of ‘India Risk Survey 2016’ report presented at a Pinkerton-FICCI conclave in June 2016.

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  LiveMint

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2018

  Sr News/Content Producer

  Web news content publishing, breaking news, SEO writing, live blogs on markets and other buzzing news, interviews, Facebook live on weekly news analysis with Mint Editor R Sukumar and other guests

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  CNBC-TV18

  Jun 2018 - Sept 2022

  Associate Editor

  Headed CNBCTV18.com's desk covering markets, business, politics, economy and trending news. Deliverables require ideation, writing, editing, home page ranking and notifications.Worked as News Coordinator from Jun 2018 to Nov 2020 and handling web news content production, breaking news, stock market and political news coverage, international issues, headline writing, SEO writing, brokerage reports, interviews, live blogs, home page ranking, news alertsAdditional responsibility of handling op-eds and views section for CNBC-TV18.com; Commissioning and coordination of Op-Eds/Views at CNBC-TV18.com Show less

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  ZEE Business

  Sept 2022 - Aug 2023

  Editor - Zeebiz.com English

  Led and positioned ZeeBiz.com as a reliable English business website and increased average monthly users by 3x boosted by an expanded coverage of core business news. Created content strategy and oversaw its implementation, driving the next level of growth and product positioning by building a team of young web journalists churning out both text and video content.

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  CNBC-TV18

  Sept 2023 - now

  Senior Business Journalist

  Business Journalist