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Sushant Jha

Sushant Jha

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  • About me

    Managing Editor @Manjul Publishing House, Ex-Commissioning Editor @Penguin Random House | Ex-Aajtak/India Today | Translated Ramchandra Guha's Gandhi Series in Hindi./Edited official History of Lithuania (Hindi)

  • Education

    • Indian institute of Mass Communication

      2004 - 2005
      PGD in Radio and TV Journalism Radio and Television

      Activities and Societies: Skit, Poetry and debates. I studied TV journalism there and also there were print modules. Overall we studied news. We also produced a lab journal and made TV programmes. We also acted in plays and participated in many quiz and debate competitions.

    • LN Mithila University, Darbhanga

      1999 - 2002
      BA History

      It was bachelors degree in History including Indian and world history.

  • Experience

    • IIMC, New Delhi

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2005
      Student

      Studied P G Diploma in Radio and Television in 2004-05

    • Doordharshan

      Dec 2005 - Dec 2006
      Production Asst.

      I worked for Doordarshan at its regional centre in Hisar which was the HPT(High power Transmitter) centre of Doordarshan and the nodal one for the state. I worked for various programmes including Kisan, Nagar-Nagrik, folk dances, cultural shows and news. I was in the department of Production.

    • INDIA NEWS

      Dec 2007 - Dec 2008
      Copy Writer

      I was a copy writer in the India News. Though, my job involved that of making news, run-down, planning and research also. It was a kind of Assistant Producer level job which included making news packages later also. I was part of Prime Time bulletin India Prime, Vishesh and also core member of News Director Harish Gupta's show 'Aap aur Hum.' I was also looking after the show of Satish Jackob on international affairs.

    • Pressbrief.in

      Apr 2009 - Apr 2010
      Content Manager

      This is the site devoted for Nehru-Gandhi family. It has all the information about the Gandhi's, their activities, audios, videos, articles, speeches their election tour etc.

    • Freelancer / Contractor (translations)

      Feb 2011 - Feb 2012
      Hindi translation for the Penguin including Ram Chandra Guha's 'India After Gandhi'

      I have translated many books for the Penguin and other publication which includes Ramchandra Guha's two proclaimed books India After Gandhi and Gandhi Before India(both on Penguin). I have also translated Patrick French's India: A Portrait(penguin) and Rahul Gandhi and Mulayam Singh's biography.

    • Anishka Communication

      May 2011 - Dec 2014
      Senior Editorial Consultant

      Was in charge of social media team which worked for various clients of political and corporate arena. Was mainly looking after the content side.

    • Penguin Books Ltd

      Nov 2012 - Nov 2013
      Translated Ramchandra Guha's Gandhi Before India into Hindi as गांधी: भारत से पहले

    • Westland Publications Ltd.

      Nov 2014 - Nov 2015
      Translated Prof. Vamsee Juluri's "Rearming Hinduism"(Westland) into Hindi as हिंदू धर्म

    • India Today Group, Nodia, India

      Jul 2015 - Apr 2024
      Ex-Senior Copy Editor, Social Media and Content Services

      Mainly looking after the Twitter handles and Facebook pages of the group channels among other works.

    • Yatra Book

      Jan 2018 - Apr 2024
      Translated and edited the official "History of Lithuania" into Hindi

    • Penguin Random House India

      Mar 2019 - Jan 2024
      Commissioning Editor, Hindi, Penguin Random House

      Was in-charge of commissioning and editing original Hindi books as well as non-fiction from translations. The books included those of Ramchandra Guha, Vikram Sampath, Dan Brwon, Michelle Obama, Raghuram Rajan, Anil Yadav etc. Penguin Swadesh was launched as an imprint for Indian languages when i was part of the team. We established a whole list of non-fictions, fictions and spiritual books.

    • Penguin Random House India

      Mar 2019 - Apr 2024
      Commissioning Editor

    • Manjul Publishing House

      Mar 2024 - now
      Managing Editor

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Payment check in lieu of articles, published works etc

      Account section of concerend department, webstie links(obviously by editors)

  • Volunteer Experience

    • I was coordinator in Free Sarabjeet Campaign which was done across 5-cities of India.

      Issued by Chandigarh, Delhi, Lucknow, Patna and Kolkata on Dec 2012
      Chandigarh, Delhi, Lucknow, Patna and KolkataAssociated with Sushant Jha