Ramjee Chandran
Introduction
Ramjee Chandran is an award-winning journalist and author. Ramjee has been the Editor of the Explocity a fortnightly magazine since 1998.
According to The Daily Telegraph, Explocity is partly owned by Rupert Murdoch.
Career
Ramjee Chandran launched several magazines devoted to the city of Bangalore, India, notably The Bangalore Monthly and Bangalore Weekly. Also Chandran wrote several columns for various newspapers and magazines. Prior to the inception of Explocity, Chandran first began a Bangalore-based magazine, "Bangalore This Fortnight", in 1989. This was followed by the launch of the Bangalore Monthly and the Bangaloremag.com. The internet had just begun its journey in the late 1990s in India, when Chandran created Explocity.com in 1999. Some of the initial funding was from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Explocity has content includes events, restaurants, hotel listings, shopping, nightlife and sightseeing in cities like New York City, Dubai, and Indian cities.
Chandran is also a jazz guitarist and has performed with other acclaimed musicians on stage.
Awards and honors
- Chanakya Award for Innovative Leadership
- Best entrepreneurs from Karnataka, India
- "Awards 2008-09 : Chanakya Award by the Indian Council of Public Relations for Innovative Leadership". Public Relations Council of India. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- "India Inc's finest: Best of Karnataka". Rediff. Retrieved 16 May 2016.