Meghana Mathur

mobile: - Email:- Meghana Mathur D 701/ Raheja Rgency, Santhome High Road, RA Puram, Chennai, India - 600028 BRIEF OVERVIEW • • • • • Experience in both, online and print writing styles. Reported on corporate affairs, HR, Technology and handled editorial page layouts and proof reading. Feature writing skills and experience in areas such as travel, food, human resource, environment, profiles, lifestyle, trends, Information Technology, social issues and NGOs, fashion. Strong News Reporting and feature writing skills. Excellent communication and people management skills. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE The Times of India, Bangalore India's largest media house, The Times Group is a multi-edition, multi-product and multi-media organization, with several leading publications nation-wide City Correspondent – The Sunday Times of India June 2004 –August 2005 Work Profile: • Editing of the STOI pages from Bangalore. • Managing `People Power’ and `Open Space’— reader interactive platforms from STOI. • Contributing content for national special reports as a part of the STOI national team. • Sourcing and editing letters on national issues for the Times of India Editorial. • Writing features for the Sunday Times of India. Achievements • Have been successful in editing, page management and reporting for the TOI national bureau. City Correspondent - Metro Bureau February 2002- May 2004 Work Profile: • Handling the Bangalore city Public Transport (Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation-BMTC) beat. • Secondary correspondent for the Health, Science and Technology beat. • Actively involved in Political reporting including interviews with contesting politicians for the 2004 assembly elections in Karnataka (Bangalore) and reviews of constituencies. • Columnist, `Wide Angle' Bangalore – a column exposing and exploring area specific civic issues of Bangalore. • Contributing news features on city specific lifestyles, evolving trends and youth regularly. • Interacted with NGOs, Govt. of Karnataka, and Corporate Houses among others for several reports. Additional Responsibilities: • Weekly desk responsibilities. • Part of the `Times Connect’ team -- an exclusive Times Initiative of bringing residents face to face with government authorities. • Contributing stories for various supplements of the Times of India. 1 mobile: - Email:- Achievements • Breaking several hard news stories in assigned beats. (Clippings can be furnished if required). • Initiated citizen and NGO participation following my weekly column `Wide Angle’. • Contributed relevant stories during my stint in political reporting. Bangalore Times Nov 2000 – Feb 2002 Copy Editor & City Correspondent Work Profile: • Feature writer on various Bangalore-centric activities with special focus on lifestyles of the Internet and Information Technology industry employees. • In-charge of sourcing/composing/editing copy, conducting interviews, writing features and managing the content-picture page layout entirely, for `Green Signal’-- a city environment and wildlife page, launched by Bangalore Times. • Weekly editing and proof reading responsibilities of the full Bangalore Times edition. Achievements • Breaking Internet and IT related stories with a special focus on community, lifestyle, and profiles. (Clippings can be furnished if required). • Single-handedly managed `Green Signal’. Successful in creating and sustaining reader interest in the same. Indiainfo.com Ltd, Bangalore An integrated Internet company, engaged in providing content, community and commerce to Indian consumers and businesses Content Executive August 2000 - Nov 2000 Work Profile: • Handling "City Guides" a stand-alone portal on Bangalore. ➢ Composing news features for the travel, food and family channels of Indiainfo.com. ➢ Tourist-focused articles on places of interest and getaways in and around the city. ➢ Food, restaurant, art and shopping reviews. Providing information on city events and bargains. • Conceptualizing, creating and sustaining new columns of local "youth" interest for City Guides. • Managing a database on important city information like emergency/public services, a range of accommodation provisions in Bangalore and hangouts. Achievements • Single handedly managing the content responsibilities for City Guide- Bangalore. • Instrumental in conceptualizing the page layout, look and feel of the same. Times Internet Ltd, Bangalore The online division of India's largest media house, The Times Group (Bennet Coleman) December 1999 – July 2000 Content Executive Work Profile: • Handling www.timescity.com, Bangalore- a city-centric channel of Indiatimes.com. • Generating HR related content for www.timesjobsandcareers.com- a career channel of Indiatimes.com. 2 mobile: - Email:- • • • • • Columnist-`HR Head of The Week’ for www.timesjobsandcareers’, interviewing top HR professionals with successful IT companies. Writing for Bangalore’s youth on shopping, eating out and hanging out in Bangalore for `Timescity’ from the latter’s inception. Creating and sustaining a column on young achievers- `Carpe Diem’ for Timescity. Updating the database from Bangalore for entertainment, emergency/public services and restaurant information. Writing travel pieces on South Indian hill stations and getaways for the Travel channel of Indiatimes.com. Achievements • • • Single-handedly generated and managed content and technical responsibilities of Timescity, Bangalore. Set a precedent for Times City’s writing style. Created a wide network of HR professionals. Some Articles http://www.google.co.in/search?q=meghana+Mathur&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta= EDUCATIONAL PROFILE- - Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore (Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism). Jyothi Nivas College, Bangalore University (Graduation-Vocational in Communicative English) Baldwin’s Girls High School (ICSE) Bangalore COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE Proficient with the use of Windows, MS Dos, MS Office and the Internet. STRENGTHS • • Achievement oriented with an ability to manage change with ease. Strong communication, interpersonal, learning and organizing skills matched with the ability to manage deadlines, time and people effectively. PERSONAL DETAILS Date of birth: Languages known: Passport: Permanent Address: October 1, 1978 English, Hindi and Kannada Valid #78, SVK Layout, 2nd Cross, 2nd Main, 3rd Stage, 4th Block, Basaveshwara Nagar, Bangaore – 560079, INDIA REFERENCES Available on request 3