Narasimhan Ram (born May 4, 1945), is an Indian journalist, who is Editor-in-chief of The Hindu since June 27, 2003. Ram also heads the other publications of The Hindu Group, Frontline, The Hindu Business Line and Sportstar, and has been awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. He is a known CPI(M) and marxist sympathiser. He had served as the vice president of the Students Federation of India (SFI), the student wing of CPI(M). is the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945and died 2007 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... -1... For the Scottish Marxist magazine called Frontline see International Socialist Movement Frontline is a fortnightly English language magazine published by The Hindu group of publications from Chennai, India. ... Business Line or The Hindu Business Line is an Indian Business newspaper published by Kasturi and sons, the publisher of the newspaper The Hindu. Business Line started publishing in 1994. ... Sportstar is a popular sports magazine published in India. ... The Padma Bhushan is an Indian civilian decoration established on January 2, 1954 by the President of India. ... CPI(M) flag The Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), is a political party in India. ... Flag of the Students Federation of India Students Federation of India (SFI) is one of the major student organisations of India. ... SFI can mean: Science Foundation Ireland Santa Fe Institute Sequential fuel injection Students Federation of India St. ... CPI(M) flag The Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), is a political party in India. ...

He graduated from Madras Christian College, Chennai in arts in 1964, went on to get a masters degree in arts from Presidency College, Chennai in 1966 and later an M.S. in comparative journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The Madras Christian College in Chennai, South India, is one of the oldest colleges of the Indian subcontinent and was established in 1837. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Presidency College is in Chennai, India and is considered to be the precursor of the University of Madras. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of the most prestigious schools of journalism in the United States. ...

Beginning his career in The Hindu as an Associate Editor in 1977, he was made the Washington Correspondent in 1980. N Ram's association with Frontline, dates back to 1984, when the magazine was started.

Ram has achieved several accolades such as, Asian Investigative Journalist of the Year (1990) Award conferred by the Press Foundation of Asia at the "One Asia Assembly", Manila, 1990 for "the courage and diligence which inspired him and his newspaper to continue searching for the truth in the now famous Bofors Case, the disciplined application of his journalistic idealism and the impact of his revelations on the Indian political scene"; the B.D. Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, 1989, shared with Chitra Subramaniam; National Citizen’s Award, 1995, New Delhi (with the citation reading "for his brave and fearless writings in the interest of the nation") and XLRI’s First JRD Tata Award for Business Ethics, awarded at this management institute’s 46th Annual Convocation at Jamshedpur on March 23, 2002 for "following rigorously the canons of journalism and ethics" and making "this ethics part of a corporate philosophy"[1]^{[citation needed]}. The Bofors Scandal was a major corruption scandal in India in the 1980s; the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and several others were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB for winning a bid to supply Indias 155 mm field howitzer. ... Ramnath Goenka ( रामनाथ गोयंका )(April 3, 1904 – October 5, 1991) was a freedom fighter and newspaper baron of India. ... Chitra Subramaniam(born 1958) is an Indian journalist famed for uncovering the Bofors scandal. ... The Xavier Labour Relations Institute is an Indian business school, located in the steel city of Jamshedpur. ... Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (July 29, 1904–November 29, 1993) was a pioneer aviator and important businessman of India. ... , Jamsehdpur   (जमशेदपूर in Devanagari) is a city located in the state of Jharkand in India, founded by the late Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata as Sakchi. ...

Prior to his present position he was Associate Editor until 1991 and then Editor of Frontline and Sportstar between 1991 and 2003. As a journalist & an editor he has bucked the trend by not giving in to Page-3 Culture & trivialising news. he was also a strong opponent of advertorials (the sale editorial space for the sake of advertsising) Sportstar is a popular sports magazine published in India. ...

Ram keep keen interest in cricket. He was a first class player himself. He had captained the Madras University team and also played for Tamil Nadu state in the Ranji Trophy tournament. He was a wicket keeper batsman.

Besides journalism, cricket and leftist ideologies, he is an ardent reader of literary works of various kinds. He had close friendship with many notable personalities including R.K.Narayan, E.M.S. Namboodiripad and Christiaan Barnard. R.K. Narayan - 1906 - 2001 Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan (October 10, 1906 - May 13, 2001) was an Indian novelist. ... Elankulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad (1909–1998), popularly known as EMS, was one of the architects of unified Kerala. ... Christiaan Neethling Barnard (November 8, 1922 – September 2, 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon. ...

Vidya Ram,N.Ram's only child (with Susan Ram) topped the prestigious Columbia School of Journalism in early 2007. Ram's first wife Susan was an Irish woman who was for many years in charge of Oxford University press publications in India. After separating from Susan, he is now married to Mariam (Mariam Chandy), a Kerala Syrian Christian.[1] , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ...

Ram is said to be the mastermind behind 'India-China Association of Journalists', a Chinese embassy-sponsored organisation specialising in arranging pleasure trips for Indian journalists to Mainland China and occupied-Tibet [2]

Noted Historian Ramachandra Guha unravelled the bogus stand of N.Ram on Human Right and freedom of press in his column in the The Telegraph[3] Ramachandra Guha in Chennai Ramachandra Guha (1958 - ) is a well-respected Indian social, environmental and cricket historian, academician and biographer. ...

External links

• Profile on chennaionline.com
• Ram! O Ram!