N. Murali
Narasimhan Murali is currently Director of The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited that publishes The Hindu and other allied publications. He is also the Director of the holding company, Kasturi and Sons limited.
Career
In a career spanning over four decades Murali handled all non-editorial and business functions focussing on finance, advertisement, circulation, administration and other commercial aspects.Posts held in Newspaper and Media Industry bodies:
President of the Indian Newspaper Society -
Chairman, Council of Management, Audit Bureau of Circulations ;
chairman, National Readership Studies Council ;
chairman, Board of Governors, Advertising Standards Council of India Elected as first board member from South Asia of IFRA, Darmstadt, Germany ; Member of the Board of World Association of Newspapers, Paris
Chairman, Board of Trustees of Press Institute of India – RIND.
Conferred "Distinguished Service Award" by the Advertising Club Chennai in 1995 for contribution to Advertising.
Other interests
Trustee of The Music Academy, Madras ; Currently, President of The Music Academy, Madras, in ChennaiHe has held administrative positions as chairman, Finance Committee and a vice-president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
President, Tamil Nadu Tennis Association,
Trustee, Media Development Foundation, Chennai;
Member of the Board of Governors of Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.