Rajesh Mahapatra steps down as Editor at PTI
Prior to PTI, he worked with Hindustan Times for more than a decade
Rajesh Mahapatra, the editor of the news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) has called it quits, according to sources. He joined PTI last year in June after a close to 11-year-stint with the Hindustan Times.
In his career that spans over 25 years, Mahapatra has worked at various levels as a business journalist, political analyst, public policy expert, newsroom leader, and editor.
He also worked as columnist and commentator seeking to contribute to and shape public policy debates in Odisha and India at large. Mahapatra has also founded the Forum for Odisha Dialogues -- aka Odisha Alochana Chakra -- a non-partisan thought leadership forum dedicated to constructive discourse on the state's future.
Prior to PTI, he worked with Hindustan Times for more than a decade, where he led organisational change and digital innovation, and covered India's economic revolution for international publications such as the Associated Press and Bridge News.
