Naren Karunakaran

CASI Fall 2016 Visiting Fellow
Senior Journalist, The Economic Times

CASI residence
10/2016 - 11/2016

Naren Karunakaran is a Senior Journalist with The Economic Times, India's largest financial daily and has, in recent years, focused exclusively on corporate responsibility/sustainability issues including affirmative action in the private sector and philanthropy. His prime motive has been mainstreaming these issues and infusing a developmental hue to business journalism. Previously, he held key positions at The Indian Express, BusinessWorld, and Outlook Business. He was an Oxfam Fellow on Trade and Development and has attended a summer school at the LSE and a management development program at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.