Times of India recently announced internal restructuring which included various elevations and the new appointments. Rohit Saran has been appointed as Executive Editor.
Saran has held a string of leadership positions over the past decade, he was executive editor of India Today, editor of Money Today and Business Today, executive editor of The Economic Times, editor-at-large with the India Today Group, and editor of Khaleej Times. As executive editor of ET, he launched ET Wealth and re-launched ET on Sunday.
Saran will oversee the business and features sections, work closely with the design & graphics team, as well as seek technology solutions to further enhancing coordination between editions.
The announcement also mentioned the elevation of Diwakar to executive editor from his current position of associate executive editor. Diwakar was Political Editor at ET before he moved to TOI in 2004 as Political Editor and Chief of the National Bureau.
Arindam Sengupta has been redesignated as Managing Editor of TOI. Rohit and Diwakar will report to Arindam.
Deputy executive editor Derick D'Sa is being elevated to associate executive editor; in addition to running Mumbai, he will oversee Pune. Nagpur. Goa and Madhya Pradesh.
Vikas Singh has been promoted to deputy executive editor from his current position as assistant executive editor. Besides managing Delhi and the front page, Singh will oversee UP, Punjab. Haryana and Rajasthan.
Shankar Raghuraman has been elevated to Deputy Executive Editor from his current position of Assistant Executive Editor.
