Native name অভীক সরকার Parents Ashok Kumar Sarkar Name Aveek Sarkar Siblings Arup Sarkar | Occupation Businessman Ethnicity Bengali | |
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Children Chiki Sarkar, Aritra Sarkar | ||
Grandparents Prafulla Kumar Sarkar | ||
Sri aveek sarkar delivering inaugural speech at sera bangali 2015 event
Aveek Sarkar (Bengali: অভীক সরকার) is an Indian newspaper promoter and proprietor. He is the Vice Chairman and Editor Emeritus of ABP Group. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Anandabazar Patrika and The Telegraph. He was also the Chief Editor of ABP Group of publications. He was ranked as one of the most powerful Indians in 2009 by The Indian Express. He played vital roles during the formation of Penguin India, the Indian counterpart of Penguin Books and during the acquisition of STAR News in 2003.
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- Sri aveek sarkar delivering inaugural speech at sera bangali 2015 event
- Shera bangali inauguration speech by aveek sarkar
- Personal life
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Sarkar spent a year as an understudy to Sir Harold Evans in Britain, taking time to understand what went on at the previous two papers at which Evans had worked - The Northern Echo and the Manchester Evening News - before joining him at The Sunday Times.
Shera bangali inauguration speech by aveek sarkar
Personal life
Sarkar is known to having strong opinions about most issues. He is known to have pro BJP views. But he refrains from bringing most of these stances to his business and editorial meetings, according to a profile by Nicholas Coleridge in Paper Tigers.
