Aroon Purie is an Indian businessman who is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of India Today and the Chief Executive of the India Today Group. He is also the Managing Director of Thomson Press (India) Limited and the Chairman and Managing Director of TV Today. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Reader's Digest India. He started his career in 1970 at Thomson Press as Production Controller and still continues to be its guiding force even though he recently handed over the reins to his son Ankoor Purie. Thomson press is the largest commercial printer in South Asia and with five facilities across India has a national presence. He began the India Today Group with an eponymous magazine in 1975. Today the group is India’s most diversified media group with 32 magazines, 7 radio stations, 4 TV channels, 1 newspaper, multiple web and mobile portals, a