Shobhana Bhartia (born 1957) is the Chairperson and Editorial Director of the Hindustan Times group, one of India's leading newspaper and media houses. She has also recently taken charge as the Pro Chancellor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. She looks after editorial as well as financial aspects, and is credited with raising Rs. 400 crore through a public equity launch of the HT Media group in September 2005[1]. The name is sometimes written Shobhana Bharatiya or Bhartiya, but the preferred spelling is Bhartia.