Biography of Vir Sanghvi

(Born: 5 July 1956, London, United Kingdom)

One of the best-known faces of Indian journalism, Vir Sanghvi has held many a coveted and high-profile media position in his illustrious career. His Editorship of the Hindustan Times is the latest in a long line of editorships that started very early in his life.

Educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, and Oxford University, Sanghvi was just 22 when he became the Founder Editor of Bombay Magazine', possibly one of India's oldest magazines, which he joined in 1983. He shot to national fame when he became the Editor of 'Sunday, India's largest selling magazine, aged just 30. Later he was appointed as the consulting Editor of Ananda Bazaar Patrika' group in 1997. In 1999, he was appointed the Editor of the 'Hindustan Times'.

Meanwhile, he has embarked on a paralleled career on a different medium - television. But it was his shows on the Star Network - A Question of Answer and the ongoing 'Star Talk' that his popularity reached unprecedented levels.