Senior journalist and political commentator Paranjoy Guha Thakurta was on Saturday appointed Editor of Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), a well-known academic weekly.
60-year-old Thakurta will take over from April one next in succession to Rammanohar Reddy, who had decided to step down at the end of March after 11 years as Editor.
The appointment was announced by Sameeksha Trust, which runs the highly-acclaimed weekly, after its trustees considered the recommendations of a Search Committee.
The statement said the meeting of the Trust also continued its earlier discussion on the 50th anniversary celebrations from August, 2016 to August, 2017.
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