Pranay Gupte

Pranay Gupte "is a veteran international journalist, editor, author, and media consultant. His experience extends to virtually every part of the world, but most especially in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and the United States. Mr. Gupte has obtained exclusive interviews with top world leaders in politics, business, arts, culture, media, science, and other fields. In addition to his journalism and books, Mr. Gupte writes exclusive reports on India-US relations, geopolitics and investment for the American and international business communities.

"Most recently, Mr. Gupte's daily column "Lunch at The Four Seasons," was the most popular feature of The New York Sun over a two-year period. It profiled leaders in business, finance, industry, banking, investment, law, education, health, politics, diplomacy, media, the arts, entertainment, academe, government, and other fields. Mr. Gupte also wrote editorials and opinion articles for the paper on the Middle East, India, trade and business, and multilateral diplomacy.

"An economics graduate of Brandeis University, he also attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Mr. Gupte was a staff reporter and a foreign correspondent at The New York Times for 15 years. He was subsequently a global-affairs columnist at Newsweek International for 18 years, and a contributing editor at Forbes and Asian Finance magazines.

"He also founded and edited The Earth Times, a newspaper focusing on economic development and environmental security, and published the paper from 1991 to 2003.

"He has served as Business & Finance Editor of The New York Sun, Business Editor of The Daily Star in Beirut, and Global-Affairs Columnist at The Straits Times, Singapore. He has produced 50 documentaries for public television, and has appeared frequently as a guest commentator on economic and global affairs on CNN, PBS, NBC, ABC, BBC, Fox News, WCBS, and various radio stations, including National Public Radio.

"Mr. Gupte has also led a publishing company, Earth Times Books. He has designed and run Web sites for publications such as The Earth Times, and Present Tense Magazine.see

"Mr. Gupte has served as a media consultant for several institutions and commissions, including the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Brundtland Commission on Environment and Sustainable Development. He was the prime force behind the establishment of a private foundation in support of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

"He has moderated and appeared in panels at the World Economic Forum's Davos and regional meetings, Columbia University, the Asia Society, and other institutions. Mr. Gupte has written for many major magazines, including The Atlantic, Forbes, People, Reader's Digest, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, and the Harvard International Review.

"He is the author of six books, and is now working on a new book. One of his books, "Mother India: A Political Biography of Indira Gandhi," was the basis of a major television documentary. Another book, "The Crowded Earth: People and the Politics of Population," was the source material for a 13-part TV series, "Profiles in Progress."

"Mr. Gupte is an elected life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House, London).

"Mr. Gupte’s personal Web site is www.pranaygupte.com"


 * Senior Information Adviser for the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
 * Media Observer at the Amman Roundtable on Middle East Humanitarian Issues, convened to assess the impact of the Gulf Crisis. Amman (Jordan), January 1991.
 * Co-Chairman of an international seminar on media and development issues, hosted by The Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Lake Como, Italy, November-December 1988.
 * Director, American Forum for Global Education