Journalist-turned-entrepreneur Dhanya Rajendran has been named one of India’s best entrepreneurs in Fortune magazine’s 40 under 40 list. The 36-year-old journalist turned entrepreneur in 2014, when she co-founded The News Minute, along with her husband Vignesh Vellore and veteran journalist Chitra Subramaniam.
The News Minute is a digital news website that predominantly focuses on the five southern states.
An alumnus of The Asian College of Journalism in Chennai, Dhanya began her career in the New Indian Express. She then joined Times Now as a reporter in 2005 and went on to become the Bureau Chief for South India.
According to the list, the organisation is also mulling a paid mobile application service.
Ritu Kapur, co-founder, Quintillion Media and an investor in TNM, told Fortune that Dhanya’s startup had developed a “very distinct voice”.
In an increasingly competitive digital news market, Rajendran’s startup has developed a “very distinct voice” on regional coverage in the English news media space.Ritu Kapur
Headquartered in Bengaluru, TNM has bureaus in all the five southern states. TNM recently won an award for the Best News Startup by Anna University’s Entrepreneurship Cell.
Fortune’s 40 under 40 list also includes names like designer Masaba Gupta, Urban Clap co-founders Abhiraj Bahl, Varun Khaitan and Raghav Chandra, Walt Disney’s Amrita Pandey and Byju’s founder Byju Raveendran.
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