Sunil Jain

Sunil Jain (196315 May 2021) was an Indian financial journalist associated with Indian print media including The Indian Express, Business Standard and The Financial Express. His focus spanned regulation, state policy interventions and industries including oil and gas, power, and telecommunications. He was the managing editor of the Financial Express at the time of his death.

Biography Jain did his schooling from St. Columba's School, Delhi. He was a graduate with a master's degree in economics from the Delhi School of Economics which he obtained in 1986. He was credited with managing the newspaper's circulation and readership in what was considered a competitive market. During this period, he also brought in respected columnists and an younger demographic of reporters. He spoke against regulatory capture and was a critic of actions by India's telecom and power sector regulators including being a critic of India's telecom policy. The prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, the president of India, Ram Nath Kovind, and the finance minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman were amongst those who expressed their condolences.

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