Top Gear (Indian magazine)
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| CCO and Editor | Girish Karkera |
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| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Worldwide Media Pvt. Ltd. |
| First issue | September 2005 |
| Company | BBC Worldwide Limited |
| Country | India |
| Based in | Mumbai |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
The Indian edition of BBC TopGear is published by Worldwide Media Pvt. Ltd (WWM), a sub-division of The Times of India Group formed in 2005 as a joint venture with the BBC.[1]
The magazine is published out of the Times of India Building, opposite Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Railway Station. The first edition was launched in September 2005.
BBC TopGear is an automotive magazine with a lifestyle flavor. So apart from road tests its USP are its surreal features which normally test the cars and bikes in various environment and talks a lot about driver interactions with the car and not just the technical specifications. The magazine has made a niche for itself with its take on automotive journalism.
WWM, led by Deepak Lamba (CEO), also publishes other popular titles like Femina, Filmfare, Grazia India, Hello, BBC Good Homes India, BBC Knowledge and Lonely Planet Magazine India. Joji Varghese is the publisher, print and production controller of TopGear India.
Contents
Editorial team
- Girish Karkera (Editor)
- Murali K. Menon (Managing Editor)
- Sriram Narayanan (Deputy Editor)
- Abhinav Mishra (Features Editor)
- Christopher Chaves (Assistant Features Editor)
- Devesh Shobha (Features Editor)
- Agasti Kaulgi (Road Test Editor)
- Amaan Ahmed (Copy Editor)
- Tejal Bhatkar (Senior Editorial Coordinator)
Contributors
Abhishek Mishra, Debabrata Sarkar, Rishaad Saam Mehta, Shreenand Sadhale
Design team
- Kiran Jadhav (Senior Art Director),
- Jagdish Limbachiya (Deputy Art Director),
- Laxman V. Sarmalkar (Senior Graphic Designer),
- Rajeev Gaikwad (Photographer),
Contributing Photographers
Himanshu Pandya, Nitin Rose, Parag Parelkar, Shashank MB, Somdutta Nhawkar, Varun Chawla, Adil Khan
See also
- Top Gear (magazine)
- Dhaval Dhairyawan (Former Chief Photographer)
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