T N Ninan is former editor and chairman of Business Standard, as well as former executive editor of India Today. He has been president of the Editors Guild of India, chairman of Media Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry, chairman of the Society for Environmental Communication, and a member of the Board of Trade. He has served on the Board of the Shri Ram School, and is a member of Indo-German Consultative Group as well as a trustee of Aspen Institute India. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including the B D Goenka award for excellence in journalism.