9.9 Media Launches CFO India Magazine

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Tuesday, November 03, 2009 -- (Business Wire India)

On its second anniversary, 9.9 Media – the New Delhi headquartered publishing house with several niche publications and services – announced the launch of CFO India – a monthly magazine dedicated to India’s senior finance community. Under the umbrella CFO Institute, 9.9 Media has been offering a range of products and services to serve the 5000-strong CFO community – including a unique and innovative programme for next-in-line CFOs across the country. Given its 360 degree approach to communities, a print product for the CFO community was clearly on the cards.

CFO India has a high-quality editorial team which is dedicated to filling the vacuum in the CFO publication space in India. Anuradha Das Mathur, Editor is often credited with having created the CFO community in India. N P Ullekh and Bennett Voyles, as a former Contributor for CFO Asia, bring the cutting-edge experience of business media and CFO-related issues . With the closure of CFO Asia and CFO China – the gap had become even more acute and presented the perfect opportunity for CFO India to be launched. The Group’s intention is to serve the finance community across all mediums – print, online and personalised face-to-face programmes, together with focused research output. A pre-eminent Advisory Council – which includes TV Mohandas Pai, Director, HR, Infosys; Suresh Senapaty, CFO and Director, Wipro; Don Durfee, Hong Kong Bureau chief, Reuters News, and former editor, CFO Asia; Bhagwan Chowdhry, Professor of Finance, UCLA Anderson; Ram Ramasundar, Group CFO, Jindal ITF, and Ameet Parikh, MD and Founding Partner, Axis Risk Consulting --- ensures the relevance, integrity and quality of CFO India magazine.

9.9 Media is one of India’s most diversified media companies that integrates its print, online, research and event platforms to serve highly-targeted communities such as Owner-Managers / Entrepreneurs, CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, CFOs, Manufacturing & Logistics professionals, IT professionals, Channel partners, Gamers, Personal technology enthusiasts and those leading institutes of higher education. Some of its leading brands include The CTO Forum, Digit, Industry 2.0, Logistics 2.0, Digit Channel Connect, SKOAR!, thinkdigit.com, consumermate.com and now the latest additions, CFO India and Edu. The 9.9 School of Convergence is focused on developing talent in journalism. 9.9 Media was founded by five professionals: Kanak Ghosh, Asheesh Gupta, Vikas Gupta, Anuradha Das Mathur and Pramath Raj Sinha. Its investors include Helion Venture Partners and TVS Capital Funds Ltd.