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a) Chief of Bureau (politics and policies), The Telegraph From: April 2013 Responsibilities: (1) Leading the team of reporters to generate news on politics, economics and policies. (2) Ideating and commissioning reports on latest political and socioeconomic issues (3) Rewriting stories filed by the reporters (4) Co-ordinating with the news editor on how to treat news items (b) Chief Reporter, The Telegraph From: April 2007 to March 2012 Responsibilities: Almost similar assignments, but emphasis was more on getting spots/incidents covered properly in the newspaper and the focus was more on Calcutta. (c) Special Correspondent, NDTV Between: September 2005 and July 2006 Responsibilities: Generating news content from West Bengal, especially Calcutta, co-ordinating with representatives across West Bengal and the national bureau (d) Principal Correspondent, The Telegraph Between: March 2000 and August 2005 Responsibilities: Specialising on IT industry and economic policy issues -- both in the state and at the centre -- and tracking developments in premier academic institutes like IITs and IIMs and churning out stories on a regular basis. (e) Economic analyst, Indian Chamber of Commerce Between: August-1997 to Feb-2000. Responsibilities: (1) Analysis of latest economic trends and preparing reports. (2) Organizing meetings, planning and managing official events (3) Liasoning with corporate houses, government bodies and consulates (4) Editing and publishing the chamber's monthly newsletters (5) Writing speeches for the chamber's president and committee members