Mumbai: Nalin Mehta has been appointed the managing editor of Moneycontrol. He has been Network 18’s group consulting editor for the past year.

He has previously held leadership roles like executive editor at The Times of India-Online; managing editor, at India Today (an English TV channel); and consulting editor at The Times of India.

Prior to Moneycontrol, Nalin was dean and professor at the School of Modern Media, UPES University, where he had conceptualised and conducted courses on digital journalism.

He has also worked with the UN and international financing institutions like the Global Fund in Geneva, Switzerland; taught and held research positions at various universities and institutions in Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, and India.

He continues to be a non-resident senior fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.

A DFID-Commonwealth scholar, Nalin has done his PhD in Politics from La Trobe University, Melbourne; M.A. International Relations, University of East Anglia, UK, and B.A. Journalism (honours) from University of Delhi.