Uninor appoints Anurag Prasad as Head External Communications

Uninor, one of India’s fastest growing telecom operators, has announced the appointment of its new Head External Communications - Anurag Prasad.

He takes this position in the corporate office of Uninor in Gurgaon from his former responsibility as the Senior Editor at Fortune India. In his new role, Anurag will be broadly responsible for handing media relations and editorial for all external messaging for Uninor.

Anurag brings with him more than 15 years of experience in journalism and a sharp media insight as well as editorial skills. He joined Fortune India in April 2010 and was working as the Senior Editor. Through the path of his professional life, apart from Fortune he has worked with some of the finest and leading periodicals in India such as Outlook Business and Voice and Data.

"I welcome one of the seasoned and veteran journalists to Uninor family. With his set of skills and experience in journalism, he will be an asset to the Uninor team. We are delighted to have him on board,” said Pooja Thakran, Chief Communication Officer and Head of Corporate Responsibility, Uninor.

A graduate in Political science from Delhi University, Anurag also holds a post graduate diploma in Journalism from Indian Institute of Mass Communication. In initial phase of his career he worked with Voice and Data magazine from 2003 to 2005. Later in 2006 he joined Outlook Business where he spent 4 years working as the Assistant editor, post which he joined Fortune India.