Hatim Kantawalla appointed group technology editor for Network18
04 Jun 2009
Network 18 today hyas appointed Hatim Kantawalla as its group technology editor, to head the editorial operations of Network18's tech media brands - Chip (a monthly magazine licensed from Hubert Burda, Germany and published by Infomedia18), T3 (a monthly magazine licensed from Future Publishing, UK and published by Infomedia18), tech2.com and biztech2.com.
Prior to joining Network 18, Kantawalla was the Associate Publisher of PC Magazine and was responsible for the business unit's P&L in Dubai, UAE. He has previously worked in the capacity of editor-in-chief for magazines like PC Magazine M&NE, ARN and the Official Playstation Magazine.
He has earlier been the deputy head, test centre, CHIP, Network Computing and CRN at Jasubhai Digital Media, India.
Kantawalla, who has over nine years of editorial, general and project management experience with tech media companies in India and the Middle East, holds a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Mumbai.
A die-hard tech enthusiast, at various times during his career, he has also been responsible for overall technological direction and management of the IT Infrastructure of the companies he has worked with.
