OPEN

Open is an Indian English-language weekly magazine. It was launched on 2 April 2009 by the Open Media Network, the media venture of RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group. The current managing editor is P. R. Ramesh and the editor-in-chief is S. Prasannarajan. Previous editors were Sandipan Deb and Manu Joseph. History The Open Magazine was conceptualised by Sandipan Deb, who joined Open Media Network after having worked for several years at Outlook and Financial Express. He left in August 2010, reportedly to pursue personal interests. After Deb left, Manu Joseph took over as the Managing Editor. Hartosh Singh Bal was appointed as the political editor and Rahul Pandita was an associate editor. In November 2013, Hartosh Singh Bal was sacked. According Manu Joseph, the magazine's proprietor, Sanjiv Goenka, felt that Bal's writings and appearances on television were resulting in him "making a lot of ... political enemies." Joseph himself resigned soon afterwads, and P. R. Ramesh became managing editor.