C. Rammanohar Reddy

C. Rammanohar Reddy is a writer and commentator based in Hyderabad.

After a bachelor’s degree in Physics, he obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Following a two-year stint at the Planning Commission of the Government of India, he pursued an MPhil in Applied Economics, and then a PhD in Economics, both at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram, with degrees awarded by the Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was briefly on the faculty of CDS.

From 1988 onwards, he has been in the media. From 1988 to 1993 he was an Assistant Editor at Deccan Herald , Bengaluru, where he wrote commentary on economic policy. From 1993 to 2004 he was with The Hindu , first at Chennai and then Hyderabad. His areas of work were again a focus on economic policy, writing editorials, articles for the editorial page. He also reported on the annual/ministerial conferences of the World Trade Organisation and the IMF-World Bank.

He left The Hindu in 2004 when he was Associate Editor to become Editor of Economic and Political Weekly , Mumbai. He was Editor of EPW until March 2016, for over 11 years. During this period he oversaw the expansion of EPW into new areas, the establishment of new areas of activity and the strengthening of a digital edition of the journal.

Article Published in The Hindu : George Thomas, C. Rammonohar Reddy, 2016. " Privileging primary care ", The Hindu , August 30.