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Profile of a SAJAer:
Manjeet Kripalani

Bombay bureau chief, BusinessWeek

MANJEET KRIPALANI is Mumbai bureau chief of Business Week magazine.
Prior to her
move to India in 1996, she was a long-time business reporter in New York and an active member of SAJA.

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JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
1996- present BusinessWeek magazine, New York Bureau chief, India.
Covering business, economics, politics.
1994-1995 Worth magazine, New York. Associate editor; Personal investing and investigative stories
1989-1994 Forbes magazine, New York. Deputy chief of reporters, 1993-94; managed 25 reporters Reporter, 1989-94; bond market research, company stories US and international, specific interest in power industry.
1986-88 BusinessWorld magazine, Bombay
1982-83 Sub-editor/correspondent; Corporate news and personalities

EDUCATION
1988 Columbia University, New York Master of International Affairs. Buttenweiser Fellow.
1981-84 Bombay University, Bombay Bachelor of Law (LLB). Emphasis: Private & Public International law.
1977-81 Bombay University, Bombay Bachelor of Arts. Emphasis: English literature, Indian history

AWARDS, ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AFFILIATIONS
1999 Outstanding story on South Asia (print), South Asian Journalists Association, New York, for BusinessWeek cover feature on Indian Institutes of Technology.

1984 Attorney, Bombay High Court (Original Side), Bombay

1983-85 Articled with solicitors Bhaishanker, Kanga & Girdharlal, Bombay Constitutional & Civil law; drafted plaints, petitions; court appearances

1986 Honorary Secretary, the Jai Vakeel School for Children in Need of Special Care, Sewri, Bombay.
Assisted in editing and proofing prescribed LLB student law guides.

Rotary scholar to the US.

Additional coursework: Securities Analysis, New York University.

Travel: Asia, Europe, USA.

Member, Union League Club, New York

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