N. Ram is Chairman, THG Publishing Private Limited, The Hindu Group's publishing company, and has been in the media field since 1966. He is former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu, Frontline, BusinessLine, and Sportstar of The Hindu group of publications. He took his M.A. in History (with a First) from the Presidency College, Chennai, and an M.S. in Comparative Journalism, with Honors, from the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University.