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* Chiki Sarkar<br />
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* Aloka Sarkar (mother)<br />
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'''Aveek Sarkar''' ([[language|Bengali]]: অভীক সরকার; born 9 June 1945) is an Indian newspaper promoter and proprietor. He is the present chairman of Press Trust of India and vice chairman and editor emeritus of [[ABP Group]]. Previously he was editor-in-chief of ''[[Anandabazar Patrika]]'' and [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|''The Telegraph'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Sarkar Family |url=https://india.mom-gmr.org/en/owners/individual-owners/detail/owner/owner/show/the-sarkar-family/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=india.mom-gmr.org |language=en}}</ref> He was also the chief editor of ABP Group of publications.<ref name="ABP Corporate Website">Source: [http://www.abp.in/2007-04.html ABP Corporate Website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214210508/http://www.abp.in/2007-04.html |date=14 February 2012 }} 12 October 01:00 AM [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]</ref> He was ranked as one of the most powerful Indians in 2009 by ''[[The Indian Express]]''.<ref>Source: [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2009-7579/432799/2 Indian Express].</ref> He played vital roles during the formation of Penguin India, the Indian counterpart of [[Penguin Books]] and during the acquisition of [[STAR News]] in 2003.<ref name="ABP Corporate Website"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Aveek Sarkar Emerging Star Winner |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/aveek-sarkar-emerging-star-winner/91669/0 |publisher=The Financial Express |date=11 September 2003 |accessdate=19 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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Sarkar spent a year as an understudy to Sir [[Harold Evans]] in Britain, taking time to understand what went on at the previous two papers at which Evans had worked – ''[[The Northern Echo]]'' and the ''[[Manchester Evening News]]'' – before joining him at ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Sarkar is known to having strong opinions about most issues. He refrains from bringing most of these stances to his business and editorial meetings, according to a profile by [[Nicholas Coleridge]] in ''Paper Tigers''.<br />
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