Mumbai: According to a LinkedIn update, Google has appointed Durga Raghunath as head of news partnerships - India. Previously, she was the head of digital at Times of India associated with Times Internet.

Raghunath, formerly, worked as senior vice president of growth at Zomato and was also the CEO – digital at The Indian Express. Simultaneously, she was the co-founder and CEO of Juggernaut Books and CEO of Network18 Digital/Web18. During her career, Raghunath has had stints at publications such as The Wall Street Journal, LiveMint, HarperCollins and Orient Longman. She is an alumnus of India School of Business and Columbia University.  

With over two decades of experience, Raghunath’s expertise lies in digital media and commerce, product development, consumer technology, mobile experiences and monetisation of digital products via ads, daily transactions and subscriptions.