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KARTHIKEYAN MANICKAM

Chief Sub-Editor (Dailyhunt)

#68/1, 1st Floor,

Big Street,

Nandhivaram,

Guduvanchery,

CHENNAI 603202. INDIA

Contact: +91-944-256-3832

E-mail: mkarthi2k6@; therasa2k12@

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More than 25 years of experience in news-writing, proofreading, and translation (EnglishTamil) * managing editorial projects * Leading/guiding team, coordinating with intra-teams & clients

Areas of Expertise

News-Writing

Proofreading

Copyediting

Translation (EnglishTamil)

Project Management

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Professional Experience

Chief Sub-Editor - Nov 2018 – Present

Verse Innovation Private Limited, Bengaluru

Writing exclusive stories for the mobile app – Dailyhunt:

• identifying a trending topic

• writing story on the particular topic

• creating and adding discussion-charcha-poll questions related to the topic

Posting news videos as various playlists on the mobile app – Dailyhunt:

• selecting videos from different sources and posting them every hour on the app

• arranging and rearranging the videos based on importance and/or genre

• providing suitable headline for each video

• quality checking of the videos posted

Chief Sub-Editor - May 2016 – Nov 2018

Greynium Information Technologies Private Limited, Bengaluru

Posting news briefs on the mobile app – 60SecondsNow (now, Newzly):

• selecting and posting ‘amuse me’, ‘educate me’ kinds of stories on the app

• handling the Tamil team of the app

• quality checking of the stories posted

• promoting the stories through social media like Facebook, Twitter, and Google+

Senior Sub-Editor - Dec 2014 – May 2016

Greynium Information Technologies Private Limited, Bengaluru

Posting news briefs on the mobile app – 60SecondsNow:

• handpicking trending news items

• modifying the items to our own standards

• editing the items to avoid typos, inconsistencies, etc.

• uploading the items instantly

Freelance Writer-Translator-Proofreader - May 2013 – Dec 2014

Taking up writing, translation, and proofreading works as a freelancer:

• translating & writing lifestyle- and business-related articles for , Bengaluru

• proofreading scientific research manuscripts and eBooks for Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru

• writing abstracts for articles on project management for Knobly, Bengaluru

• translating IT- and medical-related content from English to Tamil for Ronykan Translation Services, Ghaziabad and Valuepoint Knowledgeworks, Bengaluru

Project Manager - May 2007 – May 2013

Impelsys, Bengaluru

Promoted after being a project leader for two years:

• managing individual online/CD/e-pub/mobi projects effectively & efficiently in a deadline-driven and pressure-prone environment

• coordinating with team

• scheduling and ensuring release of products to client on time

• following processes to ensure quality of products even in critical situations

• estimating & maintaining project costs

• updating clients with weekly status reports

Key achievements: Handled online/CD/e-pub/mobi projects for a major US medical publisher and also other publishers; managed a couple of copyediting projects.

Project Leader - May 2005 – Apr 2007

Impelsys, Bengaluru

Promoted to lead a testing team of about 15 technical editors & test engineers:

• assigning tasks to team members

• compiling checklists and process documents to be followed by the team

• reviewing products before client-releases to ensure quality

Key achievements: 'Discovered' by Googling a comparison tool that saves a lot of time for a technical editor; never hesitated to stay back late in office during emergency releases.

Technical Editor - Nov 2004 – Apr 2005

Impelsys, Bengaluru

Employed to strengthen the content QC team:

• testing content in SGML files converted from Quark/PDF/OCR

Key achievements: Worked very hard as a content QC person to make client-releases on time; improved leadership skills.

Editorial Assistant - Sep 2003 – Nov 2004

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Voluntarily involved in the journal, and later worked for it:

• editing & proofreading science & technical manuscripts

• communicating to authors & reviewers

• managing subscriptions

Freelance Copyeditor-Proofreader-Writer - Jun 2003 – Sep 2003

Initiated copyediting, proofreading, and writing works as a freelancer:

• writing science articles for a daily newspaper and a few magazines

• copyediting & proofreading books/articles for Cosmic Strands (Bengaluru), Informatics India Private Limited (Bengaluru), and Editage (Mumbai)

Senior Subeditor - May 2002 – May 2003

, Bengaluru

Promoted to enlighten my own news-writing skills:

• translating/writing & editing news stories

Web Writer - Apr 2001 – Apr 2002

, Bengaluru

Joined to strengthen the team of this online news portal (now Oneindia):

• translating/writing news stories & uploading them to the portal site

Technical Assistant - Apr 1994 – Apr 2001

Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai

Started my career in the university's Department of Animal Behavior & Physiology:

• typesetting & proofreading scientific manuscripts, Ph.D. theses

• assisting research scholars in laboratory as well as in field

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Education

How to Use A Dictionary Correspondence Course Graduate, Applied Scholastics International, USA (In progress)

Learning How to Learn Correspondence Course Graduate, Applied Scholastics International, USA (2014)

B.A. (Science Communication), Madurai Kamaraj University, India (1993)

B.Sc. (Chemistry), Rajapalayam Rajus' College, India (1992)

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List of Published/Broadcasted Popular Articles

Print Media

← Are there Aliens on Earth?, Gyan Vitharanam, 49–52, 15 June – 14 July, 2014.

← Jurassic tree found: Being propagated, Gyan Vitharanam, 77–79, 15 March – 14 April, 2014.

← Looking with ‘ears’, Science Reporter, November 2006.

← It’s Abel for mathematics, Deccan Herald, December 16, 2003.

← Elephants as giant, rural cash cows, Science in Africa, November 2003.

← Bats love cherries, Deccan Herald, 26-Aug-2003.

← In a timeless world!, Deccan Herald, 22-Jul-2003.

← Tents for the women folk, Deccan Herald, 24-Jun-2003.

← 'Paarkkum' kaadhugal, Dinamani Kathir, 13-Sep-1998.

Electronic Media

← Written & presented 'Vilangugalin Vinodha Pazhakkangal' (Science Talklet on Animal Behavior) in the Science Section at the Madurai Station of All India Radio (broadcasted on 20- & 27-Jan-2001).

← Compeered youth program, 'Mannum Maniyum' and various rural programs in the Farm and Home Unit at the Madurai Station of All India Radio (broadcasted on 17-Oct-, 12-Dec-1995, 8-Jan-, 03-Feb-, 02-Mar- & 02-May-1996).

← Written & presented 'Ariviyal Arumbugal' (Science snippets) in the Youth Section at the Madurai Station of All India Radio (broadcasted on 26- & 30-Jun-1993 and 05- & 12-Dec-1993).

← Participated in a Discussion on 'Paaliyal Kalvi Avasiyamaa?' (Is the sex education necessary?) conducted by the Youth Section at the Madurai Station of All India Radio (broadcasted on 01-Aug-1993).

← Participated in a Quiz Program conducted by the Youth Section at the Madurai Station of All India Radio (broadcasted on 27-Oct-1991).

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Courses/Conferences Participated

← Professional Editing Workshop held at Cactus Communications Private Limited, Mumbai (16–17-Dec-2006).

← Business Communication Training held at NEXT, Bengaluru (21-Aug- to 01-Sep-2006).

← International Conference on Medical Writing, Editing and Publishing held at K. E. M. Hospital, Mumbai (23–26-Sep-2004).

← Round-Table Meeting on Issues in Digital Scientific Publishing held at Mathematics Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (19-Mar-2004).

← 'itt 2000' (Information Today & Tomorrow - Media Convergence and Knowledge Management) held at National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore (22–24-Nov-2000).

← Advances in Information Access and Science Communication held at M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai (16–17-Sep-2000).

← Multimedia Awareness Program held at ARENA MULTIMEDIA, Chennai.

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Membership with Bodies

← Life Member, Madurai Media Club

← Member, Tamil Nadu Science Forum

← Member, Tamilosai Ilaignar Mandram, BBC World Service

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