Sumana Sarkar

Introduction

Sumana Sarkar is Financial Express Digital’s Mumbai Bureau Chief and Editor- Markets. With over 22 years of experience as a business journalist. Her experience covers TV, print and digital media and she has been with Financial Express Online since 2022. Sumana brings years of digital editorial experience to the financial…Read More

Sumana Sarkar is Financial Express Digital’s Mumbai Bureau Chief and Editor- Markets. With over 22 years of experience as a business journalist. Her experience covers TV, print and digital media and she has been with Financial Express Online since 2022.

Sumana brings years of digital editorial experience to the financial desk, specialising in the synthesis of complex market data for a global audience. Her ‘lived experience’ is found in the rigorous daily auditing of official filings and policy updates that define the Indian financial market movement and track developments across the US and other key global markets.

Sumana focusses on getting the latest and updated information from the stock exchanges and brokerage houses, speaks to well-known market experts to add value to the write-ups and help readers get a definitive edge with the most relevant and reliable information from primary sources.

She regularly attends analyst meetings, earnings calls and industry and market experts to stay updated on pulse of the market, key trends and leading developments across equity markets.

For every data-driven article (FII trends, stock market development, etc.), Sumana exclusively uses official stock exchange filings, NSDL data and verified brokerage reports.

As an Editor -Markets, she acts as a critical gatekeeper, ensuring that every piece of YMYL content meets the highest standards of accuracy, transparency, and human-centric analysis.

In her current role she oversees day-to-day market coverage, planning and executing the top trending corporate stories and economic trend of the day along with interviewing industry leaders and leading market commentators.

Sumana specialises in
-Stock market coverage
-Tracks top IPOs
-Analysing FII flows
-Decoding quarterly earnings
-Big trending market-moving development
-Financial issues
-Economic trends

In the past two decades, Sumana has written over 5000 news pieces, single-handedly published a bi-weekly magazine and produced well over 200 TV shows, including documentaries and live shows.

Before joining Financial Express, Sumana spent 4 years with Autocar Professional, handling content for both the fortnightly magazine as the website. She has written extensively on key climate and alternate fuel issues, apart from interviewing marquee names in the auto world and ideating for the magazine’s special issues.

Sumana headed the market desk in CNBC-TV18 and was responsible for some of its flagship shows, including Power Breakfast, Business Lunch, Classroom and Taking Stocks. She was responsible for the market band programming on CNBC-TV18.

She started her career with the Current Affairs News Desk of ETV (now News18) and simultaneously reported for 11 vernacular channels.

When not scribbling news, Sumana is a food blogger and established Odissi dancer (recipient of the Maharashtra Governor’s Award) and is passionate about poetry and photography.

Sumana Sarkar Industry Experience

Year of Experience: 22
Qualification, Degree/Other Achievements:
- PG Diploma, Journalism from Indian Institute of Mass Communication
- Certificate in Public Policy from Takshashila Institution
Previous Experience: Autocar Professional, CNBC-TV18, ETV
Awards and Recognition: Gold medallist at IIMC

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