Huffington Post India’s editor Sruthijith KK has quit the company. The move was first reported by Livemint. While confirming the move to Medianama, Sruthijith said, " It's been a real privilege to set up and lead an amazing team of journalists at Huffpost India for nearly three years now. Now I'm off to pursue different challenges". Sruthijith was part of the team that started Huffington Post’s India edition in December 2014, and was appointed as editor in the same year. On his exit, a spokesperson from Times Bridge said, "We are able to confirm that Sruthijith has stepped down as editor-in-chief of HuffPost India after nearly three years in the role. As of today, Rituparna Chatterjee will be interim editor-in-chief. Sruthijith has been instrumental in taking HuffPost India to where it is today and we wish him the best in his future endeavours. We are proud to be able to call Sruthijith an alumnus of HuffPost India." Prior to Huffington Post, Sruthijith worked with Quartz India as its founding editor. Before that, he was with the Times of India group, working at the Economic Times. Prior to joining ET, he was with ContentSutra, before which, he was with Mint. India is edition is 12th International edition for Huffington Post which already offers dedicated editions for Brazil, Canada, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Japan and Korea among others. Note that, the launch in 2014 was much delayed, as Huffington Post tried to set up Indian operations in 2012 and before that in 2011, but it…
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