Profile: Biswarup Gooptu, Principal Correspondent, The Economic Times

With more than seven years of full-time reporting experience, he has worked with some of the most
globally recognized news and media outlets, often under rigorous and demanding conditions that have
required strong organizational, technical, analytical and inter-personal skills. His abilities in multi-tasking
and ensuring quick and accurate turnaround of high-quality editorial content across various media
platforms, critical in today's fast-paced news environment, have made him stand in good stead.

He covers private equity, venture capital and new economy businesses for India's largest financial
broadsheet - The Economic Times - focusing on risk capital transactions, entrepreneurship, mergers and
acquisitions, policy issues and writing sector-focused analyses. Related areas of concentration include,
technology, consumer technology, infrastructure, renewable energy, healthcare, micro-finance and impact
investing.

Separately, he has also written on India's defence and aerospace sectors, focusing largely on strategic
issues. His areas of concentration include reporting on defence policy, defence procurement, production
and military infrastructure.

His past experience includes Thomson Reuters and The Telegraph.

At Thomson Reuters, he has reported as Equities Correspondent for 3 years extensively on small and
mid-cap Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and diversified industrials. His responsibilities included
reporting on company financials, breaking news, mergers and acquisitions, and writing in-depth financial
analyses on companies under his beat. He was also a core member of the Thomson Reuters Headlines
News team that sent out breaking news alerts on all companies listed on North American bourses.

At The Telegraph, he worked as a correspondent and covered the information technology, real estate and
education sectors. Was also part of the general news bureau, reporting on regional and national political
events.

Following are links to a few of his articles with The Economic Times:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/retail/jabong-to-launch-technology-lab-for-big-
innovations/articleshow/45829963.cms

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/retail/flush-with-wall-street-funding-snapdeal-and-
myntra-kick-off-2015-with-big-sales/articleshow/45770106.cms

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/emerging-businesses/startups/tpg-leads-rare-pe-investment-
in-e-commerce-sees-valyoo-technologies-at-100-million/articleshow/45724192.cms