The Source is a specialised content solutions company founded by people with a unique understanding of the communication process in India.

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Books, newsletters, web content, annual reports… whatever you are looking for, we can help. The Source is a specialised content solutions company founded by people with a unique understanding of the communication process in India.

Source Strategic Communication Pvt. Ltd.

We are a specialised content solutions company founded by people with a unique understanding of the communication process in India through long years of journalistic experience in national and international media and corporate communications expertise, working with marquee clients.

SSCPL provides comprehensive editorial consultancy across media formats for brochures, annual reports, newsletters, newspapers, books, authored articles, speeches, films, and digital media content.

We have worked with clients from various industries, including Arts and Culture, Automobiles, BFSI, CSR foundations, Entertainment, Engineering, FMCG, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Telecom.


The Team

Raju Kane

Managing Partner

Journalist, author and corporate communicator, Raju has over 35 years of experience in media and communications, having worked in senior capacities in media houses like The Times of India Group, Business India, Business Standard, and British Broadcasting Corporation. His corporate communications experience includes stints with Essar, Edelweiss and Reliance Industries. He was with Sampark PR, one of India’s largest public relations firms twice – initially as a co-founder and the second time as its CEO and Managing Partner. In 2013, he was included in the Hall of Fame by the Public Relations Council of India.

Menka Shivdasani

Partner and Head, Content

An internationally acclaimed poet, author, and journalist with over 35 years of experience, Menka has worked in senior journalistic capacities in media houses like South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), Business India Group, Mid-day, Observer Group, and Afternoon Group. She has also been a columnist for Hindu Business Line, The Pioneer and The Daily Star (Bangladesh). She is the recipient of a Rabindranath Tagore Literary Award certificate for ‘excellent contribution to literature’ and the Ethos Literary Award 2019.

Shilpa Dinesh

Head, Graphic Design

Shilpa has been a designer in the Print media for the past 15 years. Her first stint was with The Source, working on features such as Times Property and ET Realty for The Times of India (TOI) group. She was also involved with several coffee table books produced by The Source, apart from TOI’s property magazine House Hunt, and Annual reports of Lupin, Novartis and Shanmukhanand Hall. She has worked with Outlook Group for People Magazine and was part of the founding team of ‘The Drawing Board Gift Wrapping Ideas’ brand.

Shashikant Patil

Head, Photography

An alumnus of the L.S. Raheja School of Art, Bandra, Shashikant Patil is a National award-winning photographer with numerous exhibitions of his work to his credit.

Abhishek Raghunath

Writer

Abhishek has been in the business of writing since 2002 where he wrote for Mid-day, Gulf News and Times of India supplements before joining the sports desk at Times Now in 2006. He turned to business journalism with The Times of India in 2007 before moving to the launch team at Forbes India in 2008. After a long stint at Forbes India, Abhishek went on to launch and edit www.baysidejournal.com, a micro-lifestyle website.

Bhupendra Singh – Graphic Designer

A graphic designer since June 2008, Bhupendra began his career with Bhopal’s leading Hindi daily newspaper Raj Express. He has worked with Absolute India, a daily published from Mumbai, Delhi and Bhopal and as a freelancer on a project with Inopen Technologies Pvt. Ltd IIT Bombay.

The Source follows an asset-light model working with a large pool of writers, photographers, and graphic designers on an assignment basis whenever required.