Top Gear (Indian magazine)
The Indian edition of BBC TopGear is published by Worldwide Media Pvt. Ltd, a sub-division of The Times of India Group formed in 2005 as a joint venture with the BBC.
The magazine is published out of the Times of India Building, opposite Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Railway Station. The first edition was launched in September 2005.
BBC TopGear is an automotive magazine with a lifestyle flavor. So apart from road tests its USP are its surreal features which normally test the cars and bikes in various environment and talks a lot about driver interactions with the car and not just the technical specifications. The magazine has made a niche for itself with its take on automotive journalism.
WWM, led by Deepak Lamba, also publishes other popular titles like Femina, Filmfare, Grazia India, Hello, BBC Good Homes India, BBC Knowledge and Lonely Planet Magazine India.Editorial team
- Girish Karkera
- Debabrata Sarkar
- Agasti Kaulgi
- Devesh Shobha
- Ashok George
- Samarpan Bhowmik
- Aatish Mishra
- Tejal Bhatkar
Contributors
Srinivas KrishnanDesign team
- Kiran Jadhav,
- Rajeev Gaikwad
Contributing Photographers
Himanshu Pandya, Parag Parelkar, Somdutta Nhawkar, Shashank MB
