Sucheta Dalal
Sucheta Dalal (born 1962) is an Indian business journalist and author. She has been a journalist for over two decades and was awarded a Padma Shri for journalism in 2006. She was the Financial Editor for the Times of India until 1998 when she joined the Indian Express group as a Consulting Editor, leaving in 2008. She is known for exposing the 1992 stock market scam propagated by Harshad Mehta.
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Dalal receiving Padma Shri from the President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 2006 | |
| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
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| Occupation | Business journalism |
| Known for | 1992 Indian stock market scam |
| Notable work | 1992 securities scam |
| Spouse | Debashis Basu |
| Awards | Padma Shri in 2006 |
| Website | moneylife |
In 2006, she began to write for Moneylife, a fortnightly magazine on investment started by her husband Debashis Basu. She is now the Managing Editor of Moneylife. In 2010, responding to poor financial literacy in India, she and her husband founded Moneylife Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation based in Mumbai. She is a member of the Investor Education & Protection Fund of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. In 1992, she was honoured with the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons.