About Us

India Tribune, as an English Bi-weekly newspaper, was launched in 1977 in Chicago by its publisher Prashant Shah with a lofty ideal to serve the Asian Indian community in the USA. Over the years, it has grown with all vigor, and now it is being published in three editions – Chicago, New York and Atlanta. India Tribune, a journal of its kind for the family in the USA, has been a household name for many Indians for over four decades with each issue commanding a readership of much over 150,000.

Besides print edition, India Tribune has a Digital Edition for every issue which has more pages with many interesting articles. Each issue of the Digital Edition is  also circulated via e-mail to over 1,50,000 Indians living in North America. We are anticipating the readers to be increasing multiple folds through upcoming digital and social media platforms.

India Tribune’s readers include a broad spectrum of English-speaking intellectuals and professionals like doctors, engineers, lawyers, educationists, and an enterprising trading community, besides housewives, the youth and children.

India Tribune maintains high journalistic standards. It focuses on the issues faced by the community, fights for their rights, highlights the achievements of the individuals and recognizes those who make a mark in their chosen fields. As an issue-based family newspaper, India Tribune, through its editorials, dares to take bold stand to seek justice to all. In short, India Tribune takes a better view – near, far, farther and beyond.

With 45+ years of publishing excellence, India Tribune is officially endorsed and honored by American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA), and National Federation of Indian Associations (NFIA) besides many regional community organizations for its community services. This subscription-based India Tribune is well received by its readers year after year for its unbiased stand and issue-oriented incisive crusade.

India Tribune enjoys a fruitful business relationship with General Motors, Toyota, Dish Network,  DirecTV, ZeeTV, Comcast, Citibank, Chase Bank, PNC Bank, Western Union, State Farm Insurance Co., MetLife, New York Life, American Express, Walmart, Air India, Lufthansa Airlines, Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways, Marriott Hotels, Rosemont Convention Center, and real estate developers like Donald Trump, Belgravia Group, American Invsco, Magellan Development Group, MCL Properties and many more, who specialize  in marketing of downtown condominiums in the US, as well as many real estate developers from India. Our motto is to inform, educate and entertain our readers.

Prashant Shah – Publisher
Prashant, a chemist by education, came to the USA in 1971 to study chemical engineering at Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He later moved to Chicago, where he saw the need for a quality newspaper for the Chicago Indian community.  This idea had motivated him to start India Tribune in 1977. As the publisher, Prashant takes care of marketing and all financial matters.