Saurabh Dwivedi exits Lallantop, Kuldeep Mishra to lead

MUMBAI: After twelve eventful years of building stories, shaping voices and redefining Hindi digital journalism, Saurabh Dwivedi is set to move on from the India Today Group to explore new creative opportunities, according to sources within the team.

Dwivedi, editor of Lallantop and India Today Hindi, leaves behind one of the most distinctive success stories in India’s digital media space. An in-house talent who grew up in the MediaPlex ecosystem, he joined the group as features editor at aajtak.in and went on to co-create Lallantop, a platform that struck a rare balance between credibility, clarity and popular appeal.

Under his leadership, Lallantop became a go-to destination for young audiences across India’s heartland. Today, the platform counts nearly 35 million YouTube subscribers and clocked more than 250 million views last month alone. Just as important as the numbers was the newsroom culture he helped build, a team of young journalists producing alternative news with confidence and consistency.

Taking over full editorial responsibility for Team Lallantop is Kuldeep Mishra, while Rajat Sain will lead the production team. Both are founding members who have witnessed and shaped Lallantop’s evolution from its earliest days. Mishra is already a familiar face through the LT Show and Netanagari, while Sain has steered the platform through multiple production transformations.

The transition has been welcomed internally as a homegrown change of guard, one that keeps the spirit of Lallantop firmly intact.

As for Dwivedi, the newsroom may miss his presence, but the anticipation around his next act has already begun. Sometimes, the best stories are the ones yet to be told.