The Smart Manager

{{short description|Indian management magazine}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}

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|editor = Tanmoy Goswami

|editor_title = Managing Editor

|previous_editor = Gita Piramal

|frequency = 6 times per year

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|category = Business, Management

|company = The Smart Manager Media Pvt. Ltd.

|publisher = Spenta Multimedia

|firstdate = February 2002

|country = India

|based = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

|language = English

|website = http://www.thesmartmanager.com

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The Smart Manager is India's first management magazine, launched in 2002 and published quarterly;{{cite news|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=10224|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020301070249/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=10224|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 March 2002|title=Smart Launch|date=19 February 2002|work=Indian Express|accessdate=4 August 2009}} the magazine has since changed to a bi-monthly publishing frequency.{{cite news|url=http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/izone1/izone_fullstory.asp?section_id=4&news_id=18742&tag=13469|title=The Smart Manager to be hosted on Moneycontrol.com |date=25 November 2005|publisher=Exchange4Media.com|accessdate=4 August 2009}} The magazine is published by Spenta MultiMedia{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/apr/16/ipc.pressandpublishing|title=IPC launches Hair in India|date=16 April 2007|work=The Guardian|accessdate=4 August 2009| location=London | first=Stephen | last=Brook}} and was initially founded by Mumbai business people Gita Piramal, Nitin Nohria and Sumantra Ghoshal, with Piramal as the editor.{{cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/women-power-lights-up-a-billion-hopes/95794/|title=Women Power Lights Up A Billion Hopes|date=14 December 2003|publisher=Financial Express|accessdate=4 August 2009}} The magazine has a knowledge partnership with CNBC-TV18 (the Indian venture of CNBC) and is hosted on their online platform.