Bobby Ghosh named TIME International editor

8220;Bobby,whose recent India stories for TIME have included profiles of cricket god Sachin Tendulkar; Bollywood star Aamir Khan and world chess champ Vishwanathan Anand,replaces Jim Frederick,who now becomes a contributing editor,8221; they said.

Bobby joined TIME in 1998 after ten years as a journalist

in India and two on the staff of the Far Eastern Economic

Review in Hong Kong.

8220;He became a senior editor at TIME Asia,where he wrote a

weekly TIME.com column called Sub continental Drift. Bobby

then moved to London to become a senior editor at TIME Europe

and in 2007,he became the first non-American World editor in

TIME8217;s history,8221; they wrote in the email.

Nelson and Stengel said during his five years as the Time

Baghdad bureau chief throughout the worst of the Iraq war,

Bobby wrote two of the most unforgettable cover stories: Life

in Hell,and Sunnis vs. Shi8217;ites.

8220;He was not only fearless in his work in Iraq but he was the guardian of all who worked for us in Baghdad,8221; they wrote.

8220;The breadth of his interests and the depth of his expertise is reflected in a sampling of his recent international covers,from soccer star Leo Messi to Bollywood icon Aamir Khan to a profile of Egyptian president Mohamad Morsi,8221; the email said.

8220;Every day,Bobby extends TIME8217;s reach on all platforms from his tweets Ghosh world 8220;food,football and foreign affairsnot necessarily in that order8221; to his frequent television appearances. His TED Talk on the End of Jihad has more than 350,000 views,8221; they said.

8220;He is entrepreneurial by nature and has many ideas on how

to grow the TIME brand,8221; the staff announcement email said.