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Two way publication options
Execlient gets your brand featured in The Hindu as a paid story on thehindu.com, and books a print or online ad where an ad suits you better. Here is what each side holds, and which options are ads.
One paid article about your business in Brandhub, the branded-content section of thehindu.com, kept apart from the news pages.
A paid, story-style page in the paper. Whether one is open, in which edition and with which label is confirmed with The Hindu before you pay.
Your product or service in a list-style paid piece. Never a ranking, and never a "best of" pick by The Hindu.
Your own creative, booked edition by edition, from Chennai to Delhi. An ad, not a feature.
A post about your story on The Hindu Reader Connect page on Facebook, sold with some Brandhub packages.
Your creative in MetroPlus, Education Plus, Property Plus or Opportunities, on the day that supplement runs.
Display and video ads on thehindu.com and its app. Your creative, and clearly an ad, not a feature.
Premium ad positions, such as the front page or a jacket. Still an ad, never a news story.
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Who is Execlient
Execlient is a full-stack digital agency in Gurugram, working with brands since 2015. We bring strategy, branding, websites, performance marketing and AI automation under one roof, so every part of your marketing works towards the same goal: more enquiries, more customers and more sales.
Your customers are already searching, scrolling and reading. We make sure they find you there: a brand they remember, a website that works on every phone, and ads on Google, Instagram and LinkedIn that bring in calls, not just clicks.
Good marketing starts with a plan, not a post. We study your market, your competitors and your numbers, then build campaigns and content around who your buyers are, what they look for and why they should pick you.
Once the basics work, we scale what's working. Ads, content and AI automation run together, and every month you see the calls, leads and sales they brought in, so each rupee you spend has a clear job.
Strategy + Creativity + Technology + AI = One Growth Partner.
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The publication
"India's national newspaper."The Hindu, on its Instagram profile
The Hindu is an English daily, first published in Madras, now Chennai, on 20 September 1878, and a daily since 1889. It covers national and world news, politics, business, science, education and culture, in print, on thehindu.com and in its app. In 2006 it became the first Indian newspaper to appoint a Readers' Editor. Paid stories on thehindu.com run in a separate section, Brandhub.
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Not just The Hindu
Name the one you want. The logos below are a start, not the full list.
Sponsored and brand features: paid, and we say so up front. Names and logos belong to their owners. Ask about any publication
Reach
Execlient places your feature where The Hindu is read: thehindu.com, its app and the feeds its readers follow.
History from its 147th-anniversary coverage (Best Media Info, Sep 2025) and Wikipedia. Readers' Editor: N. Ram, interviewed by Kartavya Sadhana (Aug 2020). Followers read from the public profiles on 14 Nov 2026. We could not confirm a current audited circulation figure, so we don't quote one.
Who reads The Hindu
Professionals, decision-makers and students read it for depth. Execlient puts your feature in front of them, on the site they already trust.
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Print, web, app and social. Followers read on 14 Nov 2026
Personas are illustrative. Sections from thehindu.com's own feed list. Younger readers: The Hindu's head of brand marketing, quoted by afaqs, Oct 2025. Civil-services study: coaching-institute guides, 2026.
Who it suits
Businesses whose buyers read for depth: schools, developers, hospitals, tech firms, financial brands and consumer brands. Execlient makes your feature read like a story, not an ad.
Education readersA school, college or coaching institute, for the parents and students who read its Education pages.
Real Estate readersA developer's next project or city, with the RERA number on every named project.
Health readersA hospital, a new speciality or a health brand, told without promises of a cure.
Sci-Tech readersA product or platform, explained by the people who built it.
Business readersA bank, fintech or wealth firm, with no promised returns.
Life & Style readersA launch or a founder's story, for readers across India.
We have not counted The Hindu's paid stories, so this section shows no numbers. Each fit follows one of its own sections. Brandhub stories listed by an ad seller in 2025 include a real-estate developer and a retail-technology piece. Photos are illustrative. Doctors, hospitals and coaching institutes: check your rules before you book.
Is your industry a fit? Ask us. If The Hindu doesn't suit you, we'll say so.
Never for sale
The Hindu's journalists, editors and juries decide these. Nobody can sell you a place, including Execlient.
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How it works
Execlient is your one point of contact, from the first call to the live link: the angle, the interview, the draft and your approvals.
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Want the next open date? We'll check the dates The Hindu has open for you.
Money-back guarantee
Execlient takes the risk, not you. You pay 100% upfront against a GST invoice. If The Hindu doesn't publish your feature, Execlient refunds 100% of what you paid.
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Paid features we have arranged, listed with each client's written permission. Open any of them and check the domain and the label yourself.
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Execlient plans, writes and delivers your feature, and you deal with one team the whole way.
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The call
About 10 minutes with the person who plans your feature. You hear the price early. If The Hindu isn't right for you, we'll say so, and nobody chases you afterwards.
Before you call
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There are two routes. Editorial coverage is free but never certain: you pitch a real story to The Hindu's journalists, and they decide. A paid feature is a separate product: a story about your business that runs on thehindu.com in Brandhub, its section for branded content, as a paid piece. We interview you, prepare the story with you, and it runs once The Hindu accepts it. The paid route is the only one we arrange.
It depends on the article. Opinion pieces, letters to the editor and reader essays for its Open Page are editorial: The Hindu's editors choose them, nobody pays for them, and we don't sell, broker or submit them. If you want an article about your business, the honest route is a paid feature in Brandhub on thehindu.com: written by us from your interview, approved by you, and published as paid.
It should, and we only ever sell it as paid. Paid stories on thehindu.com run in Brandhub, a separate section from the news pages, and ad-sales listings describe these pieces carrying a "Sponsored" tag. The exact label is The Hindu's decision, so we confirm it in writing before you pay. People will know you paid, and that's fine: what backfires is pretending a journalist picked you.
No. Execlient is an independent agency, not part of or endorsed by The Hindu or its publisher. Execlient is your one point of contact: the angle, the interview, the draft, your approvals and the live link. Your feature runs on thehindu.com, the paper's own site.
No. News reports, interviews, editorials and opinion pieces are chosen by The Hindu's journalists and editors, and nobody can buy one. A "front page" price on a rate card is for an ad position, not a story, and an ad is still an ad. We never sell news, and we never dress a paid piece up as reporting.
No. The Hindu Prize, its literary award, is decided by its own jury, and nobody can sell you the prize or a shortlist place, including us. We don't sell speaking slots at Lit for Life, its literature festival, either. The same goes for its book, film and food reviews.
It depends on the format (your own story, a listicle place or an ad), where it runs, the length and photos, and the dates The Hindu has open. You hear the full fee, plus GST, early in a 10-minute call, with what is and isn't included. If it's more than you want to spend, the call ends there.
Not on this page: we don't publish prices. Newspaper ad rates change with the edition, the page, the size, colour and day, and a paid feature is priced differently again. If an ad suits you better than a feature, we'll say so on the call and quote it. For classifieds, such as matrimonial, property or public notices, The Hindu's own ad desk or its booking partners will be quicker than us.
You get 100% of your money back. The Hindu reviews paid stories before they run and can decline one. If your feature doesn't go live, Execlient refunds everything you paid within 7 working days, as our refund policy says.
You pay 100% upfront to EXECLIENT PVT. LTD, a registered company whose CIN and GSTIN are on this page, against a GST invoice. Never an individual. The format, the label and the date are agreed in writing first, and if your feature doesn't go live, you get it all back.
We don't promise either. It gives the people who look you up, such as parents, buyers, partners and investors, a paid page on a title they already trust. Ad sellers say links in paid stories on thehindu.com are no-follow, so your link brings readers, not rankings. If you need enquiries this month, ads are the better tool, and we run those too.
Either, depending on the format you choose. Your own story is about your business alone. A listicle puts your product or service in a list-style piece with others, and we never sell it as a ranking or a "best of" pick by The Hindu. You see the working title in writing before you pay.
Ask first. The paid feature we arrange runs online, in Brandhub on thehindu.com. In print, what is always on offer is advertising: display ads by edition, in the main paper or in supplements such as MetroPlus, Education Plus and Property Plus. Whether a story-style paid page is open in print, in which edition and with which label, is confirmed with The Hindu before you pay.
A 30-minute interview, high-resolution photos you have the rights to, and one read of the draft. You approve the facts and quotes before it's submitted, and The Hindu edits to its house style and has the final say. Timing follows The Hindu's calendar, and you get the date in writing before you pay.
Maybe a link, but not an SEO backlink. Google asks publishers to mark paid links, and ad sellers say The Hindu's paid stories carry no-follow links. A link can bring readers to your site, but don't buy it for rankings; we don't sell SEO. Whether a link to your website is included is in your written scope.
Not in those words. Say "Sponsored feature in The Hindu", in plain text with the link. Don't write "featured in", "as seen in", "covered by" or "The Hindu reports", and don't suggest its journalists picked or named you. Don't use its masthead or logo without The Hindu's written permission.
Yes, so check first. Medical-ethics rules bar doctors from publicity about their own skill or achievements, and health stories can't promise a cure. Coaching institutes can't make false claims about selections, ranks or success rates, under the 2024 consumer-protection guidelines for coaching ads. A developer's story must show a named project's RERA number and the authority's website. This is not legal advice, and we'll tell you on the call if we can't take it on.
Question not answered here? Ask it on a call, or send it on WhatsApp.
10 minutes, today.
Want to get featured in The Hindu? Tell us what you've built and who should read it. In about 10 minutes you'll know the format, the timing and the fee.
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