Shekhar Gupta and Barkha Dutt launch 'The Print'

The well-known journalists have joined hands to set up a digital and events venture.

Veteran journalist and former editor-in-chief of The Indian Express Shekhar Gupta, and consulting editor at NDTV, Barkha Dutt, have together launched a digital and events venture called ThePrint.

Both Gupta and Dutt announced the new entity on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Dutt, while commenting on her role at NDTV on the same site, says,"For those asking, TV relationship with NDTV remains as-is, as ThePrint India builds multi media platforms in the digital & events space."

Senior journalist, Ruhi Tewari, who has previously worked with The Indian Express and the financial portal Livemint, has joined as associate editor of ThePrint.

The first offering from the newly-formed venture is titled Off The Cuff, and its first edition began with Gupta interacting with Nikesh Arora, president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Corp.

Barkha @bdutt and I are thrilled to roll out the first small steps in the launch of ThePrint @theprintIndia which we are co-founding

— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) January 7, 2016

Shekhar @ShekharGupta and I are thrilled to roll out the first small steps in the launch of ThePrint @theprintindia which we are co-founding

— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) January 7, 2016