Prannoy Roy
| Prannoy Roy | |
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| Born | Prannoy Lal Roy 15 October 1949 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Education | Queen Mary, University of London Delhi University |
| Occupation | News Journalist Psephologist Economist |
| Title | Executive Co-Chairperson NDTV |
| Spouse(s) | Radhika Roy |
| Years active | 1984 – present |
| Notable credit(s) | World This Week "Election Specials" "Govt Budget Analysis" "Co-author: India Decides" |
| Website | |
| http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/corporatepage/prannoy_roy.aspx | |
Prannoy L Roy, Ph.D (Bengali: প্রনয রায) (born October 15, 1949) is an Indian journalist and media journalist.[1] He is the founder and Executive Chairperson of New Delhi Television (NDTV).
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[edit] Early life
Prannoy Roy was born in Calcutta to a Bengali father ("Hurricane" Roy) who was the chief executive of the Indian unit of a British company and an Irish/English mother who was a teacher.[2] He spent the first few years of his life at Kolkata & studied in La Martiniere, Calcutta. He then attended The Doon School, Dehradun where he was School Captain, later winning a scholarship to Haileybury[disambiguation needed 
] in the UK for his A-levels and qualified as a Chartered Accountant, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (England and Wales) and has a Ph.D in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.[3]
[edit] Career
Teaching: Prannoy Roy taught at the Delhi School of Economics for a year. Accountancy: Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (England and Wales). Was a consultant with Price Waterhouse, India. Macro-modeling: He later worked with a team to create a macro-econometric model for forecasting the Indian economy Psephology: one of the founders of election surveys and forecasting election results. Co-authored several books with Prof. David Butler and others Govt: worked as Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry, Govt of India Media: award winning anchor and journalist with NDTV, India's leading news and current affairs network.
[edit] Controversy
On 20 January 1998 Central Bureau of Investigation filed cases against New Delhi Television (NDTV) managing director Prannoy Roy, former Director General of Doordarshan R Basu and five other top officials of Doordarshan under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for criminal conspiracy and under the Prevention of Corruption Act. According to the CBI charge-sheet, Doordarshan suffered a loss of over Rs 3.52 crore due to the “undue favours” shown to NDTV as its programme The World This Week (TWTW) was put in `A’ category instead of `special A’ category.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
[edit] Personal life
Prannoy Roy married Radhika Roy in 1972.[10] Radhika's sister, Brinda Karat, is a communist politician from India, elected to the Rajya Sabha as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) member, on 11 April 2005 from West Bengal.[11] Arundhati Roy, the author and social activist is his first cousin.
[edit] References
- ^ The Hindu : Friday Review Delhi / Telewatch : Dhoni every week
- ^ News Delhi TV - Forbes.com
- ^ ) His working career involved: Associate Professor at The Delhi School of Economics, Psephologist, Consultant at Price Waterhouse, created a macro-econometric model of the Indian economy, Economic Advisor at the Ministry of Finance, Govt of India, co-Founder of NDTV. The Hindu : Front Page : IPI honour for Prannoy Roy
- ^ http://zoomindianmedia.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/ndtv-and-prannoy-roy-once-upon-a-time/
- ^ http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?204285
- ^ http://www.expressindia.com/fe/daily/19980709/19055094.html
- ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19980120/02051164.html
- ^ http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?204285
- ^ http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?204133
- ^ Prannoy Roy plans to take NDTV global - Rediff.com Business
- ^ Exclusive Interview/Brinda Karat
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