Rajdeep Sardesai
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| Born | 24 May 1965 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | St. Xavier's College, Mumbai University College, Oxford |
| Occupation | News Anchor & Editor-in-chief of IBN18 Network |
| Years active | 1994 – present |
| Notable credit | India at 9 |
| Spouse | Sagarika Ghose |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | ibnlive |
Rajdeep Sardesai (Konkani : राजदीप सरदेसाई) (born 24 May 1965) is an Indian journalist, political commentator and news presenter. Sardesai is the Editor-in-Chief of IBN18 Network, that includes CNN-IBN, IBN-7 and IBN-Lokmat.
Biography
Rajdeep Sardesai was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, to a Goan father, the former Indian Test cricketer Dilip Sardesai, and a Gujarati mother, Nandini Sardesai, an activist in Mumbai and former head of the Department of Sociology at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.
Education
He completed his schooling up to ICSE from the Campion School in Mumbai, did two years of ISC in the Cathedral School, Mumbai, and completed a bachelor's course in Economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He then went to University College, Oxford, getting the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Civil Law.[1] He also represented Oxford University Cricket Club in county cricket and played 7 matches for them as a batsman in the English summer of 1987.
Career
Rajdeep Sardesai entered television journalism in 1994 as Political Editor of New Delhi Television (NDTV). He later quit NDTV to start his own company, Global Broadcast News (GBN), in collaboration with the American giant CNN and Raghav Bahl's TV18. The latter broadcasts the Indian Edition of CNBC called CNBC-TV18, the Hindi consumer channel, CNBC Awaaz and an international channel, SAW. The new channel with Sardesai as the Editor-in-Chief has been named CNN-IBN. It went on air on 17 December 2005. Channel 7 has also come under this umbrella after Sardesai's company bought a 46 percent stake in the channel. Channel 7 has since been renamed IBN-7. Sardesai has won several national and international awards for his journalism.[citation needed]
Affiliations
Rajdeep Sardesai is the former President of Editors Guild of India. He is also a member of the Population Council funded by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, which has its roots in the discredited eugenics movement. He writes columns for leading English dailies like Hindustan Times.
Family
He is married to Sagarika Ghose, a journalist and fellow senior editor and anchor at CNN-IBN, since 1994. They have two children, son Ishan and daughter Tarini.
Awards
The Urdu Press Club of India awarded Rajdeep with the Jasarat Award in 2003 for covering Gujarat riots.[2]
References
- ^ Cached version of Indus View 2.1 (January 2006) The degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) is not awarded by Oxford University and here is a mistake for Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), a postgraduate degree in law. All Bachelors of Arts and of Fine Art upon commencing their twenty-first term from matriculation may supplicate for the degree of Master of Arts Rajdeep Gupta]
- ^ "Jasarat Award To Ajay Devgan Says 'Tackle Terrorism And Communalism". 26 May 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
External links
- Rajdeep Sardesai on Rediff
- News item on Mr.Sardesai
- IBN7 Website
- "Communal CNN-IBN Rants Against Social Media". August 21 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
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