Rahul Roushan
Rahul Roushan | |
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| Born | 29 January 1980 Patna, Bihar, India |
| Pen name | Pagal Patrakaar[1] |
| Occupation | Strategist, journalist, entrepreneur |
| Language | Hindi, English |
| Nationality | India |
| Alma mater | IIM Ahmedabad |
| Genre | Current affairs, Satire |
| Website | |
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Rahul Roushan (born 29 January 1980) is a former journalist, entrepreneur and consultant who currently serves as the Chief Strategy Officer of Swarajya magazine[2] and runs the news and opinion website OpIndia.com.[3] He is the founder of the current affairs satire portal Faking News, and served as its editor from 2008 to 2016.[4] Originally from Patna, Roushan is now based in Mumbai.[5] He is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Mass Communication and IIM Ahmedabad.[2][6][7]
Life
Roushan comes from the city of Patna in Bihar.[5] He graduated in Mathematics from Patna University in year 2001, and then received a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in New Delhi in 2002.[2] Rahul is also an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad with a Post Graduate Diploma in Management granted in 2007.[2][6] Roushan is settled in Mumbai, where he lives with his wife.[5]
Work
After graduating from IIMC, Roushan worked as a copy editor, bulletin producer, and news anchor with the Hindi news channel Sahara Samay for two and a half years.[2][1] He left journalism to pursue higher studies at IIM Ahmedabad. He turned an entrepreneur while still being a student at IIM Ahmedabad, when he launched crickstock.com, a virtual gaming website based on cricket, ahead of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[2][6]
Crickstock.com was sold off to a US based online gaming company subsequently while Roushan worked as an independent management consultant on other projects.[8] One such project was helping the Bihar government in setting up a management institute in Patna in the year 2008.[9]
Inspired by the American news satire website The Onion, Roushan started Faking News in 2008, when he was working as an independent consultant in New Delhi.[7][5] Roushan wrote under the pseudonym Pagal Patrakaar (Hindi for crazy journalist).[1] In 2009, the blog was turned into a full-fledged website.[7] In 2013, Faking News was acquired by Firstpost, a news portal of the Network 18 group, for an undisclosed amount.[4] Roushan served as its editor till September 2016, when he joined Swarajya magazine as Chief Strategy Officer.[2]
In addition, Roushan has also served as the head of content services for Singapore-based Affle Pte Ltd, and has been a consultant with Pi Communications and RedCube Consulting Group.[6]
Influence
Priyanka Sharma wrote in the Business Standard that several authors followed Roushan's lead to start similar ventures as Faking News, including the founders of www.newsthatmattersnot.com and The UnReal Times.[1] Sonali Acharjee wrote that Roushan is popular on Twitter and that his followers always expect him to post something witty or clever.[10] His humorous tweets are often cited by Indian news websites.[11][12][13][14][15][16]
Recognition and awards
- Recognized and felicitated by Indian Institute of Mass Communication in its annual alumni meet IIMC Connections (2015).[17]
- Invited as speaker at various TEDx events, such as at BITS Pilani,[18] MIT Manipal,[19] IIM Ranchi,[20] IIFT Delhi,[21] XLRI Jamshedpur,[22] BITS Goa.[23]
- Invited as guest and speaker at various journalism and management events such as at School of Journalism & Communication, Manipal University,[24] at management conclave of IIM Kozhikode,[25] at Litfest of IIM Udaipur,[26] at the Great Indian Film and Literature Festival (GIFLIF).[27]
References
- ^ a b c d Sharma, Priyanka (4 February 2012). "A spoof story". Business Standard. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g Swarajya Staff (18 September 2016). "Rahul Roushan Joining Swarajya As Chief Strategy Officer". Swarajya. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ BBC Trending (17 December 2016). "False rumours and fake news cloud India's currency plan". BBC. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ a b HT Correspondent (31 May 2013). "Firstpost buys current affairs satire portal FakingNews.com". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d Borgohain, Ananya (6 July 2014). "Making Faking News". The Pioneer. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Rahul Roushan: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". Bloomberg. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ a b c Bhandaram, Vishnupriya (25 March 2013). "What a fake!". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Swarajya Conversations: Join Us For An Hour-Long Chat With Raghav Bahl In Delhi". 15 December 2016.
- ^ "CIMP gears up to start classes from July". 8 April 2008.
- ^ Acharjee, Sonali (2016). Look Up: Social Media and the Addiction No One Is Talking About. Hay House. ISBN 9789385827075. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Kumar, Rajeev (11 October 2016). "Ravana gets a hilarious burning on Twitter". Financial Express. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Express Web Desk (21 October 2016). "Pan Bahar ad: Pierce Brosnan said he didn't know what he was selling and Twitterati can't believe him". Indian Express. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Twitter in splits after reports of Arnab Goswami quitting TimesNow". Tribune India. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Express Web Desk (11 November 2016). "Rahul Gandhi at ATM: Twitter confused if people still chose selfie with Rs 2,000 note". Indian Express. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ DNA Web Team (24 November 2016). "Manomhan finally spoke under Modi Govt, yeh hai acche din: Twitter reacts to ex-PM's speech". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Why Twitter is going bananas over Arnab Goswami's 'Republic'". dailyo.in. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "IIMC Alumni Meet 2015 Felicitates Campus Entrepreneurs". NDTV. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "TEDxPilani - Rahul Roushan - 3/13/10".
- ^ "TEDxManipal".
- ^ "Faking news: Rahul Roushan at TEDxIIMRanchi".
- ^ "From faking news to making news".
- ^ "TEDx XLRI, 12th Feb 2017, LH23".
- ^ "TEDx 2018 - Rahul Roushan | BITSHerald - 2/18/18". 2018-02-18.
- ^ "Sevanti Ninan and Faking News founder speak on Day Two of Article 19".
- ^ "Horizons 2015 starts off at IIM-K".
- ^ "IIM-Udaipur organizes LeapDay LitFest 2015 on 28th Feb".
- ^ "Festival to bring film and literature together".