Vishnu Som is a news anchor and journalist in India.
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Vishnu Som Graduated from Carleton University's Journalism Program.He also studied at Lisgar Collegiate Institute
Vishnu Som is an Editor and Senior Anchor with New Delhi Television (NDTV),[1] India's largest 24 hour news network. Som has reported extensively on war, conflict, aviation and natural disasters. He has covered the Kargil (North Kashmir), Afghanistan and Iraq wars, as well as the 2004 Asian Tsunami and 2001 Bhuj (Gujarat, India) earthquake.[2]
Som has completed a multi-part documentary series called Great Battles, on the role of Indian soldiers in some of the greatest battles of the last century from Monte Cassino in the Second World War to the Siachen high altitude conflict.[3] His documentary series, India's Underwater Treasures, which looked at the impact of global warming on India's coral formations won the best series award at the Indian Telly Awards, 2008 and a special commendation at the Commonwealth Broadcasting Awards.[4] Som's programme, The Jet Set, looked at the experience of flying along with pilots on fighter aircraft such as the F/A-18, F-16, MiG-35 and Gripen.[5]
Som has just completed producing and airing part two of NDTV's series `India's Underwater Treasures.' The two part documentary series, called `Shipwreck' which featured footage shot underwater showcased the history of 4 ancient steamships located off Minicoy island in the Lakshadweep chain. A documentary series of this type has never been attempted before in India. As a prime time anchor, Som handles the programmes India this Week, The X Factor, and The News at 9, among other news bulletins. He has more than 7000 hours of live anchoring experience.
The blogosphere was recently abuzz with Som's duel with the independent defence analyst Nitin Pai on twitter. Nitin took the position that [6] Som had used inflammatory language while commenting on the Swiss minaret ban.[7] Som responded to this position in a series of comments on Nitin's blog. A number of netizens, taking a range of positions on the debate, used the forum to engage in a lively discussion on the implications of the comments.