Sumanth C Raman

Sumanth C Raman is a popular Tamil television anchor, sports commentator.^[1] He is the host of BSNL Sports Quiz on Doordarshan's Podhigai TV channel.

Education

Dr Raman holds a Diploma in Child Health and an MD in General Medicine. He also holds a Diploma in Computer Applications.^[2] He currently works with one of India’s biggest IT companies in the Healthcare vertical. He is also a consultant in General Medicine at a leading hospital in Chennai.

Career

Dr Raman’s BSNL Sports Quiz is in the Limca Book of Records for being the longest running weekly quiz show on Indian television ^[3] Previously, he was the anchor of All Out for No Loss! on STAR Vijay ^[4]

As a sports commentator, he has hosted over 2000 sports programs, including the Asia Cup Hockey Tournament (2007), the Twenty 20 Cricket World Cup in Tamil for ESPN Star Sports (2007), and the World Team Squash Championships (2007). He also provided commentary for the Squash World Cup of 2011 ^[5] He frequently appears as a featured sports analyst on Puthiya Thalaimurai and Sun News.

Aside from Sports, he also does live coverage of current affairs. In 2009, he was involved with the analyses and debate over the Lok Sabha Polls for Zee Tamil, the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2011 on DD Podhigai, Pre Poll Debates and Analysis on Zee Tamizh in 2011 and election-day live coverage on DD Podhigai. He has hosted political debate shows, including Makkal Theerpu and Nattu Nadappu (both for Win TV) and Tamizha Tamizha on STAR Vijay. He has also appeared as a political analyst for Headlines Today and NewsX.

As a documentary filmmaker, he has been involved with the making over 200 television documentaries, including “Power of the Ballot” in 1996, for which he won a National Award for Best Anchor, awarded by the UGC. He was also the winner of the Sony-ICD Video Award for the best film in the South and South East Asian category for These Leaves Never Wither ^[6]

He has also been a senior anchor at State functions. Since 1993, he has been compering the State Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations in Chennai. In 2012, he also anchored the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Tamil Nadu State Legislative Assembly and the Sesquicentennial Celebrations of the Madras High Court.^[7] He has also compered the Inaugural Function of the World Tamil Conference in 2010 ^[8] and the '100 Years of Indian Cinema' state celebrations in 2013.

He is a regular contributor to print media, and his work appears in The Economic Times, India Today and The Hindu ^[9]

Dr Raman is a senior quiz master, having conducted over 1000 Quiz shows over the last 2 decades.

Notable Media Appearances

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