Ravish Kumar

Ravish Kumar
Born (1974-12-05) 5 December 1974
Motihari , east champaran, Bihar,
Occupation Journalist with NDTV India
Years active 1996–present
Notable credit(s) Prime Time
Ravish Ki Report
Qasba
Spouse(s) Nayana Dasgupta[1]
Awards Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award (2010, 2014),
Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award,
Journalist of the Year (Broadcast) 2013, Kuldip nayar journalism award (2017).
Website www.naisadak.org

Ravish Kumar (born on 5 December 1974) is an Indian TV anchor,[2] writer and journalist who covers topics pertaining to Indian politics and society.[3] He is a senior executive editor at NDTV India,[4] the Hindi news channel of the NDTV news network and hosts a number of programmes including the channel's flagship weekday show Prime Time, Hum Log[5] and Ravish Ki Report.[6]

Early life and education

He was born in a small district called history city "East Champaran" with its headquarters at Motihari, in Eastern State of India, [Bihar]. He studied at Loyola High School, Patna, and later on he moved to Delhi for his higher studies. He graduated from Deshbandhu college, University of Delhi . After that he did Mass Communication from IIMC, Delhi.

Awards

He has received the prestigious Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award for Hindi Journalism and Creative Literature for 2010 from the President of India (awarded in 2014).[7] He was honoured with the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for the Journalist of the Year 2013 (Broadcast).[8] He was included in 100 most influential Indians 2016 list by The Indian Express.[9] He was awarded the best journalist of the year 2015 by mumbai press club. In March 2017, Ravish Kumar was honoured with the first Kuldip Nayar journalism award for his contribution to the field of journalism.[10]

Personal life

Ravish Kumar is married to Nayana Dasgupta, who is the head of the history department at Lady Sri Ram College.[11] He has two daughters.

Books

References

  1. ↑ "Media Landscape and the Making of an Unconventional Journalist". kafila.org.
  2. ↑ "Ravish Kumar, NDTV Social". ndtv.com.
  3. ↑ "Not a revolution yet". The Sunday Indian Portal.
  4. ↑ "NDTV - The Company". NDTV. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Hum Log TV Show Videos, Watch Hum Log TV Episodes, Clips Videos – NDTV.com". www.ndtv.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Ravish Ki Report
  7. ↑ release - President of India presents Hindi Sevi Samman
  8. ↑ "Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards: The Winners". .indianexpress.com.
  9. ↑ "#ie100: Narendra Modi to Ravish Kumar, the most powerful Indians". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  10. ↑ Ravish, Kumar. "‘News Anchors Have Become the Biggest Goons of Our Time’". www.thequint.com. The Quint. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "The Peace Maker:Ravish Kumar".

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