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This 24-hour Hindi news channel stands strong as one of India’s leading credible
news channels – preferred by an audience which seeks quality programming and pure
news, rather than sensational infotainment.
NDTV India’s credo is best captured in its tagline –Khabar Wahi Jo Sach
Dikhaye
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The Key Shows
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Prime Time 21:00-22:00 – A hard debate show with the top newsmakers
of the day, hosted by Ravish Kumar
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Newspoint @ 10 – A live debate where a live audience ask direct
questions to politicians, newsmakers and experts, hosted by Abhigyan Prakash
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Vinod Dua Live – The country’s best known Hindi broadcaster tells
it like it is. Vinod Dua’s views and sharp questions at 8 PM Monday-Thursday
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International Agenda – The big stories from across the globe that
made a difference to the world and India, hosted by Naghma Sahar
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Badi Khabar – The first take on the day’s biggest story with the
players themselves as the news develops. 6:00 PM weekdays hosted by Nidhi Kulpati
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Aaj Ka Agenda – Vijai Trivedi sets up the agenda for the day and
poses tough questions to the people involved every morning at 9:00
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Hum Log – A panel of eminent personalities from various walks of
life are thrown in to face an audience with burning questions and a strong desire
for straight answers on vital issues facing the country, hosted every Sunday by
Ravish Kumar.
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Mukabla – The week’s big fight between the people who made the
most important and controversial news in the week, hosted on Saturdays by Abhigyan
Prakash.
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Key Personnel & Anchors
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Aunindyo Chakravarty – Senior Managing Editor, Aunindyo Chakravarty
holds the responsibility of heading both NDTV India and NDTV Profit. Aunindyo was
part of the original team that launched NDTV Profit and took it to No.1 in its second
week when he helped set up the network's business news channel. Since 2008, when
he was appointed Managing Editor of NDTV India, Aunindyo has been an integral part
of the channel and has already taken it to a leadership position, along with a very
talented team. Aunindyo started off as a political and business reporter in 1999
and has worked in every editorial department - research, news desk and anchoring
at NDTV.
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Devna Dwivedi – Devna has been with NDTV for the last 17 years
and is currently Head of Operations and Programming with NDTV India. Having been
part of the channel ever since its inception in 2003, Devna is responsible for day-to-day
operations, monitoring and evaluating the quality with focus on overall growth of
the channel.
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Manoranjan Bharati (Baba) – Political Editor, NDTV India. After
graduating with both a Batchelor’s and Master’s degree in Science from Patna University,
Manoranjan did a Post Graduate Diploma in Hindi Journalism from the Indian Institute
of Mass Communication in New Delhi and joined Parakh, a weekly current affairs magazine
produced by Vinod Dua and telecast on Doordarshan. Manoranjan then joined NDTV and
has been a core member of NDTV’s programming since 1996. He has been covering Parliamentary
proceedings for the last 14 years, from the 1996 General Elections till date. As
a journalist he has reported all the political ups and downs; fall and rise of governments.
With his deep rooted sources in political parties in power as well as in Opposition,
he reports with insight and accuracy which only experience and political acumen
can bestow. Manoranjan has also reported extensively on the socio-economic conditions
of the country. His dedication to his job was exemplified when he became one of
the few journalists who had the opportunity to cover both the 26/11 Mumbai terror
attacks and the Parliament attack of 13 December 2001. While covering the carnage
at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai he, along with other colleagues, came under fire from
terrorists; lying on the ground to save his life, Manoranjan continued with his
live reporting from the spot. Manoranjan has received the Bhikhari Thakur Award
for his contribution to journalism.
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Kamal Khan – Resident Editor, Lucknow, has a post graduate degree
in English literature and has studied Russian language and Philology at Moscow University.
His career has included working as Russian interpreter and a stint with a Hindi
daily of the Times Group 'Navbharat Times'. He has been with NDTV since January
1995 and is now in charge of U.P and Uttarakhand states. He has received the Ram
Nath Goenka Award from the President of India, the 'Ganesh Shanker Award', the biggest
award for Hindi journalism instituted by the Union HR Ministry, also from the President
of India. In addition he has received the NT Award as the best Hindi TV reporter
and for Best Documentary on Environment Awareness. Kamal was honoured with an international
award from The Federation of SAARC Writers and Literature for his contribution to
Hindi TV journalism.
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Manish Kumar – Executive Editor NDTV India, Manish started his
broadcast career with NDTV’s Bihar bureau in 1995 as a Correspondent. Since then
he has covered one of the most volatile decade in the state history which marked
over 50 caste massacres and about a dozen scams including the fodder scam which
ultimately led to the resignation of Laloo Yadav. He has extensively reported on
Eastern India and is an expert on Nepal where he covered almost all the major happenings
since IC 814 hijack. Manish strongly believes that no channel covers the news the
way ‘NDTV India’ does.
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Sunil Saini – Executive Editor, has been in TV journalism for over
twenty years, starting as a print journalist with the India Today group. He then
moved to news television in the ‘90s when private channels opened up for news broadcasting.
He was a part of the core team that launched leading news channels like AAJ TAK
in the beginning of 2000 and later Star TV’s news channel in 2002, when Star TV
switched to the Hindi medium. Sunil has familiarized himself with operations in
a number of major news networks like Sky TV and BBC in London; CNN, MSNBC, Bloomberg
TV, Cspan and Fox News in the USA, which has helped him in understanding how international
news TV works. Sunil has been with NDTV for over six years and in 2010 was selected
for a management programme for senior industry professionals by the Swedish Institute
in Stockholm, Sweden. He is a science graduate from Punjab University and has additional
professional degrees in journalism and business journalism from Times School of
Journalism, New Delhi.
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Abhishek Sharma – Resident Editor, started his career in 1991 with
the largest selling daily in India. After an enriching experience of reporting,
and copy editing in various cities Abhishek got a Fellowship from the National Foundation
for India for Studying ‘SAVE THE MAJULI ISLAND’ in the North East. He has covered
all the major events in Mumbai City and is currently writing on the ‘Political Mobilisation
in India – Methodology and Impact’.
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Vinod Dua – As one of the best known names in the Indian Media,
Vinod Dua has been one of the faces of Indian television since 1974. He has seen
and been associated with Indian television’s transition from a government controlled,
black and white, single-channel entity to the present-day multi-channel trans-national
satellite TV industry. In his early years Vinod Dua was a singer and debater both
in school and college. He was also associated with theater activity in Delhi till
the mid-80s. He has written plays for children, performed by the Sutradhar Puppet
Theater of the Sri Ram Centre for Art and Culture, and was also a member of Theatre
Union, a street theatre group which created and performed plays against social problems
like dowry. A veteran of thousands of hours of telecasting, Vinod Dua is an anchor,
political commentator, election analyst, producer and director. He first appeared
on TV in 1974 in Yuva Manch, a Hindi youth program aired on Doordarshan; and in
1975 he also began anchoring Jawan Tarang, a youth program of the newly commissioned
Amritsar TV. He continued to anchor youth programs for these channels till 1980.
In 1981, he started anchoring the Sunday morning family magazine Aap Ke Liye and
continued to do so till 1984. The year 1984 marked a turning point in his career
when he co-anchored the election analysis programs on Doordarshan with noted psephologist
Dr Prannoy Roy, and since then he has been a regular presence on election analysis
programmes. In 1985, Vinod Dua anchored Janvani ( People's Voice), the first ever
programme of its kind, where Ministers were questioned by common people. This programme
became a landmark in the history of Indian television, inspiring a series of similar
programs in today’s multi-channel scenario. 1987 saw him joining TV Today as its
Chief Producer. In 1988, he launched his own production company ‘The Communication
Group’ to produce and anchor programmes on current affairs, budget analyses and
documentary films. In 1992 he anchored Chakravyuha for Zee TV; and from 1992 to
1996 he produced Parakh, a weekly current affairs show, for Doordarshan. Vinod is
presently associated with NDTV India for daily news and analysis, election and budget
analysis. He also produces a weekly show Zaika India Ka for street food lovers.
Vinod Dua was the first electronic media journalist to be awarded the esteemed BD
Goenka Award for excellence in journalism in 1996 and he received the Padma Shri
for Journalism in 2008.
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Abhigyan Prakash – Executive Editor Abhigyan Prakash is easily
one of the best known faces of Indian news television. A prolific anchor, reporter
and political analyst, he has, over the years, acquired the distinction of being
a tough TV interviewer and a political commentator. As one of the main faces of
NDTV India, he has hosted some of the Channel’s top rated shows; NEWSPOINT an hour
of news and analysis on weekdays, grilling the key players of the day’s top stories;
MUKABLA, a weekend talk show which presents a fiery debate on the week’s top issue
in the reviews mindscape. Dubbed by Prannoy Roy, NDTV’s Chairman as ‘magical’ and
‘charismatic’ on air, Abhigyan’s style of presentation is direct, honest and credible.
Despite the changing world of the Hindi news space, often accrued of sensation,
Abhigyan has uncompromisingly stuck to the core values and ethics of journalism
in the shows he hosts. In a career spanning nearly one and a half decades Abhigyan
Prakash’s core strength is his ability to host shows with top political readers,
movie stars, sportsmen and businessmen with effortless ease; a fact when he was
chosen as one of the top 50 young achievers in the country. As a political commentator,
Abhigyan Prakash has done live election analysis for every State and Parliamentary
elections since 1996, interviewing Prime Ministers and the top political leaders
of the country. In 2003 when NDTV India was launched Abhigyan went to Mumbai, where
he set up the channel’s operation in the Western hub, including the number one rated
show on the channel, then “Mumbai Central “ which continues to be a key brand of
NDTV India’s programming. It was his team which broke the Telgi Scam, and for this
they were given the President’s Medal. With his expertise of looking at Indian Politics,
he has also done specialised election programming like “ELECTION POINT “and “VOTE
KI JUNG”. His shift from English to Hindi in 2003 made him one of the best bilingual
presenters in the country. Abhigyan is also the winner of several prestigious awards
as an “Anchor” and for shows like “JAI JAWAN”, “ NEWSPOINT” and “INDIA ROCKS”.
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Ravish Kumar – Executive Editor, Ravish has been with NDTV for
over 15 years and currently hosts Prime Time on week nights. Born in Bihar and brought
up in Delhi, he speaks both Bhojpuri and Hindi. This multi-talented journalist is
an avid blogger with his own blog site ‘naisadak.blogspot.com’, he is a ‘tukbandi
kavi’, a story teller, author of a book ‘Dekhte Rahiye’, writes a column, is a film
critic and still finds time do sensitive reporting on ordinary issues, reflecting
his love of meeting the man on the street. Ravish can be contacted on his tweet
@ravishndtv.
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Nidhi Kulpati – Associate Editor and a Senior Anchor Nidhi has
been with NDTV India since its inception. She has anchored shows like 'Mukhyamantri
Chale Gaon', Yuva Sansad’, 'Dilli Durbar’, a talk show dealing with issues of the
Capital and 'Prime Time' with discussions on any political issues. She is currently
anchoring 'Badi Khabar' which debates important political developments of the day.
She started her career with 'Newstrack', and as a reporter has covered the Babri
Masjid demolition for international prime time networks. Nidhi has trained with
Sky TV London and has also been associated with DD, TVI, Zee News and BBC. News
anchoring is a passion for her and she has keen interest in social issues. Nidhi
was awarded the INB (Best Hindi News Anchor) and NT Award (Hindi News Anchor of
the Year) in 2010
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Naghma Sahar – Associate Editor and Senior Anchor with NDTV India,
Naghma has been working as a television journalist since 1999. Some of the big events
that Naghma has extensively covered have been spending a fortnight in Tamil Nadu
in the worst hit areas of Tsunami, Mumbai serial train blasts, Kashmir elections,
the opening of the Delhi-Lahore bus service amongst others. Naghma received a UGC
scholarship for Rural Development and has done projects with UN agencies like the
Population council. Through her show, Salaam Zindagi, the only talk show of its
kind that covered sensitive topics like transgender, drug abuse, etc. Naghma managed
to carve a niche for herself with a dedicated audience. She spent a month crossing
the country on a bus for the ‘Election Express’ programme and has anchored many
election shows including the mini series ‘Vote Yatra’. Naghma currently anchors
the popular show International Agenda on week nights.
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Sikta Deo - Associate Editor and Senior Anchor with NDTV India,
Sikta began her career in 1995 in broadcast journalism with Aaj Tak and joined NDTV
in 2003. Her in-depth work on cricket match-fixing got the national dailies to follow
her reportage. Her in-studio discussions and live reporting on a range of topics
like 9/11 terror attack, IC814 hijack, the Parliament and Akshardham terrorist attack,
Abu Salem’s extradition,Samjhauta Express Blast have also been very well received.
Sikta compelled the Maharashtra Chief Minister and local administration to take
stock of the Vidharba farmers’ suicides even before the Prime Minister’s visit in
2006. Sikta has won awards for her special shows, including the National Telly Award
for Best Current Affairs Programme (Home & International) for the show ‘Aman Ka
Pull’, which was was unique in its concept. She made the families in India and Pakistan
interact who have been separated during partition and had never met. And recently
she won Indian Television Academy Award for her reportage on the coastal environment.
Sikta travelled for two & half months from Gujrat’s Rann of Kutch to the Bay of
Bengal, to create awareness and also make the then Enviroment Minister Jairam Ramesh,
,state governments and local administrations respond to the sorry state of the polluted
coastal environment of India.
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Mehraj Dube - Is an award winning anchor and is an Associate Editor
with NDTV India. He anchors the 9 pm show ‘India Nau Baje’ on weekends and is well
recognised for his pioneering work in personal finance content in Hindi on Indian
television. Mehraj was awarded the Best Business News Anchor (Hindi) 2008 by NT
Awards and in 2010 he received the INB Award for Best Business News Anchor. Mehraj's
career as a broadcaster spans 15 year, ten of which he has spent as a full time
news person. His reporting and anchoring assignments include a variety of subjects
from Tihri to Tolstoy Marg. A graduate from Indian Institute of Mass Communication,
Mehraj later found time to visit the Summer School at the London School of Economics
and was also a fellow at Seoul National University. Hindi newspapers Business Bhaskar,
Amar Ujaala have placed Mehraj's articles in their Op-ed pages.
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Anchoring Success
NDTV was the brainchild of its Executive Co-Chairperson, Prannoy Roy, and Executive Co-Chairperson, Radhika Roy. Prannoy Roy brought a country to the edge of its seat with his innate knack of translating the complicated facts of election politics and... |
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From the Reel to the Real
Commercial and critical success aside, what the corporation is most proud of is how its work works in the real world. Using its powerful reach to campaign for and with the people of India. |
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Prime Time
NDTV has come a long way since that half hour Friday prime time nugget, achieving the rare double gold-standard of being not only a commercially successful infotainment network in the country, but also the most reputed…. |
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Pioneering News
On a November night in 1988, India turned on its TV to what would become a tube-changing phenomenon. NDTV’s first show, “The World this Week” opened country’s eyes to the world in a way it had never seen before… |
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Beyond News
Commercial and critical success aside, what the corporation is most proud of is how its work works in the real world. Using its powerful reach to campaign for and with the people of India. |
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Beyond TV
Leveraging its broadcasting and programming excellence, NDTV has set-up NDTV Convergence (Digital Media) and NGEN (Media Process Outsourcing) |
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