Rahul Kanwal
Rahul Kanwal | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 September 1980 |
| Alma mater | Delhi University Cardiff University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist News Presenter |
| Employer | India Today Group |
Rahul Kanwal is an Indian TV news anchor and journalist working as CEO and Editor-in-Chief at NDTV,[1] worked as News Director at India Today before joining NDTV.[2] He was the anchor host of the prime-time show Newstrack[3] on weekdays and the interview-based show Jab We Met on India Today TV.[4]
Education and career
Kanwal studied at St. Joseph's College, Allahabad. He then studied journalism at Delhi University.[5] He is a Chevening scholar and did a program in International Broadcast Journalism at Cardiff University.[6] He won a Rory Peck Trust grant for a course in Hostile Environment Journalism.[7]
Kanwal started his career in 1999 as an anchor-cum-reporter with Zee News and joined Aaj Tak in 2002. He has also served as the Editor-at-Large of Aaj Tak and India Today in TV Today Group.[8] In 2019, Kanwal interviewed India's union minister, Piyush Goyal, and questioned the minister over the Balakot strikes.[9][10] He was criticized for simulating a skirmish between CRPF and Naxal insurgents in his TV show.[11]
Awards
In 2013, Kanwal was awarded the best anchor at the Indian Television Academy Awards.[12]
He was awarded the National annual award as part of the Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation in 2016.[13]
In 2019, he was awarded in the Best Anchor category at the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards.[14]
References
- ^ www.ETBrandEquity.com. "NDTV appoints Rahul Kanwal as CEO - ET BrandEquity". ETBrandEquity.com. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "Rahul Kanwal". India Today. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Newstrack with Rahul Kanwal". www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Jab We Met". www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Delhi College of Arts & Commerce". dcac.du.ac.in. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "UK launches Chevening Scholarships and Fellowships for 2019-20". GOV.UK. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Trust, Rory Peck (2010). "rorypecktrust". rorypecktrust.org. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019.
- ^ "India Today Group promotes Supriya Prasad and Rahul Kanwal as News Directors - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Scroll Staff (5 March 2019). "Watch: 'I don't need any lesson in nationalism from you,' journalist Rahul Kanwal tells Piyush Goyal". Scroll.in. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ Staff, J. K. R. (5 March 2019). "India Today's Rahul Kanwal trends for standing up to BJP minister's 'bullying' on Balakot air strikes". Janta Ka Reporter 2.0. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ Sharma, Supriya (11 November 2018). "How India Today's Rahul Kanwal survived a battle between Maoists and the CRPF in Chhattisgarh". Scroll.in. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ "AajTak bags the Best News Channel Award at the ITA Awards, 13th year in a row". Indian Television Dot Com. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "MMCF announces names of personalities to be awarded". UdaipurTimes.com. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "India Today's win at 11th enba a record of sorts: Rahul Kanwal - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.