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LEADER TALK with Rajdeep Sardesai
MUMBAI: After a successful first season last year, Leader Talk, hosted by IBN Network Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, is back with its second season. The talk show features some of the world’s most well-known corporate leaders and sports legends who come and share their ideas, thoughts and experiences on leadership and talk about their success mantras.
Every week, Leader Talk will bring together two personalities from the corporate and sports world, respectively, in an interview with Rajdeep Sardesai, to enable exchange of ideas and explore what leaders in these two areas can learn from each other.
On the opening episode of this season, Rajdeep Sardesai gets up close and personal with Indian Tennis legend Leander Paes and the President of IndiGo Airlines, Aditya Ghosh. The episode highlights what drives both Paes and Ghosh to constantly innovate and reinvent themselves. Talking about leadership, Paes says, a leader’s job is not just to motivate or teach others but also to learn from his team and keep evolving all the time. Likewise, Ghosh emphasizes that leadership has very little to do with the individual and more to do with the team.
Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, IBN Network, said, “In our endeavour to showcase the key attributes of leadership, that have helped these iconic leaders reach where they are in their respective fields, we are back once again with the second season of Leader Talk. The idea is to showcase how leadership trends are common in both the sports and business world and how each can learn from the other.”
Don’t miss “Leader Talk – Season 2” starting February 1, 2014 every Saturday at 11:30 AM, only on CNN-IBN. Show Repeats – Sat, 10:30 PM and Sun, 10 AM & 9:30 PM.
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India Today Group debuts AI anchor ‘Sutra’ at AI Impact Summit 2026
Sutra aims to simplify live policy debates using sovereign AI models
NEW DELHI: India Today Group has unveiled Sutra, an AI-driven news anchor designed to deliver real-time, contextual reporting, marking the group’s latest push to integrate artificial intelligence into mainstream journalism.
The AI anchor was introduced at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi and developed in collaboration with BharatGen, with the initiative showcased by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
India Today Group said Sutra is built to navigate complex policy discussions and fast-moving developments by synthesising information into concise, accessible insights, aimed at narrowing the gap between high-level debates and public understanding. The AI anchor was used to surface live takeaways from key sessions at the summit.
India Today Group chief AI officer Nilanjan Das, said the project was focused on clarity and accessibility without diluting editorial rigour. He added that working with BharatGen aligned the group’s AI ambitions with India’s broader push towards sovereign technology capabilities.
BharatGen CEO Rishi Bal, said the partnership reflected a shift from basic automation towards deeper contextual intelligence in media. He emphasised the importance of indigenous, multimodal AI models capable of understanding Indian languages, regional dialects and cultural nuance, particularly as AI-driven news formats gain traction.
The launch positions India Today Group among the first major Indian media houses to deploy an AI anchor backed by home-grown technology, underscoring a growing convergence between journalism, public policy and sovereign AI infrastructure.
