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CNBC-TV18 revs into third edition of Autocar awards
MUMBAI: Two new categories have been added to the CNBC-Autocar Auto Awards, instituted to honor achievements in the Indian automotive industry.
SUV of the Year and Bike of the Year are the new additions to the awards which have entered their third year. The Auto ancillary industry will be recognized for its contribution in establishing India on the global automotive map at the awards ceremony which will be held on 14 January at the Taj Palace in Delhi.
Ghatam player Vikku Vinayakram, percussion specialist Louis Banks, Taufiq Quereshi and ace choreographer, dancer and singer Shiamak Davar will add to the spirit of the evening. The jury for the awards comprises Hormazd Sorabjee, editor- Autocar India; Farhad Bathena, National rally champion and ace test driver; Manvendra Singh, historian of automobiles; Shapur Kotwal, associate editor, Autocar India; Naren Kumar, reigning national rally champion; Dilip Chhabria, India’s eminent car designer and Renuka Kirpalani, rally circuit driver and host on CNBC’s Auto Show.
The CNBC-Autocar Auto Awards will be ratified and validated by Ernst & Young.
Nominees for CNBC Autocar Auto Awards 2003 include Honda City, Honda CRV, Honda Accord, Toyota Corolla, Chevrolet Optra, Chevrolet Forester, Hyundai Terracan, Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara, Ford Endeavour and Honda CVT.
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Rajesh Sundaram joins NDTV Profit as senior editor, assignment
The 32-year newsroom veteran has launched channels on three continents and covered everything from 9/11 to South African television
MUMBAI: NDTV Profit has bolstered its newsroom with a hire who has done rather more than most. Rajesh Sundaram, a journalist with over three decades of editorial, managerial and consultative experience across India and international markets, joins as senior editor, assignment, tasked with sharpening the network’s newsgathering and real-time response.
Sundaram’s career reads like a tour of Indian media’s most formative moments. He began at Businessworld in 1994, moved to Zee News as bureau chief across Mumbai and Chennai, then joined NDTV in 2002 as part of its political bureau during a particularly febrile period in Indian politics. A stint as India correspondent for Al Jazeera International followed, where he covered key geopolitical developments and got his first serious taste of the global newsroom.
What sets Sundaram apart, however, is his serial channel-launching habit. At NewsX, he helped get the operation off the ground. At Headlines Today, part of the India Today Group, he served as editor. At News Nation, he helped launch the Hindi news channel and its digital ecosystem. He then crossed continents to lead the launch of ANN7 in South Africa as editor-in-chief, overseeing both television and digital. Back in India, he launched Tamil news channels News7 Tamil and Cauvery News, and later served as principal consultant for the launch of Marathi channel Lokshahi. Most recently, he helped build and lead the Press Trust of India’s video service and content studio, before stints consulting for Business Today and The Himalayan Times.
Rahul Kanwal, chief executive and editor-in-chief of NDTV, left little doubt about what Sundaram is expected to deliver. “The assignment desk is where a newsroom’s intent becomes action,” he said. “Rajesh brings a rare combination of field experience and leadership in building news operations at scale.”
Sundaram has reported from across India and the world, covering elections, civil conflicts, the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and the 2008 US presidential election.
At NDTV Profit, he will lead the assignment desk, driving editorial coordination and real-time response across markets and breaking developments. For a business news network sharpening its focus on speed and multi-platform delivery, it has hired a man who has built newsrooms from scratch on three continents. The assignment desk is in good hands.
