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Dubai to host 4th edition of the WION Global Summit
NEW DELHI: Dubai will host the fourth edition of the WION Global Summit on 24 March 2021, at the Oberoi.
The day-long summit will bring together thought leaders and global policymakers from around the World.
India's external affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar will grace the event as chief guest.
India's envoy to the UAE Pavan Kapoor will deliver the welcome note on behalf of the host nation.
Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton, and Japan's minister of state for defence Yasuhide Nakayama will deliver keynotes for various session.
A wide range of panelists will dissect the most pressing challenges with the aim of exploring effective solutions. On the panel will be former White House Middle East envoy under former US President Donald Trump, Jason D Greenblatt, former prime minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe, former defence minister of Taiwan Michael Tsai, former foreign affairs minister of Australia Alexander Downer, digital champion at the European Commission for France Gilles Babinet, and many others.
The Summit would be attended by WION CEO & editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary. The sessions would be moderated by WION executive editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay, and international TV presenter Ali Aslan.
The event will have four sessions, on West Asia's changing geopolitics, the post-pandemic World order, World economy, and the new digital reality, respectively.
For the last three years, the WION Global Summit has been at the forefront of intellectual exchange and thought leadership. Over the years, the summit has hosted Presidents, Prime Ministers, ministers, economic advisors, and various global leaders. It has been at the cutting edge of new ideas, innovations, and experiences.
Watch the 4th edition of the WION Global Summit: Power play in a post-pandemic World LIVE on 24th March on WION, starting 10:30 AM local time (12:00 PM IST, 6:30 AM GMT).
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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.
