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Star World moves off beaten track with telecast of Lakme India Fashion Week
MUMBAI:Fashion buffs waiting to catch the heat from the hottest Indian fashion event of the year can tune in to Star World to have their fill.
Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), the national apex body of Indian fashion today announced the appointment of Star World as the Lead Broadcaster of the Lakme India Fashion Week 2002, the event touted as India’s largest fashion industry event.
As lead broadcaster, Star World will offer exclusive coverage of the pioneering business and creative initiatives which will be revealed at the fashion extravaganza. According to an official release, Star World will broadcast six specially-edited 30 minute programmes between 7 – 11 pm from 8 September. Each programme will be repeated within the telecast week. The exclusive Star World series on Lakme India Fashion Week is scheduled to end early November.
In its third consecutive year, the Lakme India Fashion Week 2002 is being held from 2 to 8 August at the Taj Palace Convention Centre in New Delhi. The event will comprise the main show area, an exhibition area, an on-site media centre, trade buyer hospitality lounge, an on-site caf and a section for other sponsor driven events. The trade event is expected to have over 15,000 visitors ranging from buying houses to domestic and international trade buyers, the textile industry, media as well as sponsor and designer guests, the release says.
Fashion Design Council of India executive director Vinod Kaul says Star World, with its national and international reach, is an ideal vehicle to take news of the industry to the widest possible audience.
The Week, organised by the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), the apex body of Indian designers will showcase the collections of 53 designers by 48 models through solo, two-designer or three-designer shows, culminating in the ‘Lakme Grand Finale’. The event will display the best in designer Prt-a-Porter (ready-to-wear) and Diffusion (a line between ready-to-wear and couture/bridal) collections. It will also include interactive seminars and workshops on the ‘Business of Fashion’, make-up, style trends, hair, grooming and other fashion related topics, the release says.
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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.
