News Broadcasting
Zee News to air survey on women’s safety in Delhi
MUMBAI: While Aaj Tak is airing a survey on crime against women as a week long news capsule, Zee news will air its initiative in unearthing the burning issue of the capital city, Whether Delhi is safe for women?
The one-hour programme will air on Sunday at 12:00 pm.
The nation’s capital is witnessing an increase in incidents of crime against women and fast deteriorating law and order situation, a company release says. For the purpose of an assessment of the conditions, the news channel called in panelists’ like police commissioner New Delhi RS Gupta, Senior Advocate Harish Salve and Film Actress Nandita Das.
The programme was aired last week minus much publicity, but owing popular demand this show is scheduled to air again.
Taking its cue from the most critical issues like rise in the cases of sexual harassment on the roads in Delhi, gang rape gang rape in Delhi University and the rape of a 85 years old woman in another part of Delhi, the programme highlights the entire phenomenon, which leads the city to be unsafe.
Besides that the other issue discussed was How effective is the Police or the Judiciary? According to the release, it is reviewed that police have not been prompt during such emergencies. For instance, a woman kept on calling on her mobile phone but the police took 40 minutes to reach the site of the crime or the gang rape case in Delhi University, where no action was taken against the constable involved.
In the wake of conspiracy of silence, which exists in Delhi, the most important question discussed was Who would find a solution to this problem?
News Broadcasting
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.
