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CNBC-TV18 successfully concludes the 8th edition of the ‘India Healthcare and Wellness Awards 2018’
MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18, India’s leading English business news channel along with ICICI Lombard hosted the 8th edition of the ‘Indian Healthcare and Wellness Awards 2018’ at The Grand Hyatt, Mumbai.The event honored the best of medical and wellness service providers in the industry and served as a platform that brings together leaders from private and government organizations as well as policy makers, dignitaries from sector affiliates along with prominent names from the healthcare fraternity. Dr. Daniel Kraft, MD, Faculty Chair of Medicine & Neuroscience, Singularity University & Founder and Chair Exponential Medicine, San Francisco, USA graced the event as the chief guest of the evening.
The eminent list of jury panel that shortlisted the winners and acknowledged their efforts were Mr. Kewal Handa, Chairman, Medybiz Pharma; Mr. DG Shah, Secretary General, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance; Mr. A Vaidheesh, MD & VP, South Asia, GSK Pharmaceutical; and Dr. Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman & Medical Director, Manipal Health Enterprise. The jury panel for new category segment under wellness comprised Mr. Ryan Fernando, Chief Nutritionist, QUA Nutrition; Ms Pooja Makhija, Nutritionist; Dr. Shikha Sharma, Nutritionist; and Ms. Leena Mogre, Nutritionist.
The remarkable event applauded the contribution of the innovators, change-makers and pioneers in the healthcare and medical community. Nominations from over 3000 hospitals and an overwhelming response to the event, spoke volumes about the popularity and the credibility of the awards.
Speaking at the awards, Mr. Joy Chakraborthy from CNBC-TV18 stated, “Our objective behind this initiative is to acknowledge the best in the health and wellness industry. We truly wanted to felicitate those personalities who have made significant contributions in bringing about positive transformations to enhance the quality of general healthcare and medical facilities in India. We received massive number of entries this year and it is so good to see some amazing efforts being recognized by our experienced set of jury panels. The outstandingresponse by the industry is what encourages us to come with a new edition that is bigger and better, year after year.”
With IMRB, India’s leading market research agency associated with the property as their knowledge partner, extensive fieldwork was carried-out with the help of scientific methodology that captured consumers’ ratings and doctors’ ratings to finalize the best of the best from the industry.
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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.
