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India News Manch – Modi Sarkar Kitni Asardaar? India News Conclave to Analyze Modi Government’s Four Years in Power
MUMBAI: India News, known for its direct and unbiased brand of journalism, is all set to host a special conclave Manch – Modi Sarkar, Kitni Asardaar? (How Effective Has the Modi Government Been?) in New Delhi on Friday, May 25, 2018. The day-long event will present a comprehensive overview of the BJP government at the Centre as it completes four years in power under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The event will be telecast live on India News and NewsX starting 10.00 a.m.
Spread over a day, the conclave will feature top political leaders and ministers from the Modi cabinet, government officials and members from the opposition. Besides political leaders, the event will be attended by bureaucrats, economists, leading journalists, corporates and esteemed members of the civil society.
The conclave will feature Special one-on-one interviews and panel discussions with Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Railways and Coal, Shri Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Hon’ble Minister of Information and Technology, Shri Prakash Javdekar, Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development, Dr. Jitendra Singh, MoS, PMO, Shri Subramanian Swamy, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Shri Randeep Surjewala, In-charge, Communications, AICC, Shri RPN Singh, Spokesperson, AICC, and other prominent politicians and leaders.
Manch is an India News initiative to foster a sense of citizenship and make political processes more transparent and accountable towards the people of the country. The event in New Delhi will be marked by multiple panel discussions and one-on-ones that sought to address several key issues including Law and Order, Development and Infrastructure, Health and Education, Youth Welfare and Employment, Women Safety and Agriculture.
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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.
