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India TV’s ‘Samvaad’ to take stock of Modi’s three years of governance
MUMBAI: India TV that has made a mark with its outstanding on-ground initiatives is back with its Political Mega Conclave ‘Samvaad’. The same shall coincide with the completion of three years of the Narendra Modi led Government in office. ‘Samvaad’ shall be held in New Delhi on 15 May 2017.
With this Full-Day affair and in its true role of being democracy’s fourth estate, Nation’s true News leader India TV is set to question the establishment to bring to fore the facts that matter to the masses in general and to specific strata of the businesses, society or nation in particular.
This top initiative shall be about not only taking toll of ‘the change’ the present dispensation has been able to bring in from when they picked up the baton of Governance in May 2014 but also ‘measuring its performance’ against their manifesto. Samvaad shall also strive to highlight the agenda and expectations for the remaining term of two years.
India TV Chairman & Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma shall lead the charge along with his team of Premier Anchors to put to test the regime that arguably enjoys the strongest public support even in the distant times, despite large-scale non-populist decisions effected.
It’s a given that like all previous India TV on-ground initiatives this Conclave too shall be a spectacle with a galaxy of the biggest political decision makers and influencers from both ruling & opposition benches muscle it out.
An impressive gathering of high profile delegates including top Corporate honchos, Media personalities and other Newsmakers from across the country shall add a most anticipated layer for the avid political watchers & analysts through this initiative.
Political bigwigs like Amit Shah, Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Nitin Gadhkari, Dharmendra Pradhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Rajiv Pratap Rudi are not only expected to come and but make some big rippling statements that may be of the prime interest for the electorate of world’s biggest democracy.
Influential leaders from the opposition camp including Raj Babbar, Pramod Tiwari, Renuka Chaudhry, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Manish Tiwari amongst others. Other top dignitaries expected to attend include Subramanain Swami, Mehbooba Mufti, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Mohammad Salim, Badruddin Ajmal, Zafar Sareshwala and Dr. Nirmal Singh etc.
India TV MD & CEO Ritu Dhawan while announcing the second edition of the initiative said, “If I put it in most simple terms, our friends from the media fraternity can most certainly expect big headlines that would obviously mean a big political news feed for our audience.”
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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.
