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TIMES NOW hosts the 1st state conclave, karnataka NOW – seize the moment
MUMBAI: Ahead of the trail blazing State elections, TIMES NOW, India’s No. 1 English News channel from TIMES NETWORK, will be hosting the first state Conclave – Karnataka NOW Conclave 2018 on May 04 in Bangalore. Focusing on what the State must do to adapt to new social and political order to further secure its legacy, the Karnataka NOW – Seize the Moment conclave will have India’s most influential leaders join the discourses and debates.
A landmark Initiative of Times Network, the Karnataka NOW Conclave 2018 will address the most pertinent issues and predicaments in the minds of people of the state related to government initiatives, policy reforms, state economy, growth opportunities, science and innovation and many such conversations that will empower common people to determine their present and future.
Themed ‘Seize the moment’, the Karnataka Now Conclave 2018 will see prominent personalities from business and political spheres in attendance. The first session of the Conclave titled ‘Bengaluru rising – Back office to global innovator what will it take?’ moderated by Chetan Bhagat will see India’s top minds like Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Mindtree co-founder Krishna Kumar Natarajan, Ganesh Krishnan of growth Story and Co-Works founder Sidharth Menda deliberate on what it will take to push Bengaluru to become the world’s first name for innovation. The various political debates led by heavyweights like Union Minister Prakash Javdekar, BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav and Dr. Subramanian Swamy and Prakash Raj will debate issues around the question whether this election is more about Kannada pride rather than about development and discuss issues that plague the Silicon City and how it can evolve to become a city of the future.
The Conclave will also have DIG Roopa and BJPs Malavika Avinash discuss pertinent issues in the discussion titled ‘Misogyny and the metro-a case of double standards’. Concluding the Conclave will be Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who will deliver a special address on ‘What it means to be a Hindu’.
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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.
