Rajdeep Sardesai
| Rajdeep Sardesai | |
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Sardesai in 2010
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| Born |
Rajdeep Dilip Sardesai 24 May 1965 Mumbai, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education |
St. Xavier's College University College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Former News Anchor & Editor-in-chief of IBN18 Network Resigned in July,2014 |
| Years active | 1988 – present |
| Notable credit(s) | India at 9 |
| Spouse(s) | Sagarika Ghose |
| Children | Ishan (son) and Tarini (daughter) |
Rajdeep Sardesai (born 24 May 1965) is an Indian news anchor and author. Sardesai is currently a consulting editor at the India Today group, and hosts Headlines Today. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Global Broadcast News, that included CNN-IBN, IBN7 and IBN-Lokmat—which he resigned in July 2014. He is married to journalist and author Sagarika Ghose.
Rajdeep Sardesai's father, Dilip Sardesai, was a former Indian test cricketer. He completed his schooling Campion School in Mumbai, did two years of ISC from The Cathedral & John Connon School, Mumbai, and completed a bachelor's course in Economics from St. Xavier's College. He then went to University College, Oxford, getting the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Civil Law. While at Oxford he made six first-class cricket appearances for Oxford University and one for a combined Oxford and Cambridge side against the 1987 Pakistani touring team. He was awarded a cricket Blue.
Rajdeep Sardesai has worked with The Times of India for six years and was the city editor of its Mumbai edition. He entered television journalism in 1994 as Political Editor of New Delhi Television (NDTV). He was the Managing Editor of both NDTV 24X7 and NDTV India and was responsible for overseeing the news policy for both the channels. He hosted popular shows like 'The Big Fight' at NDTV.
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