Ravish Kumar
| Ravish Kumar Pandey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
5 December 1974 Motihari(Areraj) , east champaran, Bihar, |
| Occupation | Journalist with NDTV India |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Notable credit(s) |
Prime Time Ravish Ki Report Qasba |
| Spouse(s) | Nayana Dasgupta |
| Awards |
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award (2010, awarded 2014), Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award, Journalist of the Year (Broadcast) 2013,(Kuldip nayar journalism ) award 2017. |
| Website | www |
Ravish Kumar (born 5 December 1974) is an Indian TV anchor, writer and journalist who covers topics pertaining to Indian politics and society. He is a senior executive editor at NDTV India, the Hindi news channel of the NDTV news network and hosts a number of programmes including the channel's flagship weekday show Prime Time, Hum Log and Ravish Ki Report.
During the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he did extensive field interviews in several North-Indian states about the opinions and needs of the people on the ground highlighting their caste and opinions.
He was born in a small district called history city "East Champaran" with its headquarters at Motihari, in Eastern State of India, Bihar. He studied at Loyola High School, Patna, and later on he moved to Delhi for his higher studies. He graduated from Deshbandhu college University of Delhi.
He has received the prestigious Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award for Hindi Journalism and Creative Literature for 2010 from the President of India (awarded in 2014). He was honoured with the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for the Journalist of the Year 2013 (Broadcast). He has also won the Indian news television award 2014 for Best News anchor in Hindi. He is also famous for his show 'Kouno Jaat Ho'. He was included in 100 most influential Indians 2016 list by The Indian Express. He was awarded the best journalist of the year 2015 by mumbai press club. In March 2017, Ravish Kumar was honoured with the first Kuldip Nayar journalism award for his contribution to the field of journalism.
Ravish married Nayana Dasgupta, who is the head of history department at Lady Sri Ram College. His Brother Brajesh Kumar Pandey is a politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party, who had to resign from the post of Vice President of Bihar unit of Congress after a girl accused him of sexual exploitation.
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