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Rajdeep Sardesai

movie Journalist, Editor cake 24 May 1965 (Monday) (Mumbai)
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Height

in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 9”

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Age

59

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Nation

Indian

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Basic Information

Date of Birth: 24 May 1965 (Monday)
Birthplace: Mumbai
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Nationality: Indian
Hometown: Mumbai

Family & Relationships

Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Sagarika Ghose
Children: Son- Ishan Daughter- Tarini

Education

Schools: Campion School, The Cathedral & John Connon School
Colleges: St. Xavier's College, University College, Oxford
Education: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Civil Law

Lifestyle

Religion: Hinduism

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Some Lesser Known Facts About Rajdeep Sardesai

  • 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.
  • Rajdeep is the son of Dilip Sardesai, a former Indian Test Cricketer.
  • Initially, Rajdeep worked with 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 hosted popular shows like ‘The Big Fight’ at NDTV.
  • He quit NDTV later to start his own company, Global Broadcast News (GBN), in collaboration with the American giant CNN and Raghav Bahl’s TV18.
  • Rajdeep was awarded Padma Shri by Govt. of India in 2008.
  • Rajdeep carried off The International Broadcasters award for coverage of the 2002 Gujarat riots and the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism award for 2006.
  • He received The Asian Television award for talk show presentation and has been News Anchor of the year at the Indian Television Academy for eight of the last nine years.
  • He has been the President of the Editors Guild of India and was also chosen as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the world economic forum.

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