Sudhir Chaudhary

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sudhir Chaudhary

• Does Sudhir Chaudhary drink alcohol?: Yes

• Sudhir Chaudhary is an Indian journalist who has worked at several Hindi and Marathi news channels in various key positions including the senior editor and business head of Zee News.

• Since his childhood, he was interested in current affairs and often used to take part in debate competitions held in his school and college.

  

• Before coming into the field of journalism, he wanted to become a civil servant and had even prepared for the UPSC Examination; however, he couldn’t clear the exam.

• Sudhir joined Zee News in 1993 when it was just started and covered several prominent stories including the Kargil War and the 2001 Indian Parliament attack. He was a part of the media that covered the meeting in Islamabad between Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pervez Musharraf after the terrorist attack.

• He left Zee News in 2003. He was instrumental in the launch of Sahara Samay, the Hindi news channel of the Sahara group. For a short period of time, he also joined India TV. He again moved on and joined Live India and served as the Editor-in-chief for the channel. He returned in Zee News again in 2012. He hosts the popular prime-time news show, Daily News & Analysis (DNA) on Zee News.

• In 2012, Congress MP Naveen Jindal accused Sudhir Chaudhary and Sameer Ahluwalia of trying to extort Rs 100 crore worth of advertisements from his company in return for dropping stories linking the Jindal group with Coalgate.

• Sudhir received Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism in the “Hindi broadcast” category for 2013. He won the award for his interview with the friend of the Delhi December 16 gang-rape victim.

• On 1 July 2022, he resigned from the post of CEO of Zee Media. ^[3]The Economic Times A statement released by Zee Media Corporation Ltd read,
  

  Sudhir Chaudhary has resigned from the post of CEO of the company, he will cease to be the CEO and key managerial personnel of the company with effect from the close of the business hours.”

• Here’s an interesting video about Sudhir Chaudhary’s biography:

• He made headlines in March 2025 when he joined the DD News. According to sources, Prasar Bharati signed a contract with him to use his expertise to revamp DD News.