K. V. L. Narayan Rao (17 July 1954 – 20 November 2017) was group

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of Indian TV network

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and the president of

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Life and career

Born to General

K V Krishna Rao General Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao, (16 July 192330 January 2016) was a former chief of the Indian Army and a former governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura. Gen. Rao was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1942. ...

, the 11th

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of the

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and later governor of

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in a Telugu Brahmin family in Hyderabad, Rao started his career as a

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with ''

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'', before joining the

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. He has been with NDTV since 1995 and has earlier been responsible for the Human Resources, Administration and Operations of the Company. Narayan Rao has played a vital role in the transition and growth of NDTV from a production house to a broadcaster.

Career at NDTV

Rao had joined NDTV as General Manager in January 1995, looking after human resources, administration and operations of the organisation. He was invited to join the board of NDTV in 1998 and had been its Executive Director since then. Rao was appointed Group CEO in 2007 and Executive Vice Chairperson in August 2011. In October 2016, he was reappointed for a second tenure as Group CEO of NDTV, in addition to his responsibilities as Executive Vice Chairperson. He had held important positions as president of the News Broadcasters Association, member of the Indian Broadcasting Federation and vice-president of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association. Narayan Rao was also a member of the Ficci Entertainment Committee and the CII National Committee on Media & Entertainment.

Family

He was married to Ms Renu and has two sons Jayant and Arjun.

Death

He died on 20 November 2017 after fighting against cancer for two years, about 2 years after his father's death.

References

1954 births 2017 deaths Businesspeople from Hyderabad, India Indian television executives NDTV Group Indian Revenue Service officers {{India-business-bio-stub