M. V. Nikesh Kumar (born 7 October 1973) is an Indian journalist from the state of

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. He is the managing director of

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, a Malayalam news channel. As a

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candidate, he lost to K. M. Shaji of

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in the

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from the Azhikode Constituency, by 2284 votes. He holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram. He started his career as a news reporter in

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, later moved onto Indiavision, anchoring various programmes based on contemporary social and political issues. He anchored ''Newsnight'' every day at 09:00 PM. At

, he anchors ''Editor's Hour'', a debate show which discusses mostly regional politics. He also anchors the weekly interview programme ''Close Encounter'', in which he interviews the socio-political leaders of Kerala, a hardcore debate. He returned to journalism after a hiatus of 1 year post the 2016 legislative polls and is now anchoring the ''MV Nikesh Kumar Show''. Nikesh is the youngest son of the late CMP leader and former minister

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. He is married to Rani Varghese and has two children - Sankaran and Janaki. He was honoured with Ramnath Goenka award for excellence in journalism by the

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