Rahul Kanwal is an Indian TV journalist and News Director at
India Today.
He was born on 14 September 1980 in
Deolali, Maharashtra.
He is the host of the prime-time show Newstrack on weekdays and interview based show, Jab We Met, on India Today TV.
Career
Kanwal sucked up to Modi on multiple occasions
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. He studied Journalism at Delhi University, he's a
Chevening scholar and has done a programme in International Broadcast Journalism from
Cardiff University
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. He also won a
Rory Peck Trust grant for a course in Hostile Environment Journalism. He started his career in 1999 as an anchor-cum-reporter with
Zee News and later joined
Aaj Tak in 2002. He has also served as the Editor-at-Large in Aaj Tak and
India Today in
TV Today Group.
In 2019, Kanwal interviewed India's union minister
Piyush Goyal, where he questioned the minister over the
Balakot strikes. He was criticized for simulating a skirmish between
CRPF and
Naxal insurgents in his TV show.
Awards
In 2013, Kanwal was awarded the best anchor at the
Indian Television Academy Awards
The Indian Television Academy Awards, also known as the ''ITA Awards'', is an annual award ceremony organised by the Indian Television Academy to honour excellence in Hindi-language television.
Ceremonies
Categories Popular Awards
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Kanwal was awarded the National annual award as part of the Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation in 2016.
In 2019, he was awarded in the Best Anchor category at the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards.
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
Journalists from Maharashtra
India Today people
Indian male television journalists