Riniki Bhuyan Sharma is an Indian business woman from

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

. She is the managing mPride East Entertainment, a media house. She is married to

Himanta Biswa Sarma Himanta Biswa Sarma (born 1 February 1969) is an Indian politician serving as the 15th and incumbent Chief Minister of Assam. A former member of the Indian National Congress political party. Sarma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 August ...

, the

Chief Minister of Assam The chief minister of Assam, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Assam. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following e ...

Early life

Riniki was born and grew up in

Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

to a well-known

industrialist A business magnate, also known as a tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. The term characteristically refers to a powerful entrepreneur or investor who controls, through perso ...

of that time Jadav Chandra Bhuyan. She studied in St. Mary's High School, Guwahati and then joined

Cotton College Cotton College was a Roman Catholic boarding school in Cotton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It was also known as ''Saint Wilfrid's College''. The school buildings were centred on Cotton Hall, a country house used by religious communities fro ...

and graduated in political science. She then pursued

LLB Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

from Govt. Law College of Guwahati. She married

, whom she met in

. She has two children, Nandil Biswa Sarma and Sukanya Sarma.

Career

Riniki is the

Chairman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

of her

media house Media may refer to: Communication * Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data ** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass ...

and holding company Pride East Entertainments, which is a parent company of several channels. It includes, two

news channels News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or televi ...

( News Live & Northeast East Live), three entertainment channels (

Ramdhenu Ramdhenu () is a TV channel specialising in music of Assam. It was launched on 1 October 2011 and is a part of the Pride East Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. based in Guwahati, Assam owned by Riniki Bhuyan Sarma It is the first ever satellite music TV ...

, Rang & Indradhanu) and one Assamese News paper ( Niyamiya Barta).

Awards

Riniki Bhuyan Sharma won the Prag Prerona Award in March 2020 given by

Prag News Prag News also known as Prag is a 24×7 Assamese news channel. It is the oldest local news channel of Assam owned by A M Television Pvt. Ltd., based in Guwahati. It was launched on 4 March 2001 as a cable-based television channel. The channel co ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Riniki Bhuyan Living people Cotton College, Guwahati alumni People from Assam People from Guwahati Year of birth missing (living people)