Ravish Kumar (born 5 December 1974) is an Indian journalist, author and media personality. He was the Senior Executive Editor of

NDTV India NDTV India (styled as NDTV इंडिया) is a Hindi news channel in India owned by New Delhi Television Limited. In June 2016, NDTV decided to launch two separate channels called NDTV India and NDTV Spice in the United Kingdom. Histor ...

. He hosted a number of programmes including the channel's flagship weekday show ''Prime Time'', ''Hum Log'', ''Ravish Ki Report'', and ''Des Ki Baat''. Kumar has twice been conferred with Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for the ''Best Journalist of the Year'' and became the fifth Indian journalist to receive the

Ramon Magsaysay Award The Ramon Magsaysay Award (Filipino: ''Gawad Ramon Magsaysay'') is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealis ...

in 2019.

Early life and education

Kumar was born on 5 December 1974 in Jitwarpur village near Areraj in

East Champaran district East Champaran is an administrative district in the state of Bihar in India.The district headquarters are located at Motihari. Prior to 1st Dec 1977, there was a single district called "Champaran". On 1st Dec 1977, the district was divided into 2 ...

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

, to Baliram Pandey. He obtained his high school education from

Loyola High School, Patna Loyola High School is a private, Roman Catholic, co-educational high school in Kurji, Patna, Bihar, India. It was established in 1969 and administered by the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel. It is a co-educational school and the medium of ...

. Later he moved to

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

for higher studies. He graduated from

Deshbandhu College Deshbandhu College ( hi, देशबंधु कॉलेज) is a college established in 1952 and affiliated to University of Delhi. Deshbandhu College was established in 1953 by the Ministry of Rehabilitation, as a memorial to freedom fig ...

, affiliated with the

University of Delhi Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) ...

. Eventually he enrolled in

post-graduate diploma A postgraduate diploma (PgD, PgDip, PGDip, PG Dip., PGD, Dipl. PG, PDE) is a postgraduate qualification awarded after a university degree, which supplements the original degree and awards them with a graduate diploma. Countries that award postg ...

in Hindi Journalism from the

Indian Institute of Mass Communication Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) is an Indian media centre of learning and civil service training institute for the Indian Information Service Cadre funded and promoted by the Government of India in New Delhi. The IIMC is an auto ...

Career

From 1994 to 2022 he was employed by

, eventually as Senior Director. He hosted a number of programmes including the channel's flagship weekday show ''Prime Time'', ''Hum Log'', ''Ravish Ki Report'' and ''Des Ki Baat''. He has received death threats in the past for his journalism. On 30 November 2022, he resigned from NDTV a day after the channel’s founders and promoters

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and

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resigned as directors on the board of RRPR Holding Private Limited (RRPRH).

Awards and accolades

Ravish Kumar at University of Chicago Center New Delhi Journalism Week Lecture

Kumar has been conferred various awards for his work in journalism including the

(2019). He has been two times recipients of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award (2017, 2013) for the broadcast category in the Hindi language. The list continues with ''

Gauri Lankesh Gauri Lankesh (29 January 1962 – 5 September 2017) was an Indian activist and former journalist from Bangalore, Karnataka. She worked as an editor in ''Lankesh Patrike'', a Kannada weekly started by her father P. Lankesh, and ran her own wee ...

Award for Journalism,'' first

Kuldip Nayar Kuldip Nayar (14 August 1923 – 23 August 2018) was an Indian journalist, syndicated columnist, human rights activist, author and former High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom noted for his long career as a left-wing political comme ...

journalism award (2017),

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Award for Hindi Journalism and Creative Literature (for 2010, awarded in 2014). He was included in the list of 100 most influential Indians (2016) by ''

The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...

'' and also named ''journalist of the year'' by Mumbai Press Club.

Personal life

Kumar is married to Nayana Dasgupta who teaches History at the

Lady Shri Ram College Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) is a constituent women's college, affiliated with the University of Delhi, and has a legacy in women's education. History Established in 1956 in New Delhi by the late Lala Shri Ram in memory of his wife ...

. He has two daughters.

Books

* '' The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation'' *''Bolna Hi Hai : Loktantra, Sanskriti Aur Rashtra Ke Bare Mein'' (in Hindi) *''Ishq Mein Shahar Hona'' (in Hindi) *''Dekhate Rahiye'' (in Hindi) *''Ravishpanti'' (in Hindi) *A City Happens In Love

References

External links

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