Rahul Kanwal
Born (1980-09-14) 14 September 1980 (age 43)
Deolali, Maharashtra, India
Alma materDelhi University
Cardiff University
Occupation(s)Journalist, news presenter
EmployerIndia Today Group

Rahul Kanwal is an Indian TV news anchor and News Director at India Today.[1] He is the anchor host of the prime-time show Newstrack[2] on weekdays and the interview-based show Jab We Met on India Today TV.[3]

Career

Kanwal went to St. Joseph's College, Allahabad. He studied journalism at Delhi University.[4] He is a Chevening scholar and did a programme in International Broadcast Journalism from Cardiff University.[5] He won a Rory Peck Trust grant for a course in Hostile Environment Journalism.[6]

He started his career in 1999 as an anchor-cum-reporter with Zee News and joined Aaj Tak in 2002. He has also served as the Editor-at-Large of Aaj Tak and India Today in TV Today Group.[7]

In 2019, Kanwal interviewed India's union minister Piyush Goyal, and questioned the minister over the Balakot strikes.[8][9] He was criticized for simulating a skirmish between CRPF and Naxal insurgents in his TV show.[10]

Awards

In 2013, Kanwal was awarded the best anchor at the Indian Television Academy Awards.[11]

He was awarded the National annual award as part of the Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation in 2016.[12]

In 2019, he was awarded in the Best Anchor category at the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Rahul Kanwal". India Today. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Newstrack with Rahul Kanwal". www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Jab We Met". www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Delhi College of Arts & Commerce". dcac.du.ac.in. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. ^ "UK launches Chevening Scholarships and Fellowships for 2019-20". GOV.UK. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ^ Trust, Rory Peck (2010). "rorypecktrust". rorypecktrust.org. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019.
  7. ^ "India Today Group promotes Supriya Prasad and Rahul Kanwal as News Directors - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  8. ^ Scroll Staff. "Watch: 'I don't need any lesson in nationalism from you,' journalist Rahul Kanwal tells Piyush Goyal". Scroll.in. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  9. ^ Staff, J. K. R. (5 March 2019). "India Today's Rahul Kanwal trends for standing up to BJP minister's 'bullying' on Balakot air strikes". Janta Ka Reporter 2.0. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  10. ^ Sharma, Supriya. "How India Today's Rahul Kanwal survived a battle between Maoists and the CRPF in Chhattisgarh". Scroll.in. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  11. ^ "AajTak bags the Best News Channel Award at the ITA Awards, 13th year in a row". Indian Television Dot Com. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  12. ^ "MMCF announces names of personalities to be awarded". UdaipurTimes.com. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  13. ^ "India Today's win at 11th enba a record of sorts: Rahul Kanwal - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

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