Full Name | Ravish Kumar Pandey |
Profession(s) | Journalist, TV Anchor, Author |
Physical Stats & More |
Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 183 cm in meters- 1.83 m in feet inches- 6’ |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Salt & Pepper |
Career |
Field | Journalism |
Associated With | NDTV India Note: He resigned from NDTV on 30 November 2022. |
Joined | Year 1996 |
Designation | Senior Executive Editor at NDTV India |
Famous Shows | • Ravish Ki Report on NDTV India • Hum Log on NDTV India • Prime Time on NDTV India |
Awards, Honours, Achievements | 2010: Ganesh Sankar Vidyarthi Award
2013: Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for the Journalist of The Year
2014: Indian News Television Award for the best news anchor in Hindi 2016: The Indian Express included him in the 100 most influential Indians list. The same year, he was named the best journalist of the year by Mumbai Press Club
2017: Honoured with the first Kuldip Nayar journalism award for his contribution to the field of journalism2019: • Awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award for “harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless."
• On 22 September 2019, he received the inaugural Gauri Lankesh National Journalism Award in Bengaluru
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Personal Life |
Date of Birth | 5 December 1974 (Thursday) |
Age (as of 2023) | 49 Years |
Birthplace | Jitvarpur village in Motihari, Bihar |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
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Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | Motihari, Bihar |
School | Loyola High School, Patna, India |
College/University | • Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi • Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi |
Educational Qualification(s) | • BA in History from Deshbandhu College • MA in History from Deshbandhu College • M.Phil. from Delhi University • Post-graduate diploma in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication |
Religion | Hinduism |
Caste | Bhumihar Brahmin |
Food Habit | Non-Vegetarian |
Hobbies | Reading, Writing, Listening to old Hindi Songs |
Address | Village-Jitwarpur, PO.-Pipra, PS.-Govindganj, District-East Champaran, Bihar-845419 |
Controversies | • In 2017, his brother, Brajesh Kumar Pandey was booked under the POSCO (Protection Of Children From Sexual Offences) Act for being involved in a sex-racket for which Ravish Kumar was criticized by a faction of society for not covering the incident in his news shows.
• He also attracted a controversy for implicitly criticizing Arnab Goswami, a popular English TV Anchor. • Ravish Kumar has revealed that he has been receiving death threats and abusive phone calls since the arrival of the Narendra Modi Government at the centre in 2014. The constant trolling led to Ravish Kumar quitting Twitter in August 2015.
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Relationships & More |
Marital Status | Married |
Affairs/Girlfriends | Nayana Dasgupta (History Teacher) |
Family |
Wife/Spouse | Nayana Dasgupta (History Teacher)
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Children | Son- None Daughter(s)- 2 (Names Not Known) |
Parents | Father- Baliram Pandey Mother- Name Not Known |
Siblings | Brother- Brajesh Kumar Pandey (Politician)
Sister- Not Known |
Favourites |
Teacher | Late Parthasarathi Gupta (History Professor of Delhi University) |
Actor | Amitabh Bachchan |
Singer(s) | Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh, Mohammed Aziz |
Money Factor |
Salary | Not Known |
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