Rahul Kanwal

Rahul Kanwal is an Indian TV journalist and News Director at India Today.[1] He was born on the 14th of September, 1980 in Deolali, Maharashtra.[1] He is the host of the prime-time show Newstrack[2] on weekdays and interview based show, Jab We Met, on India Today TV.[3]

Rahul Kanwal
Rahul Kanwal
Born14th September, 1980
NationalityIndian
OccupationJournalist
Home townDeolali, Nashik, India

Career

Rahul studied Journalism at Delhi University,[4] he's a Chevening scholar and has done a programme in International Broadcast Journalism from Cardiff University.[5] He also 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 later joined Aaj Tak in 2002. He has also served as the Editor-at-Large in Aaj Tak and Headlines Today in TV Today Group.[7]

In 2019, Rahul interviewed India's union minister Piyush Goyal, where he questioned the minister over the Balakot strikes.[8][9] He was criticized for simulating an skirmish between CRPF and Naxal insurgents in his TV show. [10][11]

Awards

In 2013, he was awarded the best anchor at the Indian Television Academy Awards[12]

Kanwal was awarded the National annual award as part of the Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation in 2016.[13]

In 2019, he was awarded in the Best Anchor category at the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards[14].

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References
  1. "Rahul Kanwal". India Today. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  2. "Newstrack with Rahul Kanwal". www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  3. "Jab We Met". www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  4. "Delhi College of Arts & Commerce". dcac.du.ac.in. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  5. "UK launches Chevening Scholarships and Fellowships for 2019-20". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  6. Trust, Rory Peck (2010). "rorypecktrust". https://rorypecktrust.org/. Archived from the original on 2019-07-25. External link in |website= (help)
  7. "India Today Group promotes Supriya Prasad and Rahul Kanwal as News Directors - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  8. Staff, Scroll. "Watch: 'I don't need any lesson in nationalism from you,' journalist Rahul Kanwal tells Piyush Goyal". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  9. Staff, J. K. R. (2019-03-05). "India Today's Rahul Kanwal trends for standing up to BJP minister's 'bullying' on Balakot air strikes". Janta Ka Reporter 2.0. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  10. Sharma, Supriya. "How India Today's Rahul Kanwal survived a battle between Maoists and the CRPF in Chhattisgarh". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  11. ""Is This Just For TRPs?": Criticism Over Rahul Kanwal's "Daring" Journalism In Maoist-Hit Bastar". The Logical Indian. 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  12. "AajTak bags the Best News Channel Award at the ITA Awards, 13th year in a row". Indian Television Dot Com. 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  13. "MMCF announces names of personalities to be awarded". UdaipurTimes.com. 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  14. "India Today's win at 11th enba a record of sorts: Rahul Kanwal - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
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