Kartikeya Sharma

Kartikeya Sharma (born May 14, 1981) is an Indian entrepreneur who heads several independent business ventures.[1][2] He is the managing director of ITV Network (Information Tv Pvt Ltd),[3][4] an Indian media company which runs India News, NewsX and The Sunday Guardian.[5][6][7] He is the managing director of Piccadilly Group, a hospitality and industrial venture, which runs the Hyatt branded Hyatt Regency hotels in Gurgaon and Ludhiana, and the Hilton branded Hilton Hotel in Delhi.[8][9][10][11] He is the co-owner, though his company ProSportify, of the Pro Wrestling League and the Indian Arena Polo League.[12][13][14] In 2019 he introduced an Artificial Intelligence voice assistant to the NewsX studios; the NewsX AI is claimed as the world’s first integrated voice assistant to be used in a newsroom;[15] and Sharma has been referred to as a "pioneer of innovative technologies in the media industry".[16]

Kartikeya Sharma
Kartikeya Sharma
Born (1981-05-14) May 14, 1981
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Occupation
  • ITV Media network (Owner and Managing Director)
  • Pro Sportify (Owner, Chairman and Managing Director)
Known forIndia News, NewsX, The Sunday Guardian, Aaj Samaj,
Spouse(s)Aishwarya Sharma
(m. 2011–present)
Parent(s)

Personal life and education

Sharma was born on 14 May 1981.[17]. He graduated from Oxford University in business management with honours[18] and completed a master's degree at King's College London.[19] Sharma married Aishwarya Sharma in 2011 she is the daughter of Indian National Congress politician Kuldeep Sharma, former speaker of Haryana States Assembly.[20][21]

Career

Following his graduation from King's College,[22], in 2007, Sharma launched ITV Media. He also launched a network of regional TV channels through India News; as of 2015 India News operated five regional channels broadcasting across Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Jharkhand.[23]

Later on, Sharma acquired, through ITV Media, English language news channel NewsX.[24][25] He entered the print media with the acquisition of The Sunday Guardian, an English language Sunday newspaper, and Aaj Samaj, a Hindi language daily newspaper.[25][26][27] He has also been involved with News Wire Services, an Indian TV news wire service.[28]

In 2015, Sharma set up Pro Sportify with Ashish Chadha, CEO of the Sporty Solutionz, a company that runs the Pro Wrestling League.[29][30][31]

Awards

Kartikeya Sharma won the award for the Best CEO of the Year at the 2016 eNBA Awards.[32][13]

References
  1. "Meet Kartikeya Sharma - Founder and Promoter of Itv Media Network". The Huffington Post. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. "Pro Wrestling League: Olympic Style Greco Roman introduced in richest league for season 3". Times Now. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. "Kartikeya Sharma's iTV Network set to pick up stake in Trilogic Digital | TelevisionPost.com". Television Post. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. "Information Tv Pvt Ltd". bloomberg.com.
  5. "BBC launches news in Indian languages, ties up with Eenadu and India News". Indiantelevision.com. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  6. "We will be launching India News Business by next quarter: Kartikeya Sharma". www.exchange4media.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  7. Malvania, Urvi. "ITV Network, Trilogic join hands". Business Standard. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  8. Rajneesh Gangwar (June 2, 2015). "Kartikeya Sharma-led India News' parent co in talks to buyout NewsX". Medium.
  9. "Karthikeya Sharma's ITV Media snaps up News X". www.indiantelevision.org.in. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  10. "Web of political links helped Vadra's land deals". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  11. "India News partners with BBC for international news content". Bestmediainfo.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  12. Simran Sabherwal. "Pro Wrestling League will be most watched sport other than cricket: Kartikeya Sharma". impactonnet.com.
  13. Philip Piletic. "Kartikeya Sharma: The Man Behind the Success of ITV Media Network and NewsX". ibm.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-02.
  14. "Kartikeya Sharma owned Pro Sportify to launch Indian Arena Polo League". exchange4media.com. Feb 11, 2019.
  15. Melissa Thompson (February 15, 2019). "Kartikeya Sharma India's Youngest Media Entrepreneur". newsblaze.com.
  16. Munawar Gul (July 9, 2019). "Kartikeya Sharma: The Pioneer of Artificial Intelligence Voice Technology in the News Industry". ilounge.com.
  17. "Kartikeya Sharma Director profile". allcompanydata.com. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  18. "Advisory Board". India News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  19. "Kartikeya Sharma". inkhabar.com. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  20. "Karnal gears up for mega wedding today". www.timesofindia.com. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  21. Singh, Anita (22 November 2011). "Karnal gears up for mega wedding today - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  22. "Kartikeya Sharma, Promoter - Sunday Guardian, iTV Network". The Sunday Guardian. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  23. Sabherwal, Simran; Achhpal, Henna (4 Jul 2015). "Story of a Media Entrepreneur: Kartikeya Sharma". The Sunday Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  24. "Tycoons testing their luck in Haryana". The Hindu. 12 October 2014.
  25. "Quick five with Kartikeya Sharma on NewsX purchase". www.exchange4media.com. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  26. "ITV to see NewsX get scale with substance". www.mxmindia.com. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  27. "Interview: Kartikeya Sharma, Managing Director, iTV Network". Bestmediainfo.com. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  28. "Advisory Board". indianewsacademy.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  29. "iTV Network MD Kartikeya Sharma invests in Pro Wrestling League". Indiantelevision.com. 24 Jul 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  30. "Now, a pro wrestling league in India". www.livemint.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  31. "We will be launching India News Business by next quarter: Kartikeya Sharma". www.exchange4media.com. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  32. "iTV Network wins big at the eNBA Awards 2016". NewsX. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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