Rahul Kanwal
Born (1980-09-14) 14 September 1980
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 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'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 India Today in TV Today Group.[7]

In 2019, Kanwal interviewed India's union minister Piyush Goyal, where he 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][11]

Awards

In 2013, Kanwal 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]

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. ↑ ""Is This Just For TRPs?": Criticism Over Rahul Kanwal's "Daring" Journalism In Maoist-Hit Bastar". The Logical Indian. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "MMCF announces names of personalities to be awarded". UdaipurTimes.com. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  14. ↑ "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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