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About Rajdeep Sardesai

Rajdeep Sardesai (born May 24,1965) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat is an Indian political commentator and news presenter. He is the son of former Indian Test cricketer Dilip Sardesai and Nandini Sardesai, an activist in Mumbai and former head of the Dept of Sociology at St Xavier's College. He attended the Cathedral and John Connon School and Campion School in Mumbai and completed bachelor's course in Economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He obtained a second bachelor's and a law degree from Oxford University.

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Rajdeep is married to journalist Sagarika Ghose, who is also a journalist with Cnn-Ibn. They met at Oxford University.

He moved to television journalism in 1994 as Political Editor, New Delhi Television (NDTV.) He was the host of the award-winning talk show The Big Fight, and was particularly appreciated for his coverage of the Gujarat riots. Rajdeep Sardesai later quit NDTV to start his own company, Global Broadcast News (GBN) in collaboration with the American giant CNN and Raghav Bahl's TV18. The latter broadcasts the Indian Edition of CNBC called CNBC-TV18, the Hindi consumer channel, CNBC Awaaz and an international channel, SAW. The new channel with Rajdeep as the Editor-in-Chief has been named CNN-IBN. It went on air on December 17, 2005. Channel 7 has also come under this umbrella after Rajdeep's company bought a 46 percent stake in the channel. Channel 7 has since been renamed IBN-7.

He is the member of Population Council and Press Club of India. Rajdeep writes columns for leading English dailies.

Rajdeep Sardesai has also played cricket for the Oxford University team. Rajdeep is profiled as a right-hand batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler in the records.date=March 2008

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  1. “ We are honoured and delighted that Sachin is doing this for a charity, I just had to call him once and he spontaneously agreed which is typical of the man whose heart is bigger than even his bat. This initiative will bring some happiness in the life of little children. ”
    In Bid on 20 Bats Autographed by Sachin on eBay India

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  2. Industry experts & Moneycontrol team up for Budget 2010! Unleash a slew of ...

    Explore Article indiaprwire.com (Feb 26 2010)

    ...am Desai, Anand Tandon, Udayan Mukherjee, S.P. Tulsian, Punita Kumar-Sinha, Senthil Chengalvarayan, Rajdeep Sardesai, Sandeep Shanbhag, Nilesh Shah, DK Joshi, Nitesh Ranjan and Siddharta Roy, will feature on Moneycon... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Web18   Ridham Desai   Storeguru.com

  3. Bid on 20 Bats Autographed by Sachin on eBay India

    Explore Article PRWeb::The Online Visibility Company (Nov 18 2009)

    ...to www.eBay.in/sachin to bid and win this unique cricket memorabilia. Speaking about the initiative Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor- in-Chief, IBN18, said “We are honoured and delighted that Sachin is doing this for a chari... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Web18   Network18   MTV

  4. Shivnath Thukral Quits NDTV After 14-Year Stint; Rare High-Profile Exit From Legacy Broadcaster

    Explore Article contentSutra.com (Oct 5 2009)

    Shivnath Thukral Quits NDTV After 14-Year Stint; Rare High-Profile Exit From Legacy Broadcaster ... in a fast-changing media landscape. Interestingly, the last two high-profile exits from NDTV were Rajdeep Sardesai and Arnab Goswami, both of whom left to set up rival news operations that have taken away from ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Network18   Arnab Goswami   Ndtv

  5. TAM Data Says Cnn Ibn Was Most Watched As Poll Results Unfolded

    Explore Article contentSutra.com (May 20 2009)

    TAM Data Says Cnn Ibn Was Most Watched As Poll Results Unfolded ...ignificantly higher viewership than CNN IBN, but when it came to election day, viewers moved to the Rajdeep Sardesai-Yogendra Yadav team. It's also rather ironic that viewers moved away from NDTV 24x7, which in... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lintas Media Group   Doordarshan   Star News

  6. Cnn-ibn Launches IBNPolitics.com In The Run Up To Lok Sabha Elections

    Explore Article WATBlog.com (Mar 4 2009)

    ...ed to General Elections 2009. User can also locate their polling booth with the help of Google Map. Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-In-Chief, IBN18 Network has this to say about the site - “IBNPolitics.com promises to b... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Web18   Rajdeep Sardesai   Sudheendra Kulkarni

  7. Rajdeep Sardesai elected Editors’ Guild President; sets up five-point agenda

    Explore Article :::exchange4media::: (Nov 17 2008)

    Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, IBN Network, has been unanimously been elected as President of Editors’ Guild of ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   New Media   Puneet Bedi Bahri   Rajdeep Sardesai

  8. IBN18 Broadcast To Raise $90 Million Through QIP, Private Placement

    Explore Article contentSutra.com (Sep 4 2008) Acquisition

    ...nt Managers holds about 8% stake in IBN18 Broadcast. They had invested $9 million in November 2006. Rajdeep Sardesai, who is the Editor-In-Chief, holds a 4% stake while IBN's director Sameer Manchanda, holds an ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sameer Manchanda   Reliance Capital   Raghav Bahl

  9. Budget Chat with Rajdeep: 'Populist Budget unlikely'

    Explore Article IBNLive News (Feb 27 2008)

    Budget Chat with Rajdeep: 'Populist Budget unlikely' IBN LIve - CNN-IBN's Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai explained the various pulls and pressures on Chidambaram as he prepares to unveil the Budget and al... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Union Budget   Rajdeep Sardesai

  10. 'Populist Budget unlikely, PC has targets to meet'

    Explore Article IBNLive News (Feb 27 2008)

    IBN LIve - CNN-IBN's Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai explained the various pulls and pressures on Chidambaram as he prepares to unveil the Budget and al... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Union Budget   Rajdeep Sardesai

  11. 'Don't expect populist Budget, PC has targets to meet'

    Explore Article IBNLive News (Feb 27 2008)

    IBN LIve - CNN-IBN's Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai explained the various pulls and pressures on Chidambaram as he prepares to unveil the Budget and al... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Union Budget   Rajdeep Sardesai

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