Rajdeep Sardesai joins the India Today Group
Former Network18 anchor Rajdeep Sardesai has joined rival broadcaster India Today Group, which operates Aaj Tak and Headlines Today, as Consulting Editor.
Oxford and St. Xavier�۪s educated, Sardesai started his television career in 1994 and was a founding member of NDTV and, subsequently, CNN-IBN. Prior to TV, he worked with Times Of India for six years and was the city editor of its Mumbai edition. Sardesai has served as the Editor-in-Chief of IBN18 Network, including CNN-IBN, IBN-7 and IBN-Lokmat for the last 9 years.
He has just finished his first book based on the historic 2014 elections; its release is much awaited. Sardesai has won several national and international awards for journalism, including the Padma Shri in 2008.
With 1.52 million followers on Twitter, one of the largest for any news personality, Sardesai says, ���When not chained to the news, I watch sport, read, write, sleep and enjoy family holidays.�
Welcoming him to the group, India Today Group Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Aroon Purie said, ���Rajdeep has been an asset to whichever team he has belonged to, including the cricketing ones. Great to have him with us. I know he will hit the ball out of the park for Team India Today.”
As a start, Sardesai will be doing a marquee show for Headlines Today and contributing to the revamp of the Channel and its alignment with digital.
