Ravish Kumar

Not to be confused with Raveesh Kumar, an Indian diplomat.

Ravish Kumar
Kumar receiving 12th Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award in New Delhi, 2017.
Born (1974-12-05) 5 December 1974 (age 49)
Jitwarpur, East Champaran, Bihar, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Delhi
Indian Institute of Mass Communication
OccupationJournalist
EmployerNDTV (1994–2022)
SpouseNayana Dasgupta
Children2
Awards

Ravish Kumar (born Ravish Kumar Pandey; 5 December 1974)[1][2] is an Indian journalist, author, media personality and YouTuber.[3][4] He was the Senior Executive Editor of NDTV India. He hosted a number of programmes including the channel's flagship weekday show Prime Time, Hum Log, Ravish Ki Report, and Des Ki Baat.[5][6][7]

Kumar has twice been conferred with Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for the Best Journalist of the Year and became the fifth Indian journalist to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2019.[8][9]

  1. ^ "NDTV's Ravish Kumar wins the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award". ThePrint. PTI. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ PTI (2 August 2019). "Journalist Ravish Kumar wins 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. ^ "YouTube is the last bastion of unbiased journalism in India". Rest of World. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Indian journalists turned to YouTube to dodge Modi's censorship. Some of their channels are now being blocked". Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  5. ^ PTI (9 September 2019). "Indian journalist Ravish Kumar receives 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  6. ^ "7 साल डेटिंग करने के बाद रवीश और नयना ने की थीं शादी, जानें कौन हैं और क्या करती हैं रवीश कुमार की पत्नी". Jansatta (in Hindi). 5 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  7. ^ Puri, Anjali (2 December 2019). "Ravish Kumar: The rooted anchor". Business Standard. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ ""Truth Essential To Democracy": Ravish Kumar Receives Magsaysay Award". NDTV.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.