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When Ravish told his family about Nayana, they blatantly objected to their marriage.
Controversies
- When his brother, Brajesh Kumar Pandey, was booked in a sex racket case in 2017, Ravish Kumar was criticized for not reporting about the incident in his news shows.
Tweets Against Ravish Kumar
- Ravish Kumar also attracted controversy for implicitly criticizing Arnab Goswami.
- After the establishment of the Narendra Modi Government at the centre, Ravish Kumar has often complained about receiving death threats and abusive phone calls.
- After being repeatedly trolled on Twitter, he left Twitter in August 2015.
Ravish Kumar’s Tweet About Quitting Twitter
Awards & Honours
- Ganesh Sankar Vidyarthi Award in 2010
- Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award in 2013 for the Journalist of The Year
Ravish Kumar With Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award
- Indian News Television Award for the best news anchor in Hindi in 2014
- The Indian Express included him in the 100 most influential Indians list in 2016
- He was named the best journalist of the year by Mumbai Press Club in 2016
Ravish Kumar Getting The Best Journalist of The Year By Mumbai Press Club
- Honoured with the first Kuldip Nayar journalism award for his contribution to the field of journalism in 2017
- Awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award for “harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless” in 2019
Ramon Magsaysay 2019 awardees, from left Filipino Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab, Thai Angkhana Neelapaijit, Indian Ravish Kumar, Burmese Ko Swe Win, and South Korean Kim Jong Ki poses during ceremonies in Manila, Philippines
- On 22 September 2019, awarded the first Gauri Lankesh National Journalism Award in Bengaluru.
Ravish Kumar Receiving the Gauri Lankesh Award
Signature/Autograph
Ravish Kumar Autograph
Favourites
- Teacher: Late Parthasarathi Gupta (History Professor of Delhi University)
Facts
- Ravish Kumar loves listening to old Hindi songs.
- He is so scared of English-speaking people that when he first came to Delhi, he rented a Barsati in the bylanes of Govindpuri, away from ‘English- speaking zones.’
- Ravish Kumar’s marriage with Nayana Dasgupta is a love marriage.
- His family didn’t allow him to get married to Nayana Dasgupta; as she is a Bengali while Ravish is a Bhumihar Brahmin.
- Even after being a TV anchor, Ravish is often seen quoting about not to watch TV News.
- He often complains about being trolled on social media and for often being interfered with in his personal life.
Ravish Kumar Clicked By An Anonymous Person While Driving
- Ravish has evolved a unique style of short story writing, and he calls these stories Laprek- Laghu Prem Katha.
For his further studies, Ravish shifted to Delhi in 1990, where he was enrolled in Deshbandhu College. The first “Ravish Ki Report” was on Paharganj.
He quit NDTV India as Senior Executive Editor on 30 November 2022.
Ravish Kumar also says that before coming to Delhi he had only seen Lucknow, Jamshedpur, and Ranikhet on the name of big cities. from Delhi University. At NDTV, Ravish escalated to a senior post rapidly- from a reporter to a senior executive editor. While talking about Anil Sethi and Rana Bahal, ravish says-
They taught me English, how to eat at a table, how to talk to girls, how to wear a tie.”
After completing his graduation in History, Ravish started preparing for the Civil Services Examination.
He graduated from Deshbandhu College, affiliated with the University of Delhi. The documentary was made by filmmaker Vinay Shukla, and it traverses the broadcasting days of Ravish Kumar at NDTV. The documentary is titled “Namaskar! He has two daughters.
The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation
Bolna Hi Hai : Loktantra, Sanskriti Aur Rashtra Ke Bare Mein (in Hindi)
Ishq Mein Shahar Hona (in Hindi)
Dekhate Rahiye (in Hindi)
Ravishpanti (in Hindi)
A City Happens In Love
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from Delhi University• Post-graduate diploma in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication
• He also attracted a controversy for implicitly criticizing Arnab Goswami, a popular English TV Anchor.
• Ravish Kumar has revealed that he has been receiving death threats and abusive phone calls since the arrival of the Narendra Modi Government at the centre in 2014.
studies that Ravish Kumar met his future wife, Nayana Dasgupta, who was studying at Indraprastha College in Delhi.
Ravish Kumar Wife Nayana Dasgupta
Before getting married, Ravish and Nayana dated for around seven years.
• Hum Log on NDTV India
• Prime Time on NDTV India
2013: Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for the Journalist of The Year
2014: Indian News Television Award for the best news anchor in Hindi
2016: The Indian Express included him in the 100 most influential Indians list.
He has compiled these stories in a book titled “Ishq Mein Sheher Hona.”
Ravish Kumar’s Book Ishq Mein Sheher Hona
- He has also penned another book titled “The Free Voice – On Democracy, Culture, and The Nation.”
- Ravish Kumar also runs a personal blog- ‘naisadak.blogspot.com.’
- At the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, a feature-length documentary on Ravish Kumar titled “While We Watched” won the Amplify Voices Award.
However, he couldn’t clear the examination and move on to pursue his Master’s in History from Deshbandhu College followed by an M.Phil. He has been two times recipients of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award (2017, 2013) for the broadcast category in the Hindi language. He is best known for his monologues in one of the most-watched TV news shows of NDTV India, Prime Time.
He hosted a number of programmes including the channel's flagship weekday show Prime Time, Hum Log, Ravish Ki Report and Des Ki Baat.
He has received death threats in the past for his journalism.
On 30 November 2022, he resigned from NDTV a day after the channel’s founders and promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy resigned as directors on the board of RRPR Holding Private Limited (RRPRH).
Kumar has been conferred various awards for his work in journalism including the Ramon Magsaysay Award (2019).
He was included in the list of 100 most influential Indians (2016) by The Indian Express and also named journalist of the year by Mumbai Press Club.
Kumar was awarded the Honorary Title for Freedom of Expression for his critical and independent journalism in India by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels, Belgium on the occassion of World Press Freedom Day, 2023.
Kumar is married to Nayana Dasgupta who teaches History at the Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi.
In those days, Ravish never had enough money, so he would often take Nayana for long walks and visit coffee houses.