Gaurav Sawant is an Indian journalist and writer. He is the senior executive editor of India Today TV.
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Wiki/Biography
Gaurav Chittaranjan Sawant was born on 28 February. His zodiac sign is Pisces. Gaurav Sawant did his schooling in various Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country. He studied at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. He has done BA in History. Gaurav Sawant worked at The Indian Express from 1994 to 2002, first as a reporter and then as a special correspondent. From 2002 to 2008, he was the Senior Special Correspondent of Star News under ABP Network.
A young Gaurav Sawant
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 7″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
Gaurav Sawant’s father’s name is Chittaranjan Naresh Sawant. He is a retired Brigadier of the Indian Army. After retirement from the Army, he became a Supreme Court lawyer, filmmaker, TV producer, writer and commentator. His mother’s name is Sudha Sawant. Gaurav has two sisters, Dr. Richa Sawant, who is a lecturer at Delhi University, and Shikha Sawant, who works in Germany.
Gaurav Sawant’s father is Brigadier Chittaranjan Naresh Sawant and mother is Sudha Sawant.
wife and children
Gaurav Sawant is married to Aditi Arora Sawant, who is a journalist and news anchor. Aditi Arora is the Lifestyle Correspondent of Star News under ABP Network. They got married on 15 January 2004. Gaurav and Aditi have a daughter named Vidushi.
Gaurav Sawant with his wife Aditi Arora Sawant and daughter Vidushi
religion/religious views
Gaurav Sawant follows Hindu religion.
livelihood
Journalist
Gaurav Sawant started his career as a crime reporter with The Indian Express in 1994. He joined The Indian Express as a trainee. In 1999, he was assigned to cover the Kargil War. He lived in the battlefield for more than 2 months while reporting on the Kargil war. He worked at The Indian Express until 2002 where he was promoted from trainee to reporter until he became a special correspondent. After this he joined ABP Network where he worked in Star News. Here he started his career as a TV journalist. In 2003, he reported on the Iraq War. In 2008, Gaurav started working at TV Today Network where he is the Senior Executive Editor. Gaurav Sawant has covered conflict areas like Libyan Civil War, Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution, UN operations in North Africa, Sierra Leone and Lebanon, Ukraine War of 2022, etc.
Gaurav Sawant is covering the Libyan civil war
Gaurav Sawant is the first journalist to report live from Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldie Road (DS DBO Road) during the India-China conflict in 2020, and also the first to do skydiving free fall, tandem jump and parachute twice. Made six jumps at INS Dega (a naval air station) at Visakhapatnam with the Indian Navy. He also hosts a segment named Desh Ka Gaurav on Tez channel. Gaurav Sawant travels across India and the world to report on events like Bastille Day in Paris, France, the Turkey-Syria earthquake of 2023, etc.
Gaurav Sawant is reporting from Türkiye on the 2023 earthquake.
books
Gaurav Sawant is the author of the book Dateline Kargil: A Correspondent’s Nine-Week Account from the Battlefront (2000). The book outlines his experience while reporting from the Kargil war zone in 1999.
Gaurav Sawant at the signing event of his book Dateline Kargil: A Correspondent’s Nine-Week Account from the Battlefront (2000)
Gaurav Sawant has also written a comedy series titled Veer Gatha: Stories of Param Vir Chakra Award Winners. Gaurav Sawant has written the script which follows the stories of Major Somnath Sharma, Major Shaitan Singh, CQMH Abdul Hamid, Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal and Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey, who have received the Param Vir Chakra award, India’s highest military award.
Cover of Gaurav Sawant’s comic Veer Gatha: Stories of Param Vir Chakra Awardees (Manoj Kumar Pandey)
controversies
sexual harassment allegations
During the #MeToo movement, two journalists had accused Gaurav Sawant of sexual harassment. Vidya Krishnan, former health and science editor at The Hindu newspaper and regular contributor to The Caravan magazine, made the first allegation. In the November 2018 issue of The Caravan, Krishnan detailed an incident in 2003 when she was working for The Pioneer. She claimed that Sawant harassed her during a reporting assignment in Beas, Punjab. Another senior journalist Kanika Gehlot revealed that Sawant had targeted her during the one-day conference. Sawant issued a tweet calling Krishnan’s allegations baseless and asserting his intention to take “full legal action”.
The article published by Caravan is irresponsible, baseless and completely false. I am talking to my lawyers and will take full legal action. I am extremely grateful for the support of my family, friends and audience.
– Gaurav C Sawant (@gauravcsawant) 12 November 2018
Krishnan alleged that Sawant touched her inappropriately while he was traveling in a jeep with a group of journalists, The Caravan reported. Despite his discomfort, he persisted. Later that night, Krishnan claimed that Sawant had texted him expressing his desire to come to his room. Despite her refusal, Sawant entered her room and sexually assaulted her. Sawant reportedly left the room when she screamed. Krishnan told her boyfriend about the incident and he confirmed her statement. Sawant’s employer India Today issued a statement to NDTV on The Caravan’s article, saying that they could not comment or investigate the matter as Sawant was not with the organization at the time of the incident. He mentioned that he had requested Sawant to provide clarification. Gaurav Sawant files defamation notice against Vidya Krishnan and Caravan magazine.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- Gaurav Sawant was the first journalist to be awarded ‘Wings’ from the Indian Navy in 2007.
Finally found it! An old photo of my para jump in December 2007. 5+1 with Indian Navy at INS DEGA, Visakhapatnam pic.twitter.com/EorqGMokWF
– Gaurav C Sawant (@gauravcsawant) 26 December 2015
- Gaurav Sawant won the Best Current Affairs Program at the National Television Awards, 2012 for his show “Inside Libya” with Shiv Aroor.
- Gaurav Sawant won the award for Best News Coverage – National (Chandrayaan 2) and International (Howdy Modi) at ENBA 2019.
Gaurav Sawant’s awards announced at ENBA 2019
- Gaurav Sawant won the Best Late Prime Time Show award at ENBA 2020.
Gaurav Sawant’s Best Late Prime Time Show Award announced at ENBA 2020
- At ENBA 2022, Gaurav Sawant won the awards for Best Anchor, Best Late Prime Time Show and Best In-Depth Series in the English division.
bike collection
Gaurav Sawant owns a Suzuki V-Strom and a Royal Enfield Classic.
Gaurav Sawant riding his Royal Enfield Classic
car collection
Gaurav Sawant’s first car was Toyota Qualis.
Gaurav Sawant with his Toyota Qualis
Facts/General Knowledge
- Gaurav Sawant hits the gym and posts his efforts on his Instagram account.
Gaurav Sawant working out in the gym
- Gaurav Sawant likes to read books of all genres in English and Hindi.
- Gaurav Sawant loves traveling and is grateful to his journalism career for helping him travel often.
- Gaurav Sawant is active on his Twitter account (@gauravcsawant) and has 1.4 million followers.
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