Radhika Roy is a noted Indian journalist and the founder of the Indian news channel NDTV. She served as co-chairman of NDTV. He served as the Managing Director of NDTV from 1998 to 2011. NDTV channel started functioning as a production house under the leadership of Radhika Roy and soon, it became India’s first independent news broadcaster.
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Wiki/Biography
Radhika Roy was born on Saturday, 7 May 1949 (age 74 years; as in 2023) in Calcutta, India. His zodiac sign is Taurus. She received her schooling from Welham Girls Boarding School in Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh. He qualified as a speech pathologist from the Oldrey Fleming School, London. He was awarded a degree in English Literature from Miranda House, Delhi University. She received a degree in broadcast journalism from The New School for Social Research in New York, United States. Later, he attended a course in television production at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
Physical Appearance
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
Radhika Roy’s father’s name is Suraj Lal Das and he was a Bengali engineer. His mother’s name is Oshrukona Mitra. Indian politician Brinda Karat is his sister.
husband and children
Radhika Roy married Prannoy Roy in 1972.
Radhika Roy with her husband
They have a daughter named Tara Roy.
Radhika Roy’s daughter Tara Roy
livelihood
After completing her studies in London, Radhika returned to India with her husband Prannoy Roy and settled in Delhi. Soon, Radhika started her journalism career at the editor’s desk of The Indian Express. Later, she joined India Today magazine as a news coordinator for some time. Both of them founded NDTV, New Delhi Television Limited in 1984. However, in a conversation with a media house, Prannoy Roy announced that he joined NDTV later and it was Radhika who was the actual founder of the NDTV news channel. After the establishment of NDTV, the channel started functioning as a production house for Doordarshan. Soon, it came to be considered the first Indian independent news broadcaster. On this, NDTV set an example in Indian journalism and became a pioneer for broadcast journalism in India. Soon, it became recognized as a legacy brand in the news industry in India. After acquiring the legacy brand, Radhika started working as the Managing Director of NDTV. Later, he was promoted as Chief Executive Producer at NDTV. Radhika was given the responsibility of editorial and backend processes and Prannoy started anchoring on television. Editorial integrity, impartiality and legally binding codes of conduct are the core ethics he embodies in his workplace. Radhika was also credited for providing free sanitary napkins in NDTV offices. According to a senior NDTV official,
If Prannoy Roy is the face of the organisation, Radhika Roy is its heart and soul.
Star India partnered with NDTV to launch its first 24×7 news channel in 1998 and 2003. Under the leadership of Radhika Roy, Star India managed the channel’s infrastructure, while the editorial and production areas were under the responsibility of NDTV. Star India kept the company’s profits while NDTV took the regular fee amount in the partnership deed. In 2003, NDTV was not handed over full editorial control by Star India, and this, in turn, led to disagreements between the two which led to the termination of the partnership deed. Soon, NDTV received an independent power to control the management and also, Radhika chose to launch two new news channels called NDTV 24×7 and NDTV India. On this initiative of Radhika, NDTV became an independent Indian news broadcasting channel. In 2004, under the supervision of Radhika Roy, NDTV became India’s highest leading Indian media company through its public market capitalisation. After 2014, when Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India, NDTV started facing legal and bullying actions and pressures from advertisers on the network. This pressure was denounced as a decline in the independence of the Indian media. NDTV is said to have been ordered to ban its Hindi news channel during the Modi regime; However, a massive protest halted the order. In 2017, an NDTV reporter questioned statements made by the ruling party speaker, resulting in raids on Radhika and Prannoy Roy’s offices and homes by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). In 2015, Radhika Roy was in a loan agreement with billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. Later, NDTV was able to pay off several loan amounts; However, Radhika Roy was questioned about NDTV’s successful payout during the global crisis. In 2019, a report released by Reporters Sans Frontiers, an international news organization, said that Radhika and Prannoy owned 16.32% and 15.95% shares in NDTV, respectively. Apart from this, Radhika and Prannoy also equally own 29.18% stake in NDTV and RRPR Holding Private Limited. In 2019, Radhika Roy and Prannoy Roy were accused of hiding information about loan agreements of the NDTV company and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) barred them from holding board positions in NDTV for two years. Soon, a case against the orders was filed by Radhika and her husband in the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT). He was ordered to pay fifty percent of the fine amount before the second hearing and the amount of the fine was Rs 27 crore. Accordingly, Radhika approached the Supreme Court of India, and as a result, she was exempted from paying the fine amount. Later Justice Dhananjay Y. Chandrachud criticized the tribunal for directly demanding half the fine amount.
resigned from ndtv
On November 29, 2022, Radhika Roy and her husband Prannoy Roy resigned as directors of RRPR Holding Pvt Ltd (RRPRH) following the open offer for New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) by the Adani Group.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Radhika met Prannoy Roy when she was a teenager. Both of them went to London for their higher education and got married there. After completing his studies he returned to India and settled in Delhi. To start her career in journalism, Radhika started working at the editor’s desk at The Indian Express. Later, he worked as a news coordinator at India Today magazine for some time.
- He met Prannoy Roy in his adolescence. Soon, both of them went to London for their higher education. After completing his education in London, he got married and returned to India. In India he settled in Delhi.
- The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Information, Communication and Entertainment was presented to Radhika and Prannoy Roy in 2003.
- In 2007, Radhika was honored by the Paley Center for Media Museum as one of the fifty most significant female figures in the history of television and radio broadcasting.
- She was listed among the top 50 most powerful Indian business women by Fortune India. In 2016, she featured in Fortune India’s list of Top 50 Most Powerful Indian Businesswomen because
The power of sheer perseverance in the face of adversity.”
- Radhika Roy keeps herself away from the media and believes in keeping a low profile. He is often considered to be,
Quiet and behind the scenes.”
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