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{{short description|Indian television journalist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Rahul Kanwal
| image = Rahul Kanwal (born 1980) at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025.png
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| caption = At the [[World Economic Forum|WEF]] Annual Meeting in 2025
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|14 September 1980}}
| birth_place = [[Patna]], Bihar, India
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| occupation = [[Journalist]]<br/>[[News presenter]]
| alma_mater = [[Delhi University]]<br/>[[Cardiff University]]
| employer = [[NDTV]]
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'''Rahul Kanwal''' (born 1980) is an Indian TV news anchor and journalist working as [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] and [[Editor-in-chief|Editor-in-Chief]] at [[NDTV]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.ETBrandEquity.com |title=NDTV appoints Rahul Kanwal as CEO - ET BrandEquity |url=https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/the-people-report/ndtv-appoints-rahul-kanwal-as-ceo/120637924 |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=ETBrandEquity.com |language=en}}</ref> worked as News Director at [[India Today (TV channel)|India Today]] before joining [[NDTV]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/anchor/rahul-kanwal|title=Rahul Kanwal|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> He was the anchor host of the prime-time show ''Newstrack''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/programme/newstrack-with-rahul-kanwal|title=Newstrack with Rahul Kanwal|website=www.indiatoday.in|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> on weekdays and the interview-based show ''Jab We Met'' on India Today TV.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/programmes/jab-we-met|title=Jab We Met|website=www.indiatoday.in|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>

==Education and career==
Kanwal studied at [[St. Joseph's College, Allahabad]]. He then studied journalism at [[Delhi University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dcac.du.ac.in/Pages/Alumni/alumni.php|title=Delhi College of Arts & Commerce|website=dcac.du.ac.in|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> He is a [[Chevening Scholarship|Chevening]] scholar and did a program in International Broadcast Journalism at [[Cardiff University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-launches-chevening-scholarships-and-fellowships-for-2019-20|title=UK launches Chevening Scholarships and Fellowships for 2019-20|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> He won a [[Rory Peck Trust]] grant for a course in Hostile Environment Journalism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rorypecktrust.org/getmedia/ae0f002a-c470-4374-b65c-3fc0622c5803/Rory-Peck-Brochure-2010.pdf.aspx|title=rorypecktrust|last=Trust|first=Rory Peck|date=2010|website=rorypecktrust.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725091512/https://rorypecktrust.org/getmedia/ae0f002a-c470-4374-b65c-3fc0622c5803/Rory-Peck-Brochure-2010.pdf.aspx|archive-date=25 July 2019|url-status=}}</ref>

Kanwal started his career in 1999 as an anchor-cum-reporter with [[Zee News]] and joined [[Aaj Tak]] in 2002. He has also served as the Editor-at-Large of Aaj Tak and [[India Today (TV channel)|India Today]] in [[TV Today Network|TV Today Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/india-today-group-promotes-supriya-prasad-and-rahul-kanwal-as-news-directors-91290.html|title=India Today Group promotes Supriya Prasad and Rahul Kanwal as News Directors - Exchange4media|website=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media|date=26 July 2018 |language=en|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> In 2019, Kanwal interviewed India's union minister, [[Piyush Goyal]], and questioned the minister over the [[2019 Balakot airstrike|Balakot strikes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/video/915459/watch-i-dont-need-any-lesson-in-nationalism-from-you-journalist-rahul-kanwal-tells-piyush-goyal|title=Watch: 'I don't need any lesson in nationalism from you,' journalist Rahul Kanwal tells Piyush Goyal|author=Scroll Staff|website=Scroll.in|date=5 March 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jantakareporter.com/entertainment/india-todays-rahul-kanwal-trends-for-standing-up-to-bjp-ministers-bullying-on-balakot-air-strikes/234961/|title=India Today's Rahul Kanwal trends for standing up to BJP minister's 'bullying' on Balakot air strikes|last=Staff|first=J. K. R.|date=5 March 2019|website=Janta Ka Reporter 2.0|language=en-US|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref> He was criticized for simulating a skirmish between [[Central Reserve Police Force|CRPF]] and [[Naxalite–Maoist insurgency|Naxal insurgents]] in his TV show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/901726/how-india-todays-rahul-kanwal-survived-a-battle-between-crpf-and-maoists-in-chhattisgarh|title=How India Today's Rahul Kanwal survived a battle between Maoists and the CRPF in Chhattisgarh|last=Sharma|first=Supriya|website=Scroll.in|date=11 November 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref>

==Awards==
In 2013, Kanwal was awarded the best anchor at the [[Indian Television Academy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k13/oct/octrel122.php|title=AajTak bags the Best News Channel Award at the ITA Awards, 13th year in a row|date=24 October 2013|website=Indian Television Dot Com|language=en|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>

He was awarded the National annual award as part of the [[Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://udaipurtimes.com/mmcf-announces-names-personalities-awarded/|title=MMCF announces names of personalities to be awarded|date=26 February 2016|website=UdaipurTimes.com|language=en-GB|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>

In 2019, he was awarded in the Best Anchor category at the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/rahul-kanwal-calls-india-todays-win-at-11th-enba-a-record-of-sorts-94864.html|title=India Today's win at 11th enba a record of sorts: Rahul Kanwal - Exchange4media|website=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media|date=22 February 2019 |language=en|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Twitter|rahulkanwal}}

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