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'''Rajat Sharma''' (born 18 February 1957) is Chairman and Editor-in-chief of [[India TV]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india-india-tv-chairman-rajat-sharma-gives-success-tips-to-students-of-k-c-college-mumbai-510469 |title=India TV Chairman Rajat Sharma gives success tips to students of K.C. College, Mumbai |last=Kumari |first=Surbhi |date=23 March 2019 |website=www.indiatvnews.com |language=en |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/rajat-sharma-chairman-and-editor-in-chief-india-tv-2017-promises-positivity-for-news-genre/487293/ |title=Rajat Sharma, Chairman and editor-in-chief, India TV: 2017 promises positivity for news genre |date=27 December 2016 |website=The Financial Express |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref> He is known for his role as the anchor and creator of the TV show "[[Aap Ki Adalat|Aap Ki Adalat ".]] <br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Rajat Sharma<br />
| image = Rajat Sharma at IndiaTV event.jpg<br />
| caption = Rajat Sharma at [[India TV]] event<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|02|18|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], India<ref name=bio>{{Cite web |url=http://rajatsharma.in/my-journey/ |title=Rajat Sharma's personal and professional life |website=Rajat Sharma |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref><br />
| death_date = <br />
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| spouse = {{Marriage|Ritu Dhawan|1997}}<br />
| alma_mater = [[Shri Ram College of Commerce]] ([[M.Com]])<br />
| occupation = President of [[Delhi & District Cricket Association]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/veteran-journalist-rajat-sharma-now-ddca-boss-beats-madan-lal/articleshow/64827516.cms |title=Veteran journalist Rajat Sharma now DDCA boss, beats Madan Lal |date=2 July 2018 |website=The Economic Times |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref> [[Journalist]]<br />
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2015)<br />
}}<br />
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==Early life== <br />
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Sharma was born in Sabzi Mandi, Delhi. He grew up with his 6 brothers and 1 sister. He did his schooling from Ramjas School, Karolbagh. He did his higher studies from the [[Shri Ram College of Commerce]] (SRCC) and joined [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad]].<ref name=bio>{{Cite web |url=http://rajatsharma.in/my-journey/ |title=Rajat Sharma's personal and professional life |website=Rajat Sharma |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref> <br />
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In 1997, he married Ritu Dhawan.<br />
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==Career==<br />
After having completed his Master's degree ([[M Com]]), he was hired as a researcher by Janardan Thakur, a journalist who had just quit [[Anandabazar Patrika|Ananda Bazar Patrika]] to start a new syndicate column. Subsequently, he joined the Onlooker Magazine as a trainee and then went on to become its editor in 1985. By this time, Rajat Sharma had shifted base to [[Mumbai]]. After having spent three years at Onlooker, he joined [[Sunday Observer]] as an editor and later on The Daily again as the editor. Employees at The Daily found out he doesn't know how to write editorials in English and he hired Mr. V. Gangadar to write as him. Then he was forced to resign from the position of the editor after the strike of The Daily employees.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Baljeet|first=Parmar|title=How RSS trained Godi Media Editors used to fake excellence? Baljeet Parmar exposes Rajat Sharma & co|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmNBfgx-EP8&t=1172s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/cmNBfgx-EP8 |archive-date=2021-12-21|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-09|website=www.youtube.com|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> <br />
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It was in 1992 that he bumped into [[Zee TV]]’s [[Subhash Chandra]] during a flight to [[Delhi]] and it was in the midst of a casual conversation that the concept of [[Aap Ki Adalat]] took shape. In 1993, the first episode of ''[[Aap Ki Adalat]]'' was shot for [[Zee TV]] with [[Lalu Yadav]], the former-[[Chief Minister of Bihar]]. Rajat Sharma has interviewed more than 750 guests on his show and recently ''Aap Ki Adalat'' celebrated 21 years of broadcast thereby making it the longest running show in India’s television history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/aap-ki-adalat-21-years/|title=AAP KI ADALAT : A DESERVING CELEBRATION OF 21 YEARS|website=www.indiatvnews.com}}</ref> He also hosts the prime time show ''Aaj Ki Baat'' on [[India TV]].<br />
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He was one of the presidents of Delhi Cricket Association.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Shri Rajat Sharma, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 30, 2015.jpg|thumb|right|[[Pranab Mukherjee]] presenting the [[Padma Bhushan]] Award to Rajat Sharma]]<br />
* [[Padma Bhushan]] (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/rti-reveal-many-padma-award-winners-not-from-list-of-nominees-2801185/ |title=Your right to know: Many Padma award winners not from list of nominees |date=15 May 2016 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-IN |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/bharat-ratna-for-madan-mohan-rajat-sharma-gets-padma-bhushan-49131.html |title=Bharat Ratna for Madan Mohan Rajat Sharma gets Padma Bhushan |last=Desk |first=India TV News |date=30 March 2015 |website=www.indiatvnews.com |language=en |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/rajat-sharma-how-owner-and-face-of-india-tv-became-one-of-indias-most-powerful-editors/articleshow/46257240.cms |title=Rajat Sharma: How owner and face of India TV became one of India's most powerful editors |last=Singh |first=Rohini |last2=Venugopal |first2=Vasudha |date=16 February 2015 |website=The Economic Times |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref> by the [[Government of India]] for his contributions through Journalism.<br />
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