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{{short description|Indian journalist and news presenter}}
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| name = Rajdeep Sardesai
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| caption = Sardesai in 2010
| birth_name = Raajdeep Dilip Sardesai
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1965|05|24}}
| birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]<ref name=mc>{{cite web|title=Rajdeep Sardesai|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/elite/profile/rajdeep-sardesai_6086.html|website=[[Moneycontrol.com]]}}</ref>
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| education = [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]] ([[B.A.|BA]])<br/>[[University College, Oxford]] ([[M.A.|MA]], [[Bachelor of Civil Law|BCL]])
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Journalist]]|[[News presenter]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/57yRvDxbdsfoQMhZMwWcPO/CNNIBN-editors-Rajdeep-Sardesai-and-Sagarika-Ghose-quit.html|title=Rajdeep Sardesai, Sagarika Ghose quit Network18|first=Ashish K.|last=Mishra|date=4 July 2014}}</ref>}}
| employer = [[India Today Group]]
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| spouse = {{married|[[Sagarika Ghose]]|1994}}
| children = 2
| father = [[Dilip Sardesai]]
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'''Rajdeep Sardesai''' (born 24 May 1965) is an Indian news anchor, journalist and author.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Walia|first=Nona|date=9 June 2002|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/The-world-according-to-/articleshow/12368717.cms|title=The world according to...|work=The Times of India|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref> He was a consulting editor and an anchor of [[India Today Television]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajdeep-sardesai-to-join-tv-today/article6404047.ece|title=Rajdeep Sardesai to join TV Today|first=Pheroze L.|last=Vincent|date=12 September 2014|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rajdeep Sardesai joins India Today Group as Consulting Editor |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rajdeep-sardesai-joins-india-today-group-consulting-editor-aroon-purie-291900-2014-09-11 |access-date=21 April 2021 |work=India Today |date=11 September 2014 |language=en}}</ref> He was the Editor-in-Chief of [[Global Broadcast News]], that included [[CNN-IBN]], IBN7 and [[IBN-Lokmat]], before resigning in July 2014.

== Early life ==
Sardesai was born in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]] to a [[Goans|Goan]] father and a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] mother.<ref name=mc /> His father, [[Dilip Sardesai]], was a former Indian [[Test cricket]]er and his mother, Nandini, is an activist in [[Mumbai]] and former head of the Department of Sociology at [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]].<ref name=mc /> He completed his schooling up to [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education|ICSE]] from the [[Campion School, Mumbai|Campion School]], [[Mumbai]], and did two years of [[Indian School Certificate|ISC]] at [[The Cathedral & John Connon School]], [[Mumbai]]. Thereafter he graduated in economics from the [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]], [[Mumbai]]. He then went to [[University College, Oxford]], earning the degrees of [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge)|Master of Arts]], and [[Bachelor of Laws]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070119190811/http://www.theindusview.com/issue3/people.html Cached version of ''Indus View'' 2.1 (January 2006)] The degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) is not awarded by Oxford University and here is a mistake for Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), a postgraduate degree in law. All Bachelors of Arts and of Fine Art upon commencing their twenty-first term from matriculation may supplicate for the degree of Master of Arts Rajdeep Gupta</ref>

While at Oxford he made six [[first-class cricket]] appearances for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] and one for a combined Oxford and [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge]] side against the [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 1987|1987 Pakistani touring team]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32590/32590.html| title = Rajdeep Sardesai | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | access-date = 21 April 2013}}</ref> He was awarded a cricket [[Blue (university sport)|Blue]] at Oxford.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://in.reuters.com/article/india-cricket-rajdeep-sardesai-democracy/qa-dhoni-is-the-hero-of-my-democracys-xi-rajdeep-sardesai-idINKBN1E210B |title=Q&A: Dhoni is the hero of my 'Democracy's XI' - Rajdeep Sardesai |last=Pratihary |first=Anupam |date=8 December 2017 |work=Reuters |access-date=23 May 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Rajdeep Sardesai 2008.JPG|thumb|Sardesai at [[IIM]] in 2008]]
Sardesai worked with ''[[The Times of India]]'' for six years, after joining it in October 1988,<ref>{{Cite news|first=Rajdeep|last=Sardesai|date=24 October 2017|url=https://scroll.in/field/855172/a-new-dawn-in-indian-cricket-remembering-sachin-tendulkars-iconic-ranji-trophy-debut|title='A new dawn in Indian cricket': Remembering Sachin Tendulkar's iconic Ranji Trophy debut|work=Scroll.in|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref> and was the city editor of its Mumbai edition. He entered television journalism in 1994 as Political Editor of New Delhi Television ([[NDTV]]). He was the Managing Editor of both NDTV 24X7 and NDTV India and was responsible for overseeing the news policy for both. He hosted popular shows like ''The Big Fight'' at NDTV.

He quit NDTV on 17 April 2005<ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Onkar|date=27 April 2005|url=https://www.rediff.com/money/2005/apr/27rajdeep.htm|title=Why Rajdeep Sardesai quit NDTV|work=Rediff.com|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref> to start his own company, [[Global Broadcast News]] (GBN), in collaboration with the [[CNN|American giant CNN]] and [[Raghav Bahl]]'s [[TV18]].<ref name="auto" /> The latter broadcasts the Indian Edition (in English) of [[CNBC]] called CNBC-TV18, the Hindi consumer channel, [[CNBC Awaaz]] and an international channel, SAW. The new channel with Sardesai as the Editor-in-Chief was named [[CNN-IBN]]. It went on air on 17 December 2005. [[Global Broadcast News|Channel 7]] has also come under this umbrella after Sardesai's company bought a 46 percent stake in the channel. Channel 7 was later renamed IBN7.

On 29 May 2014, [[Reliance Industries Ltd]] announced it would be acquiring control in Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd, the parent of CNN-IBN, IBN7 and CNBC-TV18.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.network18online.com/|title=NETWORK 18}}</ref> The board of RIL approved funding of up to {{INRConvert|40|b}} to Independent Media Trust (IMT), of which RIL is the sole beneficiary, for acquisition of control in Network 18 and its subsidiaries.<ref>{{cite news |title=RIL to acquire control of Network 18, Rajdeep may go |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/ril-to-acquire-control-of-network-18-rajdeep-may-go/story-oZAKOs7O4rbaaNm7di49BN.html |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=29 May 2014 |language=en}}</ref> Subsequently, on 1 July 2014,Rajdeep,editor-in-chief of CNN IBN along with the entire founding team - editorial and managerial - resigned from the [[Network18]] group.<ref>{{cite news |title=Full text: Rajdeep Sardesai's farewell letter to IBN network - Living News , Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/full-text-rajdeep-sardesais-farewell-letter-ibn-network-1603411.html |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=Firstpost |date=4 July 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He is married to journalist and author [[Sagarika Ghose]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PUpBx8sSjFQRrjhqBMVmiO/Airing-both-sides.html |title=Airing both sides |last=Chowdhry |first=Seema |date=8 February 2013 |work=Mint |access-date=23 May 2018}}</ref> Sardesai and Ghose have two children, son Ishan, and daughter Tarini.<ref>{{cite news|title=The referee in town|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/10/stories/2004061001580100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041121220555/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/10/stories/2004061001580100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 November 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 June 2004}}</ref>

==Controversy==
On 30 September 2014, Sardesai was beaten by a group of Indians in the [[Madison Square]] of [[New York City|New York]], [[United States]].
<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 September 2014|title=Rajdeep Sardesai beaten by a group of Indians in Madison Square, New York|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/journalist-rajdeep-sardesai-assaulted-in-new-york-672964|access-date=20 December 2020|website=NDTV|language=en}}</ref>

Sardesai and others were acquitted of defamation by a Hyderabad court in November 2019 after issuing an unconditional apology to [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer Rajiv Trivedi for false reporting on his role in the [[death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajdeep Sardesai, ors acquitted after issuing unconditional apology for false reporting on Sohrabuddin case |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/rajdeep-sardesai-ors-acquitted-after-issuing-unconditional-apology-for-false-reporting-on-sohrabuddin-case |access-date=13 January 2020 |work=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news |date=12 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=13 January 2020|title=Rajdeep Sardesai submits unconditional apology for false reporting in Sohrabuddin case|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/rajdeep-sardesai-submits-unconditional-apology-for-false-reporting-in-sohrabuddin-case-2256931.html|access-date=11 June 2020|website=Zee News|language=en}}</ref>

In January 2021, Sardesai was taken off TV for two weeks by [[India Today]] while also cutting his monthly salary for alleging in a retracted tweet that [[Navreet Singh]] was killed in a police shooting during [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]]. [[Delhi Police]] claimed that his tweet on the cause of death was not accurate and referred to the CCTV footage of the incident of Singh's death.<ref>{{Cite news|date=28 January 2021|title=India Today Takes Anchor Rajdeep Sardesai Off Air, Cuts Month's Salary for Retracted Tweet|url=https://thewire.in/media/india-today-rajdeep-sardesai-farmer-death|access-date=28 January 2021|work=The Wire|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=India Today takes Sardesai off-air, docks salary over wrong tweet |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-today-takes-sardesai-off-air-docks-salary-over-wrong-tweet-7165951/ |access-date=29 January 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=29 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Later, Sardesai was booked for sedition over the Republic Day violence and the FIR stated that they shared misinformed news and ‘instigated violence’ on 26 January.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tharoor, Sardesai, Others Booked for Sedition Over R-Day Violence |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/tharoor-sardesai-and-5-others-filed-for-sedition-by-up-police |access-date=29 January 2021 |work=TheQuint |date=29 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Several journalists and politicians who reported about the [[2021 Farmers' Republic Day parade]] were charged with [[sedition]] by the Delhi police and 5 state police in the [[BJP]]-ruled states.<ref name="Media Body" /> [[Siddharth Varadarajan]] called the police FIRs "malicious prosecution".<ref>{{cite news |title=Sedition FIRs against Tharoor, journalists now in five states |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sedition-firs-against-tharoor-journalists-now-in-five-states-7168390/ |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=31 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Delhi Police Case Against Shashi Tharoor, Others After UP, Madhya Pradesh |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/farmers-protest-delhi-police-case-against-shashi-tharoor-rajdeep-sardesai-others-after-uttar-pradesh-madhya-pradesh-2360603 |first=Debanish |last=Achom |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=NDTV.com |date=31 January 2021}}</ref> Press Club of India (PCI), the Editors’ Guild of India, the Press Association, the Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC), the Delhi Union of Journalists and the Indian Journalists Union in a joint press conference asked the sedition law to be scrapped.<ref name="Media Body">{{cite news |title=Media Bodies Slam FIRs Against Journalists, Want Sedition Law to Be Scrapped |url=https://thewire.in/media/media-bodies-slam-fir-against-journalists-sedition-farmers-tractory-rally |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=The Wire|date=31 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Journalists' Bodies Slam Sedition FIRs Against Editors, Reporters for Farmers' Rally Coverage |url=https://thewire.in/media/editors-guild-press-club-sedition-farmers-tractor-rally-republic-day-media |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=The Wire |date=29 January 2021}}</ref> Editors Guild of India spoke against invoking of the sedition charge on journalists. The guild termed the FIRs as an "attempt to intimidate, harass, browbeat and stifle the media".<ref>{{cite news |title=Tractor rally: Editors Guild of India sound alarm at sedition case on journalists |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/tractor-rally-editors-guild-of-india-sound-alarm-at-sedition-case-on-journalists/cid/1805138 |access-date=1 February 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=21 January 2021}}</ref>


==Awards==
[[File:Rajdeep Sardesai center during his book launch.jpg|thumb|282x282px|Rajdeep Sardesai (center) during the book launch of his book Newsman at [[Teen Murti Bhavan]]. (L-R) [[Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar]], [[Yogendra Yadav]], Gaurav Bhatia, [[Naresh Gujral]], [[Sachin Pilot]] and [[Asaduddin Owaisi|Asadudin Owaisi]].]]
* The [[Padma Shri]], awarded by the Govt of India, in 2008<ref>{{cite news |title=India Today's Rajdeep Sardesai bags prestigious Prem Bhatia Award for political reporting |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rajdeep-sardesai-prem-bhatia-award-1579960-2019-08-12 |access-date=21 April 2021 |work=India Today |date=12 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* The International Broadcasters award for coverage of the 2002 Gujarat riots and the [[Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards|Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism award]] for 2006<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ramnath-goenka-foundation/2006_winners.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128091154/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ramnath-goenka-foundation/2006_winners.html|url-status=dead|title=Award Winners|archive-date=28 January 2015|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref>
* In ENBA award 2020 Rajdeep Sardesai received lifetime achievement award.<ref>{{cite news |title=India Today Group wins big at ENBA awards |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/enba-awards-india-today-group-televesion-aaj-tak-kalli-purie-1649131-2020-02-23 |access-date=2 March 2020 |work=India Today |date=23 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Books==
*''2019: How Modi Won India''<ref>{{cite web|title=Review: 2019: How Modi Won India by Rajdeep Sardesai|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-2019-how-modi-won-india-by-rajdeep-sardesai/story-iiO8WZoAHiBzaZIjuS5HNK_amp.html|date=31 January 2020|access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>
*''Newsman: Tracking India in the Modi Era'', published by Rupa Publications India, 6 August 2018
*''[[2014: The Election that Changed India]]'',<ref>{{cite book|title=The Election That Changed India 2014|first=Rajdeep|last=Sardesai|date=1 November 2014|publisher=Viking|id={{ASIN|0670087904|country=in}}}}</ref> released on 1 November 2014
*''Democracy's XI'', published by Juggernaut Books<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21145684/democracy-xi-rajdeep-sardesai|title=MS Dhoni: Indian cricket's first mega-brand|date=25 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref>
*Co-authored chapter "The Truth Hurts: Gujarat and the Role of the Media" in the book ''[[Gujarat The Making of a Tragedy|Gujarat:The making of a tragedy]]'', edited by [[Siddharth Varadarajan]] and published by Penguin ({{ISBN|978-0143029014}}). The book is about the [[2002 Gujarat riots]].

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.rajdeepsardesai.net/}}
{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education}}
{{NDTV Personnel}}
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