Vishnu Som

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Vishnu Som with the United States Secretary of Defense

Vishnu Som (born July 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is an Indian news anchor and journalist. He is the Executive Editor and Principal Anchor with New Delhi Television (NDTV),[1] India's first 24-hour news network. Som reported extensively on war, environment, conflict, aviation and natural disasters. He has covered the Kargil (North Kashmir), Afghanistan and Iraq wars, as well as the 2004 Asian tsunami, 2001 Bhuj (Gujarat, India) earthquake[1] and the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami (for which he was awarded for his coverage). In April 2012, he was awarded best Television Presenter in India by the News Television Awards.[2]

Vishnu anchors Left, Right and Centre at 9pm and the 10 pm news on NDTV.[3] He has conducted one-on-one interviews with international leaders such as President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter, Bill Gates and Henry Kissinger among others. His work has been recognised both in India and abroad through awards including the Ramnath Goenka Award, the Commonwealth Broadcasting Award[4] and the Indian Telly awards.

His father Himachal Som was an IFS (Indian Foreign Service) officer and former Indian Ambassador to Italy and his mother Reba is an academic, historian, writer and classical singer from India. Som attended St. Paul's School, Darjeeling.[5]

Som has completed a multi-part documentary series called Great Battles, on the role of Indian soldiers in some of the greatest battles of the last century from Monte Cassino in the Second World War to the Siachen high altitude conflict. His documentary series, India's Underwater Treasures, which looked at the impact of global warming on India's coral formations won the best series award at the Indian Telly Awards, 2008 and a special commendation at the Commonwealth Broadcasting Awards.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Company". NDTV. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  2. ↑ "NDTV Award List". NDTV. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Video | Announcement On Plan To Involve Private Sector For Vaccinations Soon: VK Paul To NDTV, retrieved 2021-02-22
  4. ↑ "Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards: Winners from NDTV". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  5. ↑ Vishnu Som [@vishnundtv] (2018-05-09). "As students in St.Paul's Darjeeling, we used to lobby for a 'sunshine holiday' after days of torrential rainfall. These days in Delhi, the Met dept gives folks a free storm holiday even when it barely rains !" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "IndianTelevisionAcademy.com". IndianTelevisionAcademy.com. 2008-10-24. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-08-04.

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