Meet the Popular Faces of India's Business TV Channels

[Sunil]

MEET THE POPULAR FACES OF CNBC TV18

Raghav Bahl

Raghav Bahl is the Managing Director of TV18 Ltd. He has graduated from St. Stephens College in Delhi and has completed his MBA from Delhi University. Currently, he is the Editor of the TV18 Network, which includes CNBC-TV18, Awaaz, CNN-IBN and Channel 7. He is also a senior anchorperson on CNBC-TV18, hosting shows like Lessons in Excellence and The Nations Business - plus doing special broadcasts on important economic events like The Union Budget

Senthil Chengalvarayan

As Managing Editor of CNBC TV18, Senthil Chengalvarayan, leads the team of professional journalists that has made CNBC TV18 the most successful business media network in the country. Senthil has been a business journalist for over two decades. After spending his initial years in the profession with various Business Dailies he joined Television Eighteen in 1994 just as the company was pioneering the entry of private companies into Television News. He's seen the industry grow then from uncertain beginnings to the phenomenon that it is today.

Maneka Doshi

Menaka Doshi has been working with CNBC TV18 since it's inception. Her programming and reporting experience includes working as a reporter on India Business Report (BBC), producing Public Demand (Zee Tv), anchoring and co-producing Young Turks (CNBC TV18) as well as a host of special features. Currently, she is the Mumbai Bureau Chief and Associate Corporate Editor. She anchors India Business Hour.

Latha Venkatesh

Latha began her career in CNBC TV18 as chief of the Mumbai News Bureau and is now the Banking and Commodities Editor. Over the years, she has come to be recognised as one of the keenest watchers of the Reserve Bank of India and a respected commentator on banking sector issues, money markets and macroeconomic trends. She has been a business journalist for 16 years and has specialised in covering all markets - stocks, currency debt and commodities. She has also had stints in all major streams of media having worked in Economic Times and Dow Jones news wires for five years each. Latha graduated in Economics and Politics and has a doctoral degree in Political Science.

 

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Shereen Bhan

She has been working with CNBC-TV18 for the more than 7 years. She is currently the Associate Editor(Political Affairs). She anchors and produces several flagship shows like Young Turks, India Business Hour and Power Turks. She has also been involved in putting together CNBC ground events like Managing India Brainstorm and the CNBC Industry Vectors.

Ayesha Faridi

She is a journalist by training, having graduated from Delhi University. Prior to joining CNBC TV18, she has worked as a reporter and producer with the BBC World Service and MTV India. She anchors Power Breakfast, CNBC TV18's morning news hour, Your Stocks a stocks query show and Get A Life, a daily lifestyle/arts segment. She also heads the news ticker team at CNBC-TV18. Also co-hosts the popular segment Saas Bahu & Sensex, alongwith Tanvir Gill.

Tanvir Gill

She completed her graduation from Jesus & Mary College, Delhi University and her MBA from Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi.She worked with the TV Today Network before joining TV18 Network. She is an NCFM-NSE certified Mutual Funds advisor.In CNBC-TV18, she hosts morning band shows like Your Stocks and Mid Cap Radar. She is also anchors the hugely popular segment, Saas Bahu & Sensex, along with Ayesha Faridi.

Gaurika Chaudhuri

She graduated from Lady Shri Ram College in English Literature. She studied Social Communications(Media) at the BK Somani Polytechnic, Sophia College in Mumbai. Her career in television started in 1994 in "infotainment". She joined TV 18 as a correspondent on The India Show. She worked as producer on various TV 18 productions - from a college based show to a career based one.She has researched and written scripts for the legal docu dramas - Bhanwar(Sony Entertainment Television) and Haadsa (SAB TV). Currently, she is a Senior Producer and Anchor with Awaaz - India's first consumer channel. Fluent in both Hindi and English, she is a regular face on the Hindi and English markets band.She hosts shows like Midcap Radar and Bazaar on CNBC.

 

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Vivek Law

He is currently the Consumer Affairs Editor at CNBC-TV18 .Prior to CNBC, he was with INDIA TODAY as Associate Editor and Head of Mumbai Bureau. He has been in journalism for more than 13 years now. Has worked with Economic Times, Business Standard and Financial Express.On CNBC, he hosts shows like Uncovered and High Rise.

Anuradha Sengupta

She is the editor-anchor of CNBC TV18's flagship feature show "Storyboard" which is solely devised by her. She has also anchored & edited special series like 'The Business of Cricket' and annual series like 'That's Entertainment'. She hosts the hugely popular show called "Being". She has covered live, industry events like FICCI-FRAMES and Ad Asia. She has directed the award winning 'Amul India Show' on Star Plus for almost 3 years. She has honed her television skills on a variety of TV shows from the short lived Nikki Tonight - a chat show on Star Plus to the groundbreaking college show MTV - U on MTV.

Abhimanyu Radhakrishnan

He is the technology correspondent at CNBC TV18, where he reports on the IT industry and anchors the weekly personal tech program,"The Tech Show".He has written for The Times of India and Express Computer and occasionally writes for the youth rag-mag JAM.He graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai with a major in Physics and a minor in Computer Science and is a post-graduate in Broadcast Media from the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai.

 

[Sunil]

AND THE MOST POPULAR & LOVED ONES:

Udayan Mukherjee

Udayan is an economist by training having obtained his B.Sc. in Economics from Presidency college, Calcutta and an MA in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He began his career with UTV where he worked for 4 years, before joining CNBC Asia as Special Markets Correspondent. At CNBC TV-18 he anchors live market shows like Bazaar Morning Call and other daily and weekly shows like Corporate Radar and Taking Stock. He is the Executive Editor of CNBC TV-18.

Mitali Mukherjee

She is currently an Equity markets anchor with CNBC TV-18.She anchors the prime time day shows Bazaar, India Market Wrap and Business Lunch . She has been in Television journalism for 6 year and worked with the TV Today Group, Doordarshan and produced documentaries for BBC World.

 

[Sunil]

Whose job is tougher:
Parvati's, Tulsi's, a crime news reporter or a business channel news reporter, who has to get ALL FACTS & FIGURES right?

Watch this behind-the-scene video, especially 1:04 minutes onwards

 

[RSI]

Hmmmmmmm.......

I notice that except for a few (Latha, Raghav Behl, Udayan, Tanvir Gill) none of them have any formal education

What is the qualification for joining CNBC TV18 team?

 

[praveen taneja]

Suprrrrrrrrrb sunil sir always one step ahead from all Thnx

 

[pleaseharsh]

sunil bhai thank you very much for the information & pics......tanvir , mitali & shereen are good anchors....

 

[yashvardhansinghchauhan11]

Well, YOUR EFFORT AND HARD WORK HAS MADE ME TO JOJN THIS COMMUNITY.

UDAYAN SIR , EXTREMELY EXCELLENT WORK.

MITALI , I WOULD SAY THAT UR EXTREMELY EXPRESSIVE AND A GREAT SPEAKER.