Rahul Kanwal is an Indian TV news anchor and journalist working as

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and

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, worked as News Director at

India Today ''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media, Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' laun ...

before joining

. He was the anchor host of the prime-time show ''Newstrack'' on weekdays and the interview-based show ''Jab We Met'' on India Today TV.

Education and career

Kanwal studied at

St. Joseph's College, Allahabad St. Joseph's College, abbreviated to SJC, established in 1884, is a prominent Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, CISCE-affiliated elite school in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, with high rankings both in the state and in In ...

. He then studied journalism at

Delhi University The Delhi University (DU, ISO 15919, ISO: ), also and officially known as the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate research university, research Central university (India), central university located in Delhi, India. It ...

. He is a

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scholar and did a program in International Broadcast Journalism at

Cardiff University Cardiff University () is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It was renamed Unive ...

. He won a

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grant for a course in Hostile Environment Journalism. Kanwal started his career in 1999 as an anchor-cum-reporter with

Zee News Zee News is an Indian Hindi-language right-wing news channel owned by Subhash Chandra's Essel Group. It launched on 27 August 1999 and is the flagship channel of the Zee Media Corporation. The channel has been involved in several controve ...

and joined

Aaj Tak () is an Indian Hindi-language television news channel owned by the TV Today Network, a part of the New Delhi-based media conglomerate India Today Group. History Aaj Tak was first broadcast on DD Metro of Doordarshan (DD) in 1995. It ...

in 2002. He has also served as the Editor-at-Large of Aaj Tak and

in TV Today Group. In 2019, Kanwal interviewed India's union minister,

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, and questioned the minister over the Balakot strikes. He was criticized for simulating a skirmish between CRPF and Naxal insurgents in his TV show.

Awards

In 2013, Kanwal was awarded the best anchor at the

Indian Television Academy Awards The Indian Television Academy Awards, also known as the ITA Awards, is an annual award ceremony organised by the Indian Television Academy to honour excellence in Hindi-language television, films and web content. The Indian Television Academ ...

. He was awarded the National annual award as part of the Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation in 2016. In 2019, he was awarded in the Best Anchor category at the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kanwal, Rahul 1980 births Living people Journalists from Maharashtra India Today people Indian male television journalists Delhi University alumni Alumni of Cardiff University Indian television news anchors