Radhika Roy

Radhika Roy

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Radhika Roy Profile

  • Name:
  • Radhika Roy
  • Born:
  • May 7, 1949
  • Spouse:
  • Pronnoy Roy

Radhika Roy Biography

Radhika Roy born on 7 May 1949 in Kolkata, West Bengal (lives in Delhi) is Co-Founder and Co-Chairperson NDTV. She is married to Prannoy Roy the famous media person and mother of Tara Roy. Radhika Roy studied at Welham Girl's school and her husband Pronob was at Doon School at the same time. Radhika Roy is a graduate of Delhi's Miranda House and did a course in television from New York School. Radhika Roy is the guiding force behind NDTV and has been responsible for leading NDTV’s tremendous growth since inception. Radhika Roy founded NDTV in 1988 along with Prannoy Roy.

Radhika Roy with the long experience in the field of print media and with several popular leading publications including “Indian Express” and “India Today” as an editor and in production fields guides her team for bringing something new for her TV. Radhika Roy the co-founder of New Delhi Television Limitedfounded in 1988 today is considered among the top Indian channeles with three national news channels NDTV 24x7 in English, NDTV India Hindi and NDTV Profit for the business news.   

In fact, Radhika Roy had already foreseen the power of electronic media as early as in the middle of 80s when private TV was not in existence in India. She had visualized the opportunities associated with TV and that was when she decided to launch and work on idea of launching the NDTV with her husband Mr. Pranab Roy. Radhika Roy is married to her school friend Prannoy Roy. Incidentally Radhika is the sister of Rajya Sabha member and CPI(M) politician, Brinda Karat. There is beautiful line spread among the staff of the NDTV, if Prnnoy is the face, Radhika is the soul of NDTV. Radhika Roy has won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for Information, Communication and Entertainment in the year 2003.

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Updated: October 18, 2015

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