Prannoy Roy

by lechu on August 26, 2008

Prannoy Roy Prannoy Roy is the founder and the President of NDTV, one of the top news networks in India. He was born on October 15th, 1949.

He is the recipient of the prestigious Leverhulme fellowship for his Doctorate and a scholarship to study at the Haileybury, a leading public school in England. Dr. Roy has a doctorate in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, bachelors in Economics from the Queen Mary College, London University and is a Qualified Chartered Accountant from London.
During 1985-1987, Dr. Roy was associated with the Ministry of Finance, Government of India as Economic Advisor. He has been involved with the television media since 1980 as a commentator on elections and from 1984 as one of the premier anchorpersons in India in terms of credibility, analytical depth and presentational quality. He has been adjudged the television personality of the millennium by the Indian Express poll and has contributed to various national and international publications.

He has been felicitated by many organizations. Some of the key awards received by him are:

  • Priyadarshini Academy Bombay, Felicitations Award for explicit coverage of world news on TV and analysis of trends in elections awarded in 1990
  • Dynasty Culture Club Hall of Fame award for Best Anchor Person in 1991
  • TV & Video Award for Best Anchor Person in 1993
  • B. D. Goenka Award for excellence in Journalism in 1994 and 1995
  • Maharana Mewar Foundation Award for contribution to Journalism in 1996
  • Runner-up for Best News Presenter / Anchor in the Asian television Awards in 1997
  • Goodwill Tour Award from Habib Public School, Karachi awarded in 1997
  • Indian Dance theatre ?Best Personality of the Year? awarded in 1998
  • Screen Videocon Award for ?Lifetime Achievement? awarded in 1998
  • Limca Book of Records ? ?Person of the year? awarded in 1998
  • Ernst & Young – Entrepreneur of the year award (Media)
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