Experience

Bharat 24
• India
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Managing Editor

  • Jul 2022 - Present


INDIA TV (Independent News Service Pvt Ltd)

• India
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Editor & Anchor

  • Jul 2020 - Nov 2022

  Managing Editor leading India TV & India TV Digital with a captive viewership of over 100 million viewers. Conduct my daily weekday show, “Mukabla” telecast at 5 pm. Have hosted path breaking show, “Jeetaga India”, a daily news show exemplifying extra-ordinary efforts made by us Indians to tide over the scrounge of pandemic Corona. Other shows hosted by me are, election Special, “Aab Ki Baar Kishki Sarkar” & “Khabar Se Aage”. Khabar Se Aage was not just a regular news show – Khabar Se Aage educated & armed the viewer with information and views so that they are on top of entire news environment. Am also tasked with future brand building, expansion plans and innovations for the channel. As Managing Editor India TV Digital, I overlook all Digital properties of India TV - Indiatvnews.com & Indiatv.in . I also handle the multiverse Youtube Channels associated with the brand. Show less



News Nation

• India
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Managing Editor & Anchor

  • 2013 - 2020

  News Nation's Prime time host and Managing Editor of the Channel. Founding members of News Nation and along with my team strived hard to build & establish a new brand in the world of news, News Nation. In a span of 7 years, News Nation became a brand known for incisive journalism with credibility and precision. As lead Host, presented a couple prime shows for the channel, Lakh Take Ki Baat, Question Hour, Zero Hour, Nation Ki Baat, Super Question Hour & Pradhan Mantri. News Nation's Prime time host and Managing Editor of the Channel. Founding members of News Nation and along with my team strived hard to build & establish a new brand in the world of news, News Nation. In a span of 7 years, News Nation became a brand known for incisive journalism with credibility and precision. As lead Host, presented a couple prime shows for the channel, Lakh Take Ki Baat, Question Hour, Zero Hour, Nation Ki Baat, Super Question Hour & Pradhan Mantri.



Aaj Tak

• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Editor & Anchor

  • 2007 - 2013

  As Channel head of India's most watched News channel Aaj Tak, maintained absolute supremacy of Aaj Tak in the Hindi News market. With an astute political eye, covered all national and regional development shaping & changing the Indian Polity. Be it the anti-corruption movement lead by civil society / Anna Hazare or an array of Lok Sabha & Assembly elections, Have dissected, interpreted and presented the course of political change for audiences and readers through my write ups and columns. Have interviewed a host of eminent personalities and hosted hundreds of live audience based shows, reported on numerous terror attacks in various Indian cities, political crisis & International Diplomacy. Show less



Star News

• Mexico
• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Executive Editor & Anchor

  • 2003 - 2007

  As Executive Editor, Star News, was the first Hindi genre host to start a branded show with his self-branding. Nation Reporter was the highest viewed show of Star News between 2003 till 2007. During my stint at Star News, Ajay took a placement with Sky News UK for 8 weeks and produced and hosted, Foreign Editor (daily show on international news) As Executive Editor, Star News, was the first Hindi genre host to start a branded show with his self-branding. Nation Reporter was the highest viewed show of Star News between 2003 till 2007. During my stint at Star News, Ajay took a placement with Sky News UK for 8 weeks and produced and hosted, Foreign Editor (daily show on international news)

• Associate Editor & Anchor

  • 1994 - 2003

  Senior Prime time News Anchor for ‘Aaj Tak’, 24 hour news channel, part of India Today Group. Anchor daily prime time news bulletins. Anchored all live election analysis during Assembly election 2001 & 2002, Anchored from Agra studio during Agra summit & Live Special programmes from United States, Portugal, Almaty (Kazakistan), Pakistan, numerous international and domestic locations like Srinagar & host of other cities in India. In-charge Special Stories desk, All special coverages planned & executed between 2001-2003 were routed through this desk. Input & Coverage plan, Output & Promotion of Special Shows was overseen by this desk for the Channel. Reporting, Scripting & Editing news reports telecast on the channel. Beat Handled: External Affairs, Defence, Central Cabinet and Kashmir affairs. Interviews of Prominent Personalities, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf , Former Indian Prime Minster Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Mauritian Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga, US Anti-Terrorism In charge Richard Hass, FBI Director and a host of Indian Politicians. Covered Indo-Pak Kargil conflict -1999 extensively, filed on spot field reports form Kargil, Drass, Point 4875, Point 5100, Mashkoh Valley, Ghanshok in Batalik region, Gumri and Zozila Pass which connects the rest of India to Kargil. Reported extensively from Delhi on Indian Manoeuvres, efforts by tri-forces to flush out the enemy from Indian Territory. Was one of the first reporters to Interview Army Chief Gen. V P Malik, post Kargil war. Covered US led coalition action on Afganistan in 2001, from the ground in Kabul. Filed daily reports, interviewed numerous Taliban leaders & brought out devastation stories on TV showing the horrors of US actions and Talibani retaliation. Show less