| 1. Rajdeep Sardesai is the son of Dilip Sardesai, a former Indian Test Cricketer. |
| 2. He worked at Times of India for six years, serving as the city editor of its Mumbai edition. |
| 3. In 1994, he transitioned to television journalism as the Political Editor of New Delhi Television (NDTV). |
| 4. At NDTV, he hosted popular shows like ‘The Big Fight.’ |
| 5. Rajdeep left NDTV to establish his own company, Global Broadcast News (GBN), in collaboration with CNN and Raghav Bahl’s TV18. |
| 6. He was honored with the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2008. |
| 7. For his coverage of the 2002 Gujarat riots and excellence in journalism in 2006, Rajdeep received The International Broadcasters Award and the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award. |
| 8. He won The Asian Television Award for talk show presentation and has been named News Anchor of the year by the Indian Television Academy eight times in the last nine years. |
| 9. Rajdeep has held the position of President of the Editors Guild of India and was selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum. |
