Rajdeep Sardesai

Rajdeep Sardesai (Konkani : राजदीप सरदेसाई) (born 24 May 1965) is an Indian journalist, political commentator and news presenter. Sardesai is the Editor-in-Chief of IBN18 Network, that includes CNN-IBN, IBN-7 and IBN-Lokmat.

Biography

Rajdeep Sardesai was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, to a Goan father, the former Indian Test cricketer Dilip Sardesai, and a Maharashtrian mother, Nandini Sardesai, an activist in Mumbai and former head of the Department of Sociology at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.

Education

He completed his schooling up to ICSE from the Campion School in Mumbai, did two years of ISC in the Cathedral School, Mumbai, and completed a bachelor's course in Economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He then went to University College, Oxford, getting the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Civil Law. He also represented Oxford University Cricket Club in county cricket and played 7 matches for them as a batsman in the English summer of 1987. As a student he was an extremely active member of Christian church choirs.

Career

Rajdeep Sardesai entered television journalism in...
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