{{Short description|Indian journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Sreenivasan Jain | image = Sreenivasan jain FB 750x500.jpg | caption = | birth_date = 21 November | birth_place = [[India]] | alma_mater = [[Rishi Valley School]] <br/> [[Hindu College, Delhi]] [[University of Delhi]]<br/> [[University of Sussex]] | spouse = | occupation = [[Journalist]] | years_active = 1995–present | parents = [[Lakshmi Chand Jain]] <br/> [[Devaki Jain]] }} '''Sreenivasan Jain''' is an Indian journalist who worked for [[NDTV]] from 1995 to January 2023. He is currently an adjunct faculty at [[O.P. Jindal Global University]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Sreenivasan Jain faculty|url=https://jgu.edu.in/jsjc/sreenivasan-jain/|accessdate=3 August 2023}}</ref>
== Early life == Jain is the grandson of [[M. A. Sreenivasan]], a minister in the [[Princely State of Mysore]], and the son of [[Devaki Jain]] and [[Lakshmi Chand Jain]].<ref name="churumuri">{{cite web |date=9 October 2011 |title=A home that housed four generations of genius |url=https://churumuri.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/a-home-that-housed-four-generations-of-genius/ |accessdate=16 June 2015}}</ref>
== Career == He was a prominent face of NDTV, and during his three-decade career with the news network, served as the anchor of NDTV's popular programmes, such as ''Reality Check,'' ''[[Truth vs Hype]]''. He was also the channel's Group Editor.{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} He was NDTV's Mumbai bureau chief from 2003 to 2008. He was also briefly [[managing editor]] of NDTV's business channel, [[NDTV Profit|Profit]]. He is also an [[op-ed]] columnist for the ''[[Business Standard]]'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sreenivasan Jain columns on Business-Standard |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/sreenivasan-jain-the-hate-calculus-113100101200_1.html |access-date=15 June 2015}}</ref> An op-ed column in ''The Hoot'', an independent South Asian media watchdog, praised Jain's television coverage of the [[2013 Muzaffarnagar riots]].<ref name="hoot">{{cite web |title=Good rioters and bad rioters |url=http://www.thehoot.org/web/Good-rioters-and-bad-rioters/7680-1-1-14-true.html |access-date=14 June 2015}}</ref>
On 28 January 2023, Jain announced that he is quitting the channel after a nearly three-decade-long career.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-28 |title=Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV after nearly three-decade-long career |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sreenivasan-jain-quits-ndtv-after-nearly-three-decade-long-career-172558 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Journalist Sreenivasan Jain Quits NDTV After Adani Group's Takeover |url=https://thewire.in/media/journalist-sreenivasan-jain-quits-ndtv-after-adani-group-takeover |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=The Wire}}</ref>
Jain later joined ''[[Newslaundry]]'', founded by [[Abhinandan Sekhri]], [[Madhu Trehan]] and Prashant Sareen and worked on various important projects such as NL Sena and Chunaav.{{citation needed|date=October 2025}}
==Awards== *Jain won the 2006 Best Anchor News/Current Affairs award instituted by the Indian Television Academy.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Indian Television Academy Awards 2006|url=http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2006|access-date=15 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210174024/http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2006|archive-date=10 February 2012}}</ref> *In September 2014, Jain won the [[Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards|Ramnath Goenka award]] for 'Journalist of the Year'.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ramnath Goenka Awards: The Storytellers|date=14 September 2014 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/ramnath-goenka-awards-the-storytellers/|accessdate=15 June 2015}}</ref> *In April 2015, Jain won the 'Journalist of the Year' award at the RedInk journalism awards, given by the Press Club, Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news|title=NDTV's Sreenivasan Jain has won the 'Journalist of the Year' award, for his series 'Truth versus Hype'|newspaper=The Hindu |date=27 April 2015 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/scrollin-wins-news-startup-of-the-year-award/article7147389.ece|accessdate=15 June 2015}}</ref>
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