# Sreenivasan Jain > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sreenivasan_Jain > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sreenivasan_Jain.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sreenivasan_Jain > Source revision: 1347998795 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Indian journalist Sreenivasan Jain Born 21 November India Alma mater Rishi Valley School Hindu College, Delhi University of Delhi University of Sussex Occupation Journalist Years active 1995–present Parent(s) Lakshmi Chand Jain Devaki Jain **Sreenivasan Jain** is an Indian journalist who worked for [NDTV](/source/NDTV) from 1995 to January 2023. He is currently an adjunct faculty at [O.P. Jindal Global University](/source/O.P._Jindal_Global_University)[1] ## Early life Jain is the grandson of [M. A. Sreenivasan](/source/M._A._Sreenivasan), a minister in the [Princely State of Mysore](/source/Princely_State_of_Mysore), and the son of [Devaki Jain](/source/Devaki_Jain) and [Lakshmi Chand Jain](/source/Lakshmi_Chand_Jain).[2] ## 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](/source/Truth_vs_Hype)*. He was also the channel's Group Editor.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He was NDTV's Mumbai bureau chief from 2003 to 2008. He was also briefly [managing editor](/source/Managing_editor) of NDTV's business channel, [Profit](/source/NDTV_Profit). He is also an [op-ed](/source/Op-ed) columnist for the *[Business Standard](/source/Business_Standard)* newspaper.[3] An op-ed column in *The Hoot*, an independent South Asian media watchdog, praised Jain's television coverage of the [2013 Muzaffarnagar riots](/source/2013_Muzaffarnagar_riots).[4] On 28 January 2023, Jain announced that he is quitting the channel after a nearly three-decade-long career.[5][6] Jain later joined *[Newslaundry](/source/Newslaundry)*, founded by [Abhinandan Sekhri](/source/Abhinandan_Sekhri), [Madhu Trehan](/source/Madhu_Trehan) and Prashant Sareen and worked on various important projects such as NL Sena and Chunaav.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Awards - Jain won the 2006 Best Anchor News/Current Affairs award instituted by the Indian Television Academy.[7] - In September 2014, Jain won the [Ramnath Goenka award](/source/Ramnath_Goenka_Excellence_in_Journalism_Awards) for 'Journalist of the Year'.[8] - In April 2015, Jain won the 'Journalist of the Year' award at the RedInk journalism awards, given by the Press Club, Mumbai.[9] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Sreenivasan Jain faculty"](https://jgu.edu.in/jsjc/sreenivasan-jain/). Retrieved 3 August 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-churumuri_2-0)** ["A home that housed four generations of genius"](https://churumuri.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/a-home-that-housed-four-generations-of-genius/). 9 October 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Sreenivasan Jain columns on Business-Standard"](http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/sreenivasan-jain-the-hate-calculus-113100101200_1.html). Retrieved 15 June 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-hoot_4-0)** ["Good rioters and bad rioters"](http://www.thehoot.org/web/Good-rioters-and-bad-rioters/7680-1-1-14-true.html). Retrieved 14 June 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV after nearly three-decade-long career"](https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sreenivasan-jain-quits-ndtv-after-nearly-three-decade-long-career-172558). *The News Minute*. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Journalist Sreenivasan Jain Quits NDTV After Adani Group's Takeover"](https://thewire.in/media/journalist-sreenivasan-jain-quits-ndtv-after-adani-group-takeover). *The Wire*. Retrieved 28 January 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["The Indian Television Academy Awards 2006"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120210174024/http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2006). Archived from [the original](http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2006) on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Ramnath Goenka Awards: The Storytellers"](http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/ramnath-goenka-awards-the-storytellers/). 14 September 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["NDTV's Sreenivasan Jain has won the 'Journalist of the Year' award, for his series 'Truth versus Hype'"](http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/scrollin-wins-news-startup-of-the-year-award/article7147389.ece). *The Hindu*. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015. v t e NDTV Corporate leadership Gautam Adani Sanjay Pugalia News channels Current NDTV 24x7 NDTV India NDTV Prime Astro Awani (JV with Astro) Independent Television (JV with Beximco) Former NDTV Profit NDTV Hindu Notable programmes Highway on My Plate We the People Truth vs Hype The Car & Bike Show Personnel Current Ambika Anand Namrata Brar Appan Menon Sonia Singh Vishnu Som Swati Thiyagarajan Former Shekhar Gupta Barkha Dutt Nidhi Razdan Vinod Dua Vikram Chandra Noopur Tiwari Sunetra Choudhury Pankaj Pachauri Rajdeep Sardesai Arnab Goswami Ravish Kumar Punya Prasun Bajpai Sanjay Pinto Suparna Singh Pankaj Pachauri Sreenivasan Jain --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sreenivasan Jain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sreenivasan_Jain) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sreenivasan_Jain?action=history)). 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