Ravi Agrawal

Ravi Agrawal
Born (1982-10-16) October 16, 1982
London, England
Alma mater Harvard University
Occupation Journalist
Employer CNN
Title New Delhi Bureau Chief

Ravi Agrawal is a journalist and television producer.[1] He has worked for the U.S. news channel CNN for more than a decade in postings across London, New York, and New Delhi. Agrawal is currently the network's New Delhi Bureau Chief.[2]

Career

New Delhi

Agrawal is based in New Delhi, from where he manages CNN's multi-platform news gathering in India.

Ravi Agrawal reporting from the site of a collapsed bridge in Kolkata, India, in April 2016

Agrawal reports and writes columns for CNN.com[3] and CNNMoney.com[4] and appears on-air on CNN International[5] to analyze trends and developments in South Asia. He has covered a breadth of stories from the region, reporting on economics,[6] the environment,[7] foreign policy,[8][9] caste[10] and gender issues,[11] and breaking news stories like the 2015 Nepal earthquake.[12]

He has produced from New Delhi high profile interviews with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi[13] and U.S. President Barack Obama.[14]

In February 2016, Agrawal hosted the CNN Asia Business Forum, a special thought leadership event the network unveiled in Mumbai.

Agrawal occasionally contributes to regional newspapers like the South China Morning Post[15] and Singapore's Business Times.[16]

New York

Agrawal at the Peabody Awards in 2012

From 2011 to 2014, Agrawal lived and worked in New York City. He was the Senior Producer of CNN's Sunday world affairs program Fareed Zakaria GPS. Agrawal was part of the program's 2012 Peabody Award winning team[17] as well as its three Emmy nominations across 2012[18] and 2013.[19]

London

Agrawal began his career in TV journalism at CNN International in 2006, where he worked across the network's news and business programs. In 2009, he helped launch the London prime time program Connect the World.[20]

Personal

Agrawal was born in London, England and raised in Calcutta, India.

After finishing high school in India, he attended college at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, where he worked for The Harvard Crimson.[21]

Agrawal is a Young Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum [22] and has served on the group's Global Agenda Council on India.[23]

In 2016, Agrawal was named an Asia 21 Young Leader by the Asia Society in New York.[24]

References

  1. ↑ "CNN Profiles - Ravi Agrawal - India bureau chief - CNN.com". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  2. ↑ "Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – Exchange4media". exchange4media.com. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  3. ↑ "Opinion: Why India feels jilted by Obama - CNN.com". cnn.com. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  4. ↑ Agrawal, Ravi. "Is India primed for an economic revolution?". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  5. ↑ "Assessing India's Narendra Modi - CNN Video". CNN. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  6. ↑ "Millions of Indians apply for handful of jobs". CNN. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  7. ↑ "Battling Delhi's pollution - CNN Video". CNN. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  8. ↑ "Will China and India be partners -- or rivals?". CNN. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  9. ↑ "Modi doing away with Indian non-alignment - CNN Video". CNN. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  10. ↑ "India's caste system: Outlawed, but still omnipresent". CNN. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  11. ↑ "What Nirbhaya rape case says about India". CNN. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  12. ↑ "India Rushes to Nepal's Aid - CNN Video". CNN. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  13. ↑ "Prime Minister Narendra Modi Speaks to CNN's Fareed Zakaria". Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  14. ↑ CNN profile
  15. ↑ "Technology boom may help Modi turn 2015 into India's year". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  16. ↑ Agrawal, Ravi. "Is there a more exciting topic to discuss than India?". The Business Times. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  17. ↑ "Fareed Zakaria GPS: Interpretation and Commentary on Iran and The GPS Primetime Special: Restoring the American Dream—Fixing Education". www.peabodyawards.com. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  18. ↑ "Nominees Announced for the 33rd Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards | The Emmy Awards - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". emmyonline.com. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  19. ↑ "Nominees Announced for the 34th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards | The Emmy Awards - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". emmyonline.com. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  20. ↑ "Tonight's the night!". Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  21. ↑ "Salaam Bombay! | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson". thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  22. ↑ "Ravi Agrawal | Global Shapers Community". globalshapers.org. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  23. ↑ "Global Agenda Council on India". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  24. ↑ http://asiasociety.org/asia21-young-leaders/asia-21-announces-2016-class-young-leaders


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