1. Kartikeya Sharma was born on 14 May 1981 and is an Indian politician, entrepreneur, and media baron, currently serving as a Member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament from Haryana.
14 Facts About Kartikeya Sharma
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Kartikeya Sharma won from the Bharatiya Janata Party seat, defeating the Congress leader Ajay Maken in a highly contested election on 10 June 2022.
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Kartikeya Sharma is married to author and professor Aishwarya Sharma since 2011.
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Kartikeya Sharma is elected to Rajya Sabha in 2022 Rajya Sabha elections.
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Kartikeya Sharma was part of a parliamentary delegation, headed by Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, Harivansh Narayan Singh.
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Kartikeya Sharma completed his Bachelor of Business Administration from King's College London.
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Kartikeya Sharma launched a series of regional TV channels under India News; by 2015, India News managed five regional channels that covered Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Jharkhand.
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Later on, Kartikeya Sharma acquired, through ITV Media, English language news channel NewsX.
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Kartikeya Sharma entered the print media with the acquisition of The Sunday Guardian, an English language Sunday newspaper, and Aaj Samaj, a Hindi language daily newspaper.
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Kartikeya Sharma has been involved with News Wire Services, an Indian TV news wire service.
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Kartikeya Sharma is the Owner of Picaadily Hotels, Which Along With Hyatt owns a Range of Properties in Delhi and Parts of Haryana and Punjab.
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In 2015, Kartikeya Sharma set up Pro Sportify with Ashish Chadha, CEO of the Sporty Solutionz, a company that runs the Pro Wrestling League.
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Kartikeya Sharma won the award for the Best CEO of the Year at the 2016 eNBA Awards.
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Kartikeya Sharma was honoured with Person Of The Year Award by the Businessworld in 2022.