21 Facts About Radhika Roy

Radhika Roy is an Indian journalist who is the founder and former executive co-chairperson of NDTV.

Radhika Roy was the managing director of the company between 1998 and 2011.

Radhika Roy started as a news production house and became the first independent news broadcaster in India.

Radhika Roy graduated with a degree in English literature from Miranda House, University of Delhi.

Radhika Roy began her career as a journalist at The Indian Express where she worked for the editing desk.

Radhika Roy joined the India Today magazine, where she was a new coordinator.

Radhika Roy quit her job at the magazine to join The New School For Social Research for a post-graduate degree in broadcast journalism in New York, United States.

Radhika Roy applied for and completed a course in television production at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Radhika Roy began as a production house for the public broadcaster Doordarshan, and became the first independent news broadcaster in India.

Radhika Roy was the managing director of NDTV between 1998 and 2011, before which she was the chairman.

Prannoy Roy became the public face of the network, while Radhika Roy managed the editorial and backend processes.

Radhika Roy grew a reputation for demanded high standards for editorial integrity and impartiality.

Radhika Roy had instituted a legally binding code of conducts for journalistic ethics in the company at a time when other broadcasters had none.

Radhika Roy has been described as having a sense of social justice and integrity, Roy had implemented measures such as arrangement of sanitary napkins in NDTV offices during a time when the debate over destigmatisation of periods in workplaces had not yet enter public discourse.

Radhika Roy went public in May 2004 and became the leading media company in terms of market capitalisation by the end of the year.

Radhika Roy continued to act as a steward for the editorial end of the company.

Radhika Roy was reportedly well liked by her employees and remained heavily involved in the company's day-to-day operations to the point that she was recognised as the de facto CEO, one former employee described her working style to be sometimes controlling as there was no effective decentralisation in the company.

Radhika Roy began facing government pressure through litigations and intimidation of advertisers on the network after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, which was described as part of a process of cratering media freedom in the country.

Radhika Roy moved to the Supreme Court of India which exempted them from the deposits.

Radhika Roy has a reputation of being a private person who stays away from fame and keeps a low profile.

Radhika Roy was listed in Fortune India's list of 50 most powerful woman in business in India.