Rajdeep Sardesai Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Bio
Full Name	Rajdeep Dilip Sardesai
Profession	Journalist, Editor
Physical Stats & More
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 9”
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	24 May 1965 (Monday)
Age (as of 2024)	59 Years
Birthplace	Mumbai
Zodiac sign	Gemini
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Mumbai
School	Campion School, The Cathedral & John Connon School
College	St. Xavier's College, University College, Oxford
Educational Qualifications	Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Civil Law
Debut	1988
Family	Father- Dilip Sardesai Mother- Nandini Brother- N/A Sister- Shonali
Religion	Hinduism
Controversies	• On 13 August 2020, he was heavily trolled on social media for sharing fake news about Pranab Mukherjee's death on his Twitter handle. Later, he apologized for the same. [1]ZEE News • In September 2024, Sardesai received backlash from netizens after he supported Rahul Gandhi's statement on Sikhs facing an existential crisis in India. Rajdeep in a tweet said that in India, every statement made by Rahul becomes a matter of controversy in India.
Girls, Affairs and More
Sexual orientation	Straight
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Spouse	Sagarika Ghose (Married 1994)
Children	Son- Ishan Daughter- Tarini
Money Factor
Salary	80 Lakh Rupee/Month

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rajdeep Sardesai

• Sardesai is currently a consulting editor at the India Today group and hosts Headlines Today. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Global Broadcast News, that included CNN-IBN, IBN7, and IBN-Lokmat—which he resigned in July 2014.

• Rajdeep is the son of Dilip Sardesai, a former Indian Test Cricketer.

• Initially, Rajdeep worked with Times of India for six years and was the city editor of its Mumbai edition.

• He entered television journalism in 1994 as Political Editor of New Delhi Television (NDTV).

• He hosted popular shows like ‘The Big Fight’ at NDTV.

• He quit NDTV later to start his own company, Global Broadcast News (GBN), in collaboration with the American giant CNN and Raghav Bahl’s TV18.

• Rajdeep was awarded Padma Shri by Govt. of India in 2008.

• Rajdeep carried off The International Broadcasters award for coverage of the 2002 Gujarat riots and the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism award for 2006.

• He received The Asian Television award for talk show presentation and has been News Anchor of the year at the Indian Television Academy for eight of the last nine years.

• He has been the President of the Editors Guild of India and was also chosen as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the world economic forum.