Rahul Kanwal
Rahul Kanwal is an Indian TV journalist and News Director at India Today. He was born on the 14th of September, 1980 in Deolali, Maharashtra. He is the host of the prime-time show Newstrack on weekdays and interview based show, Jab We Met, on India Today TV.Career
Rahul studied Journalism at Delhi University, he's a Chevening scholar and has done a programme in International Broadcast Journalism from Cardiff University. He also won a Rory Peck Trust grant for a course in Hostile Environment Journalism. He started his career in 1999 as an anchor-cum-reporter with Zee News and later joined Aaj Tak in 2002. He has also served as the Editor-at-Large in Aaj Tak and Headlines Today in TV Today Group.
In 2019, Rahul interviewed India's union minister Piyush Goyal, where he questioned the minister over the Balakot strikes. He was criticized for simulating an skirmish between CRPF and Naxal insurgents in his TV show.Awards
In 2013, he was awarded the best anchor at the Indian Television Academy Awards
Kanwal was awarded the National annual award as part of the Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation in 2016.
In 2019, he was awarded in the Best Anchor category at the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards.
