Karma Paljor is an Indian journalist and television news anchor. His career as a media professional began in 2001 and since then he's been associated with some famous news channel and last channel he was with is CNN-News18.[1][2] He has received several awards for his role as a reporter and for his coverage of natural disasters since then. He co-founded Atvi Infotainment, a content creation company in 2018. The business verticals include EastMojo and Atvi Studios.
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| Years active | 2001–present |
Early life and education
editAfter attending school in Tashi Namgyal Academy, at his birthplace Sikkim, India, Karma Paljor headed for graduation from Bangalore University and then post-graduation diploma from Xavier Institute of Communication, Mumbai.
Career
editKarma started his career with The Times of India in Mumbai and moved to CNBC TV18 in 2001. Apart from covering national and political stories for the channel, Paljor also anchored the breakfast show on CNBC TV18.[1] He won the Chevening Scholarship for Broadcast journalism in 2004. He joined CNN-IBN in 2005 as a founding employee and has hosted every possible show on the channel. He specializes in covering aviation and natural disaster. He has planned and executed several award-winning programs like Budget Yatra,[3][4][5][6][7] Axe the Tax, and Reporters Project.[8][9][10] Some of his other shows were Cash Crisis Yatra,[11] Interview with Jeff Bezos,[12] India @9,[13] Big 5 @10.[14] He also headed the special features team.
Awards and honors
editKarma was awarded the reporter of the year in 2010 by Indian Television at the News Television Awards.[15] In 2011, he won the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award[16] for excellence in Journalism in the category for Business and Economic Journalism.[17][18][19] His teams coverage of the 2013 North India floods in Uttrakhand, and won the award for the Best National News Coverage in English at the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards (ENBA) in 2013.[20] In 2014, Karma won the ENBA Award[21] in the Best Spot News Reporting (English) category for his coverage of Cyclone Phailin,[22] which won him the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for on-the-spot reporting in 2014.
References
edit- ^ a b "Karma Paljor: Exclusive News Stories by Karma Paljor on Current Affairs, Events at News18". News18.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Karma Paljor Profile - Photos, Wallpapers, Videos, News, Movies, Karma Paljor Songs, Pics". in.com. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Budget Yatra 2013: Ground reports on economy from across the country". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Budget Yatra: The 'Make in India' journey of country's aerospace industry". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Watch: Budget Yatra in Chattisgarh with Karma Paljor". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Watch: Budget Yatra with Karma Paljor at 10 pm on CNN-IBN". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Budget Yatra: Challenges of the tea industry". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Reporter's Project: Kota's Coaching Industry, a Cauldron". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Karma Paljor". facebook.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Another IIT aspirant commits suicide in Kota". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Watch: Cash Crisis Yatra With Karma Paljor". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Full Interview -- Jeff Bezos with Karma Paljor -- IBNLive". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Watch: India@9 With Karma Paljor". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Watch: Big 5@10 With Karma Paljor". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "NT Awards honours TV news industry". Indian Television. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "CNN-IBN wins 5 awards at Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards". Best Media Info. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "NETWORK 18". network18online.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "IBN wins five Ramnath Goenka Awards". News 18. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "Ramnath Goenka Awards: The Storytellers". Indian Express. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ http://wsds.teriin.org/2015/pdf/speaker/karma.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Network18 bags seven ENBA 2014 awards". youtube.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ www.exchange4media.com. "This award highlights how business genre is becoming the mainstream: Sanjay Pugalia". exchange4media.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
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Sources
edit- "Karma Paljor: Exclusive News Stories by Karma Paljor on Current Affairs, Events at IBNLive". IBN Live. Retrieved 15 March 2017.