Vikram Chandra
Vikram Chandra has just completed anchoring the 200th episode of Gadget Guru. The show which has had a very successful 4 year stint was started by him and he has been instrumental in ensuring a high level of editorial integrity, consistency and standard on the show.
Vikram Chandra is the CEO of NDTV Networks, an umbrella company for NDTV Imagine, NDTV Goodtimes, NDTV Convergence, Emerging Markets BV, NDTV Labs and Ngen. He has been associated with NDTV since 1994 and is one of India's best known anchorpersons. He presents The Big Fight, which has for several years been one of India's top rated news and current affairs programmes alongwith several other special shows such as the live Elections and Budget programmes. He has also been the Managing Editor of NDTV's business channel, and the News Editor of the main English news channel. Prior to this, he was a special correspondent with a particular focus on politics and terrorism. He has covered the Siachen and Kargil wars, and spent several years covering the insurgency in Kashmir.
Vikram has been named "Global Leader for Tomorrow," and then a "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum in Davos. He has won the Hero Honda Award for best anchorperson and also has been awarded the "Teacher's Achievement Award for Communication" in 2003" and has won Indian Television Academy Awards 2008 for "Best Anchor for a Talk Show" amongst other coveted recognitions.