Ritu Kapur
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_at_an_Amnesty_International_Event,_New_Delhi,_Joesy_Joesph_(left).jpg) Kapur (centre) at an Amnesty International event in New Delhi | |
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| Spouse | Raghav Bahl |
Ritu Kapur is an
BloombergQuint with Bloomberg L.P.[1] She is the co-founder of The Quint,[2][3] a web-based digital news site and was one of the founding members of Network18 in 1992.[4]
Ritu Kapur is a board member at Reuters Institute Of Journalism, Oxford University.[5][6] She is also an advisory board member at the British Council for their Future News Worldwide partnership program and a board member of the World Editor's Forum.[7][8][9] In 2018, she was ranked the 49th most powerful woman on the Fortune's list of Most Powerful Women in India.[10]
Background
Ritu Kapur is an alumna of St Stephen's College. She secured her Masters in Film and TV production from A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Milia Islamia.[11]
Her husband is
Career
Ritu Kapur is credited with creating "The India Show", India's first home-grown show on a satellite channel,
Bhanwar, recreating landmark cases in Indian legal history. Apart from being one of the founding members in Network18, she worked on various projects such as Real Heroes.[4]
Ritu pioneered
CNN IBN, a show which has won various awards. In 2011, Ritu launched History TV18 (a joint venture with A+E Networks) as the Head of Programming. At History TV18, she conducted The Greatest Indian. Currently Ritu Kapur is the CEO of The Quint.[13][14]
References
- ^ a b "Ritu Kapur | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism". reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "About Us". The Quint. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Ritu Kapur | WAN-IFRA Events". events.wan-ifra.org. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ a b c "The Newsmaker - Ritu Kapur". Outlook Business. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Ritu Kapur". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Oxford Appoints Quint Co-Founder Ritu Kapur On Board Of Advisors For Journalism". Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Advisory Board Members | British Council". www.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "WEF Board Members - WAN-IFRA". www.wan-ifra.org. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "'Half a billion smartphones will be the tipping point' | Press Institute of India". www.pressinstitute.in. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ ""MOST POWERFUL WOMEN"". www.fortuneindia.com. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ Anand, Alok (24 August 2017). "Ritu Kapur, The Quint Founder: The Day We Stop Experimenting is The Day We Die". Acadman. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "My dream to own a newspaper is dead". The Financial Express. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Being legacy free is very liberating: Ritu Kapur, The Quint". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "It's Like TV in the 90s, No Templates: Ritu Kapur on Digital Media". The Quint. Retrieved 29 August 2018.