Upendra Rai
Upendra Rai was born in Sherpur, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India on January 16th, 1982 and is the Journalist. At the age of 42, Upendra Rai biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 42 years old, Upendra Rai physical status not available right now. We will update Upendra Rai's height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, and measurements.
He started his career as a correspondent in the year 1997 with Sahara News Network while pursuing his graduation at University of Lucknow. In October 2002 he joined Star News (Now ABP News) then in August 2004 he joined Network 18 where he worked as the member of launching team of CNBC Awaaz/CNBC TV18. He later joined Star News again (renamed ABP News) in year October 2005 as Principal Correspondent, where he did path-breaking stories related to Taxation, Business, Politics and Entertainment. In November, 2009 he moved to Sahara News Network as Editor and News Director. However he left Sahara News Network in 2016 and started working as CEO and editor-in-chief of Tehelka. In September 2019 he came back to the fold of Sahara News Network again as its Senior Advisor.
Upendra Rai did many big stories while working with Star News (ABP News) . He unearthed dmat account scandal in October 2005. Likewise, he broke the story of stud farm owner Hasan Ali in January 2007, which resulted in government agencies actions on Ali.
- Star Achiever Award in 2006
- Star Patrakar Ratna Award in 2007
- Indian Television Academy Awards for best reporting among Hindi news channels, 2007
- Lions Gold Awards by Lions Clubs International, Mumbai, 2008
- Lions Gold Awards by Lions Clubs International, Mumbai, 2009
- Bharosa Patrakar Samman with Javed Akhtar, 2010
- National Integration Award, Hubli, Karnataka, December 2010
- National Excellence Award, World Book of Records, London, 2019