Uma Sudhir

In this Indian name, the name Sudhir is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Uma.

Indian journalist

Uma Sudhir is an Indian journalist,[1] who is the executive editor of the South Indian division of the television news network NDTV.[2] Sudhir has been the recipient of a number of awards including the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award and the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons.[3][4][5]

## Biography

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Born in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, Uma spent her childhood in a number of cities around India such as Mumbai and Hyderabad, and eventually completed her schooling and her undergraduate studies in New Delhi. She entered the field of journalism through a one year programme at the Times School of Journalism in 1989 and began her career at The Times of India in New Delhi. She is noted have been the features editor of the newspaper during Miss Universe 1994 and was the one to cover Sushmita Sen winning the peagant. Uma married a peer journalist T. S. Sudhir and moved to the city of Hyderabad around August 1995.[1]

She was responsible for the political coverage of N. Chandrababu Naidu's rebellion against N. T. Rama Rao in the state of Andhra Pradesh which began days after her shifting to its capital of Hyderabad.[1] During her employment at the Times Group, she had also been involved in working with its business news, The Economic Times.[6] In 1998, Uma moved to the new television channel Star News (later renamed to NDTV).[1] Over the following period, she was appointed as the resident editor in the city of Hyderabad and eventually became the executive editor of the South Indian division of the television network of NDTV.[6]

In 2015, she won the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award in the category of broadcast journalism.[4] On 6 March 2017, she also became the recipient of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons for "[h]er incisive and analytical reports [that] help create awareness of ground realities in various states".[7] She has also been recognised by the Confederation of Indian Industry as an industry leader in her field of work.[8]

## Personal life

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Uma is married to TS Sudhir, a Chevening scholar from Palakkad, Kerala.[9][non-primary source needed]

## Controversy

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Uma Sudhir was engulfed in controversy related to her spouse TS Sudhir during MeToo movement in India.[10][11]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Issac, Anna (5 March 2018). "28 years in news: NDTV's Uma Sudhir wins Chameli Devi Jain award 2017". The News Minute. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
2. ^ Sudhir, Uma (15 March 2018). "'What Happens When the Journalism in the Journalist is Killed?'". The Quint. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
3. ^ "NDTV's Uma Sudhir gets 2017 Chameli Devi Jain award". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
4. ^ a b Kanojia, Ravi (24 November 2015). "Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards: List of winners". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
5. ^ "Uma Sudhir". Indian School of Business. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
6. ^ a b "Uma Sudhir". South Asian Women in Media. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
7. ^ Agarwal, Cherry (6 March 2018). "Shouting matches on TV are the bane of good journalism: Uma Sudhir". Newslaundry. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
8. ^ "CII Puducherry gets new chairman". The Hindu. 10 March 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
9. ^ "About Uma and Sudhir". umasudhir.com. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
10. ^ "Journalist TS Sudhir responds to #MeToo allegations against him, claims accuser 'distorted the truth'". Firstpost. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
11. ^ "As India's #MeToo skeletons tumble, victims face blame and shame". India Today. Retrieved 4 March 2024.