Arnab Goswami Birthday

Journalist Arnab Goswami was born in Guwahati, Assam on 9 October 1973 to an Assamese Brahmin family.

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Arnab Goswami Education

As an army officer’s son, he attended schools in various cities. He passed his 10th Standard board exams from St Mary’s School in Delhi Cantonment and his 12th Standard board exams from Kendriya Vidyalaya in Jabalpur Cantonment.

Arnab has a Bachelor’s (Hons.) in Sociology from the Hindu College in Delhi University. In 1994 Arnab completed his Master’s in Social Anthropology from St. Antony’s College, in Oxford University, where he was a Felix Scholar.

In 2000, Arnab was a Visiting D C Pavate Fellow at the International Studies Department at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University.

Arnab Goswami News Channel

Before joining NDTV in 1995, he started his career in The Telegraph in Kolkata.

He later shifted his career in TV news broadcast with NDTV 24×7 in 1995, where he anchored daily newscasts, and reporting for News Tonight a programme telecast on DD Metro.

Later as the news editor, he was part of NDTV’s core team during the transition from programme producer to the 24-hour mode in 1998.

Since 2006, Goswami was the editor-in-chief and a news anchor of the Times Now news channel. His show The Newshour is aired at 9 pm with live news coverage.

He has also written a book named Combating Terrorism: The Legal Challenge. On 1 November 2016, Goswami resigned as the Editor-in Chief of Times Now.

Goswami is the Managing Director, Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of the news channel called Republic TV which was launched on 6 May 2017.

Within a week of its launch, Republic TV topped the BARC charts for viewership among English news channels in India.

His news show airs everyday at 9 pm and 10pm featuring notable personalities from diverse fields debating on political, social and current issues.

Arnab Goswami Debate

Some commentators have criticized Goswami for his style of TV panel discussion.

Goswami’s heated discussions during The Newshour has invited criticism from newsweekly Outlook running a cover story titled ‘The Man Who Killed TV News’. On key news events, Arnab has emerged as The Great Polariser, his acid tongue stripping complex issues of all nuance

Arnab Goswami Salary

His salary is 10 Cr INR annually

Arnab Goswami Networth

His networth is Rs. 383 Crore INR.

Arnab Goswami Son

Journalist Arnab named his son Che, named after Che Guevara.

Arnab Goswami Wife

Pipi Goswami is the wife of India’s most decorated and distinguished news anchor, Arnab Goswami. Pipi and Arnab studied together at The Hindu College, Delhi. She is Bengali, while Arnab is Assamese.

In their final year, Pipi proposed to Arnab, who accepted the proposal immediately. Arnab and Pipi are also blessed with two kids.

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