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Rahul Agarwal

Rahul Agarwal

Photo Journalist

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    New Media Strategist Govt of India | Author : Turbulence & Triumph: The Modi Years. | Founder Newspoint Television I United Nation Fellow | Fellow at Stanford University US.

  • Education

    • Foreign Service Institute Govt. Of India

      2022 - 2022
      International Relations and Affairs A

      Activities and Societies: Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Services & XP Division, MEA , jointly organised #AKAM Special Course on Foreign Policy. Learning foreign diplomacy is overwhelming experience.

    • Stanford University

      2009 - 2010
      Media Entrepreneurship Organizational Leadership

    • Amity University Delhi

      2002 - 2003
      Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication Mass Communication/Media Studies

    • Welham Boys School

      1991 - 1995
      Schooling

    • Harvard Business School Online

      2020 - 2020
      Educational Leadership and Administration, General A

      Finally So Happy to Complete the Harvard Learning Program On Leadership . I always feel Learning is necessary for the experiences that create growth and new opportunities.

    • United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

      2024 - 2024
      Communication and Media Studies A

      Activities and Societies: Artificial Intelligence, Communication, Negotiations , Digital Media Strategy, International Relations , Goverment Affairs . The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is a dedicated training arm of the United Nations, serving more than 370,000 beneficiaries annually by conducting close to 1000 training and research activities around the world.The Mission of UNITAR is to develop capacities to enhance global decision-making and to support country level action around the beneficiaries it serves, UNITAR's work targets two key sets of stakeholders: Government officials, the delegates to the UN… Show more The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is a dedicated training arm of the United Nations, serving more than 370,000 beneficiaries annually by conducting close to 1000 training and research activities around the world.The Mission of UNITAR is to develop capacities to enhance global decision-making and to support country level action around the beneficiaries it serves, UNITAR's work targets two key sets of stakeholders: Government officials, the delegates to the UN and others who develop intergovernmental agreements establishing global norms, #policies, and #programmes, and the key national change agents who turn the global agreements into action. It has been such a privilege to complete the United Nations 🇺🇳 immersion programme catered for by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) team ! Show less

  • Experience

    • Press Trust of India (PTI)

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2005
      Photo Journalist

      A journalist for an eye . Covering Photo Feautures for the India's one of the most trusted photo agency . More Then hundred of Photo Feautures published in international daily's including wall street journal .

    • Zee News

      Jan 2003 - Jul 2009
      Anchor and Special Correspondent

      Rahul had covered various events and special stories for Zee News, he also did a lot a live reporting as well as took one to one interviews of many political personalities during his stint with Zee News.Rahul did many successful Investigative stories for Zee News wherein he had unraveled multi crore Kidney scam and fifty thousand crore PDS scam. He covered the Kargil (North Kashmir) war, as well as the 2004 Asian Tsunami.His story ‘Alert to Terror’ is a big piece of investigative reporting in which he revealed the fact that Mumbai is under a terrorist threat and soon there could be a terrorist attack, soon after which the 26/11 terror attack took place in Mumbai.He also received praise from the Indian Government for his investigative story wherein he visited one of the terrorist camps of Lashkar-e-Toiba and did extensive coverage on deals of sophisticated weapons and explosive in Nepal.He has also been felicitated by Nepal Government for successfully unearthing the multi-crore Kidney scam. Show less

    • CNN

      Jul 2005 - Sept 2009
      News Contributor - World Report

      Rahul is associated with CNN International since 2005 and has been sharing many special reports and stories. He has also worked out of their headquarters at Atlanta for an year.In 2005, he was conferred with Asia’s Best young Journalist award by CNN International for his report ‘Dead Man Walking’ highlighting the plight of hundreds of living persons declared dead in the government records. At CNN, he also got the opportunity to be the first young Asian correspondent to interview George Bush, the then President of The United States. Show less

    • Newspoint Television

      Nov 2010 - now
      Founder / Managing Editor Govt./ International Affairs .

    • Om Books International

      Jan 2016 - Jan 2020
      Author : Turbulence & Triumph : The Modi Years

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Content discovery and social monitoring with crowd tangle

      Facebook
      May 2021

    • Facebook for journalist

      Facebook
      May 2021

    • Connect and Engage with your Audience

      Poynter Institute

    • Certification in Immersive Learning

      United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
      Aug 2024
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Rahul Agarwal
      Web Ratna Award 2016 Goverment of India Goverment of India Apr 2016 On Behalf of Ministry of External Affairs received the award for best social media platform amaong all the ministries of Goverment of India .
    • Awarded to Rahul Agarwal
      United Nation Distant Raf Fellow United Nation May 2015 Been Selected as the distant fellow for United Nation Distant Raf Fellowship. And got an opportunity to learn the communcation system for United nation Distantly from india.
    • Awarded to Rahul Agarwal
      Prime Ministers Award On Investigation Nepal Goverment Jan 2008 An Award for helping the Goverment of nepal in the investigation of multi billion kidney scam from the prime minister of nepal .
    • Awarded to Rahul Agarwal
      Cnn young Journalist award Asia CNN INTERNATIONAL Apr 2007 Best young Journalist award in asia for reporting on a story named ' Dead Man Walking '
    • Awarded to Rahul Agarwal
      Turbulence & triumph : The Modi year Om books International