Ravi Agrawal (born 16 October 1982) is a journalist, television producer and author of the book India Connected. He is currently the editor in chief of Foreign Policy magazine.[1] Previously, Agrawal worked for the U.S. news channel CNN for 11 years, spanning full-time roles on three continents.[2] His most recent position at the network was as CNN's New Delhi Bureau Chief and correspondent.[3]
Ravi Agrawal | |
|---|---|
 Agarwal in 2018 | |
| Born | 16 October 1982 London, UK |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | Foreign Policy |
| Title | Editor In chief |
Agrawal now lives in New York City.
Career
editForeign Policy
editAgrawal began working at the Washington, D.C.-based magazine and website in April 2018 as its managing editor.[4] He was named Editor in Chief in Nov. 2020.[5]
Agrawal's essay "India Has a Mindset Problem" was part of a selection of FP articles nominated for the 2020 National Magazine Award for columns and commentary.
He is a frequent commentator on world affairs on CNN, MSNBC, the BBC, and on NPR.
CNN
editNew Delhi
editFrom 2014 to 2017, Agrawal managed CNN's multi-platform news gathering in South Asia.
Agrawal reported regularly on-air for CNN International[6] and CNN.com. He covered a breadth of stories from the region, including economics, foreign policy,[7] and breaking news stories. Agrawal reported for CNN International's award-winning Freedom Project series, including a report on child slaves in rural Uttar Pradesh.[8]
New York
editFrom 2011 to 2014, Agrawal lived and worked in New York City. He was the senior producer of CNN's Sunday world affairs program Fareed Zakaria GPS. Agrawal was part of the program's 2012 Peabody Award-winning team,[9] as well as its three Emmy nominated programs across 2012[10] and 2013.[11]
London
editAgrawal began his career in TV journalism at CNN International in 2006, where he worked across the network's news and business programs. In 2009, he helped launch the London prime time program Connect the World and served as its senior producer.
Book
editAgrawal's India Connected: How the Smartphone is Transforming the World's Biggest Democracy released in September 2018 in India, November 2018 in the United States, and January 2019 in the United Kingdom.
Writing for the Wall Street Journal, novelist Megha Majumdar picked India Connected as among the "five best" books on India today.[12] A review in the UK's Financial Times described the book as "timely and absorbing" and "hard to put down",[13] while the New Statesman's reviewer Oliver Balch called it "smart, sympathetic, and highly readable." India Today said "most books on India's tech and telecom boom quickly get dated. The stories in India Connected are timeless and will age well into nice snapshots of history."[14]
Personal
editAgrawal was born in London, England and raised in Calcutta, India. After finishing high school in India, he attended college at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, where he worked for The Harvard Crimson.[15]
He married Emma Vaughn in 2013.[16]
Until 2016, Agrawal was a Young Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum,[17] and has served a two-year term on the group's Global Agenda Council on India.[18]
In 2016, Agrawal was named an Asia 21 Young Leader by the Asia Society in New York.[19]
References
edit- ^ "Meet The Staff – Foreign Policy". Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "CNN Profiles – Ravi Agrawal – India bureau chief – CNN.com". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – Exchange4media". exchange4media.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Ravi Agrawal on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ Foreign Policy Media Room (24 November 2020). "Press Release: Foreign Policy Announces New Editor-in-Chief". Twitter. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Assessing India's Narendra Modi – CNN Video". CNN. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Modi doing away with Indian non-alignment – CNN Video". CNN. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "India and Donald Trump: How 'Make in India' could trump 'America First'". The Financial Express. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Fareed Zakaria GPS: Interpretation and Commentary on Iran and The GPS Primetime Special: Restoring the American Dream—Fixing Education". www.peabodyawards.com. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Nominees Announced for the 33rd Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards | The Emmy Awards – The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". emmyonline.com. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Nominees Announced for the 34th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards | The Emmy Awards – The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". emmyonline.com. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ Majumdar, Megha (18 September 2020). "Five Best: Megha Majumdar on India Today". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "India Connected by Ravi Agrawal — the smartphone revolution". Financial Times. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ Roy, Prasanto K. (5 November 2018). "Connected Stories for the Smartphone Age". India Today. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Salaam Bombay! | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson". thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Santa Catalina School Fall Bulletin 2013". 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Ravi Agrawal | Global Shapers Community". globalshapers.org. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Global Agenda Council on India". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Asia 21 Announces 2016 Class of Young Leaders".
