Rajdeep Sardesai

Rajdeep Sardesai is an award-winning journalist, author, and TV news presenter. Currently the consulting editor and lead news anchor of the India Today Group, he was the founder-editor of the IBN 18 network and the managing editor of NDTV 24X7 and NDTV India. In his over three-decade career, he has won more than fifty awards for journalistic excellence. His previous books on the Indian elections, 2019: How Modi Won India (2019) and 2014: The Election That Changed India (2014), have been national bestsellers. 2024: The Election That Surprised India (2024) is his latest publication. He is also the author of Democracy’s XI: The Great Indian Cricket Story (2017). Year: 2018, 2025.