Kamal Khan is an Indian news reporter associated with NDTV news channel. On January 14, 2022, he died of a massive heart attack.
Wiki/Biography
Kamal Khan was born in 1960 (age 61; in 2021) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He got his Masters in English Literature, and later, he took a course in Russian Philology (Russian Language and Literature) from Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 8″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Family
Parents & Siblings
There is not much information about his parents and siblings.
Wife & Children
She is married to Indian TV journalist Ruchi Kumar who is the political editor of the news channel. He has a son named Aman Khan.
Kamal Khan with his wife
Kamal Khan with his son
Career
Initially, he started his career as a Russian interpreter at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bengaluru. He then joined local news channel Amrit Prabhat as a reporter. Later, after Amrit Prabhat closed down, he joined Navbharat Times as a journalist. After quitting his job there, he joined Dainik Jagran. In 1995, he started working as a journalist from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in the news channel NDTV. He was later promoted as resident editor in the same news channel for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. He is known for his unique reporting style.
Address
Butler Colony, Lucknow District, Uttar Pradesh
Award
- Ram Nath Goenka Award from the President of India
- Ganesh Shanker Award from the President of India (which is considered the biggest award for Hindi journalism initiated by the Union HRD Ministry)
- NT Award for best Hindi TV journalist
- Award for Best Documentary on Environmental Awareness
- An international award from the SAARC Federation of Writers and Literature for his contribution to Hindi TV journalism
Death
On 14 January 2022, he died of a massive heart attack at his residence in Butler Colony, Lucknow District, Uttar Pradesh. At the time of his death, various Indian politicians and news reporters shared their grief. Alok Pandey of NDTV tweeted,
Share this with deep sadness, shock and numbness. @kamalkhan_NDTV sir, our long-standing Lucknow bureau chief, a stalwart journalist, someone we all admired for his hard-hitting and poetic reporting, passed away this morning. Will share more details as and when available.”
Senior Lucknow journalist Naved Shikoh said,
NDTV’s Kamal Khan passes away.. Veteran NDTV journalist Kamal Khan is no more. He died of a heart attack early this morning at his residence at Butler Palace in Lucknow. He has been associated with the NDA as UP Chief for more than two decades. TV is journalism, before that he worked in all English-Hindi newspapers of Lucknow. Ruchi Kumar, wife of Kamal Khan Sahab, is the Political Editor of Indian TV. A national and world favourite, Kamal Khan has truly created his own identity with stunning journalism. There are hardly any TV journalists who have the sweetness of the tongue, choice of words, pronunciation and interesting scripts like him. If Ravish Kumar is the diamond of NDTV as an anchor, then Kamal is the jewel of this channel as a journalist. Seeing his PTC (Piece to Camera) in any news package, the eyes of the average TV viewer are glued to the TV screen. God may also know Kamal Bhai’s language, tone, alphabet, script, Loves justice and reward, and calls them early. Inna Lillahi and Inna Ilahi Rajuon!”
TV journalist Rajdeep Sardesai said,
Very sad news to report this morning. Kamal Khan, NDTV’s good reporter from Lucknow and a dear friend passed away this morning. I will really miss you my friend and our long chats. Lots of memories! Destroyed. Om shanti.”
Congress leader Supriya Shrinate and former journalist tweeted,
Shocked to hear about the sudden death of @kamalkhan_NDTV. A solid journalist, a great human being.”
Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati said,
The news of the sudden death of Kamal Khan, a well-known and prominent TV journalist associated with NDTV, is deeply saddened and an irreparable loss to the world of journalism. My condolences to his family and all his loved ones. May nature give strength to everyone to bear this sorrow, hope from such nature.”
Facts/Trivia
- Kamal Khan speaks and writes Russian fluently.
- In his free time, he used to read books.
Kamal Khan is reading a book
- In 2018, he was invited as a guest speaker at TEDx Talks, and there he shared his views on the topic of ‘Peaceful Religious Coexistence: Reality or Myth.’
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