Rajdeep Sardesai has been appointed consulting editor, TV Today Network, which runs Hindi news channel Aaj Tak and English news channel Headlines Today.
Sardesai announced this move through two tweets today
Delighted to be joining TV Today network, India's largest news network, as consulting editor. Looking forward to working with a great team
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) September 11, 2014
Will be doing a prime time show with Headlines Today soon. And a bit of Hindi on Aaj tak! So, it's back to the box soon.
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) September 11, 2014
Aroon Purie, chairman and editor-in-chief, India Today Group, said, “Rajdeep has been an asset to whichever team he has belonged to, including the cricketing ones. Great to have him with us. I know he will hit the ball out of the park for Team India Today."
Prior to his stint at the IBN18 Network, he has been with NDTV and The Times of India.