News Team

Sanjay Pinto
Executive Editor, NDTV-Hindu.
A news hound who has always been politically accurate, never politically correct, Sanjay Pinto is into his second innings at NDTV. He has been with NDTV 24x7 for the last 12 years. Before taking on the Editorial mantle of this channel, Sanjay was the Bureau Chief (Tamilnadu) of NDTV 24x7.
He has interviewed almost every top politician & bureaucrat in the country, international sportspersons from cricketers to tennis players, film stars & business magnates. Political, Crime, Sports, Entertainment, Business, Environment, Disasters, Legal stories and Sting operations are his forte.Some important assignments for NDTV include the Tsunami, Floods, Kanchi Shankaracharya Arrests, Tirupati Assassination Attempt On Chandrababu Naidu, Jayalalithaa`s Court Battles, Karunanidhi`s 2001 Midnight Arrest, Yerwadi Mental Asylum Expose, Child Abuse, Capitation Fees Scam, Kidney Rackets, International Drug Smuggling, Asia Cricket Cups in Colombo, ATM Sleeping Sentry Expose, LTTE Issues, Malaysian Ethnic Conflict, Coimbatore Bomb Blasts Verdict, Terror Plots Hatched in Tamilnadu Prisons, Assembly, Parliamentary Elections and much more.
A seasoned news anchor as well, Sanjay has been the face of news bulletins like Southern Edition on NDTV 24x7. He holds a Degree in History & Politics from Loyola College, Law from the Madras Law College, and Creative Writing through Cornell University, U.S.A. He`s a Gold Medallist, Best Outgoing Student Of Loyola College and a National Debating Champion with an Unbroken Record of 106 Victories in inter collegiate debates & oratorical competitions. No wonder `Chennai Speaks Out` on the channel comes across as a fiery, no holds barred debate.
Saptarshi Bhattacharya
Drifted to Chennai from the distant North East when he got his first job at The Hindu where he covered civic issues in the City. As Senior Input Editor, Rishi, as he is called, bring his experience of 8 illustrious years in the electronic media covering politics to sports, development issues to those of human interest.
Evelyn Mathew
Born and brought up in Kuwait, Evelyn came to Chennai for higher studies. With a bachelors in Electronic Media and masters in Broadcast Communication, Evelyn made Chennai her home. She likes being called a ‘foodie’, and can be found enjoying sumptuous bites at kaienthi bhavans to the lovely restaurants in the city. She admires the people in Chennai, and finds the young minds to be confident, strong-willed and independent.
Shabbir Ahmed
Armed with a degree in Commerce from New College, Shabbir started his journey in journalism from pedalling around delivering papers and all Shabbir knows is that he never wants this journey to end. His journalist father was his inspiration and today this tall handsome kid is now an inspiration in himself. He loves politics and likes nothing better than rushing from one political party office to the other... watchout for this political hound!
Saleem
Starting his full time career with the BBC World Service, Saleem joined NDTV Hindu in June 2008. Interested in analyzing Crimes, observing Policing and learning Science. He takes pride for having interviewed personalities like AR Rahman, Amitabh Bachchan and VijayKumar IPS. Saleem gained his master’s degree from the Department of Media Sciences, Anna University. He enjoys the company of Straight forward and soft spoken people. Catch up with Saleem reporting crimes in Chennai
Moses Robinson
T.Moses Robinson a law graduate, but a journalist at heart. Starting with Sun TV at 1998 as programme producer, Moses has done numerous film and non film Based programmes. Has interviewed all big names in the political and film fraternity in Tamil Nadu.Moses' association with NDTV dates back to Vijay News in 2000. He was the face of the Tamil news. But Moses is more popular as “Dr.Sun News”. He is a writer and lyricist too. Has written a book in Tamil called “Imssai Thathuvangal” which is a short collection of short jokes. He even writes songs in movies. “Anubavi Raja Anubavi” is ready for release. An excellent dubbing artist, who he runs a music orchestra called “Swathi Melodies”.All this besides being the modest Output Editor and face of the Tamil news on NDTV Hindu.
Sowdhamani
Hailing from the city of Nagercoil, Soudamani takes to news anchoring like how a fish takes to water. Equipped with her MSc BEd ,she drives a fresh dimension to bringing news to the living room in every home. After having worked with Doordarshan and Sun TV, she now brings her diverse experience to NDTV Hindu for the regional audience. She is also a familiar face to the Tamil ex-pats across the globe due to her stint in Deepam TV and she is also an Entrepreneur too. Watch Soudamani at NDTV Hindu serve up the latest happenings in the city.