User:K.G.Suresh

K G Suresh is a New Delhi-based Senior Journalist, Columnist, Television Chat Show Host & Anchor, Political Commentator, Media consultant, academic, inter-faith & media activist. He is currently working as Editor-in-Chief with www.gfchindia.com,, a web portal containing news & views on civilizational conflicts & harmony from across the globe. He was earlier Chief Political Correspondent with Indian wire agency- the Press Trust of India (PTI), India Bureau Chief of PIO TV, the only web channel for non-resident Indians, Media Advisor to former Prime Minister of India, Mr. H.D Deve Gowda and Media Advisor to Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. Mr. Suresh is the Hon. Director of the New Delhi based media research think tank organisation- Centre for Mass Communication Studies. With a professional experience of 23 years, Suresh is the recipient of Prem Bhatia Fellowship for Research in Media by Young Journalists - 2000 and Action Aid International's Media For Change Fellowship-2005. He is also the National Media Convenor of the Cycling Federation of India.

Suresh is an observer of right wing politics with his over two decade long experience in covering India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its right wing Sangh Parivar organizations. He has also been to trouble spots including Kabul, Kathmandu (in the aftermath of King Birendra's assassination) and Kashmir to cover counter-insurgency operations. He has covered the India visit of Pope John Paul II and US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

He is a Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Mass Communications, University of Delhi, Kurukshetra University, Pioneer Media School, JIMS and the Makhan Lal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism. Suresh is a regular speaker at major national and international conferences and had delivered the keynote address on human rights at the LAWASIA International Conference in New Delhi.

He had earlier served PTI, in different capacities including as Special Correspondent, Political Correspondent, Deputy Chief Reporter and Chief Crime Reporter. He is the Director of the Global Foundation for Civilizational Harmony (India) - an Eastern Initiative for Conflict Avoidance.

His analysis of political, developmental and other topical issues are regularly published by national and international newspapers, magazines, journals and websites such as CNN International (www.cnn.com), The Times, London, Monocle, London, The New Indian Express, The Asian Age, DNA- Daily News & Analysis, Deccan Chronicle, The Pioneer, New Delhi, The Sunday Indian, Kurukshetra – Journal of the Publications Division, Government of India devoted to rural development as also websites like www.mediadarbar.com, and telecast by television channels including the national broadcaster DD News, India News, News Express, India News-Bihar, Pragya TV, Azad News, India Vision, P7 News, Jai Hind TV, Jan Sandesh, Sudarshan News and A2Z.

He has travelled across India and the world to cover developments including the Royal Palace Massacre in Nepal, BJP leader L K Advani's controversial Pakistan visit, the tenth anniversary celebrations of freedom in South Africa, the millennium sunrise at Katchal Islands, the reconstruction process in war-torn Afghanistan, the tragic cyclone, earthquake and communal violence in Gujarat, militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and several Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.

Along with other journalists including Rajdeep Sardesai and Aniruddha Bahal, Mr Suresh has contributed a chapter in the book 'Reporter- a handbook for every journalist' -, which was released by exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen.

Mr Suresh's chapter on former Indian Prime Minister Mr H D Deve Gowda is a part of 'Prime Ministers of India: Bharat Bhagya Vidhata', a coffee table book on the 14 Prime Ministers of India so far'.

In September 2011, Suresh addressed a media round table at the India Japan Global Partnership Summit in Tokyo which was attended among others by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Indian Prime Minister.

Mr Suresh is also the Executive Trustee of the Subhadra Nambudiri Foundation – a Delhi based health NGO, working towards creating awareness about brain strokes and diseases leading to it such as diabetes and hypertension.

Mr. Suresh is the greatgrandson of Guru Thotam Shankaran Nambudiri, one of the prominent exponents of Kathakali, the popular dance drama of the Southern Indian State of Kerala and Guru (teacher) of Uday Shankar, the father of modern Indian dance.

Mr. Suresh's grandfather Prof. Thottam Gopalakrishnan Nambudiripad was Professor of Fine Arts at the Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.