A Saye Sekhar

A Saye Sekhar (born September 10) is an Indian journalist, columnist, and political analyst.[1]

Saye Sekhar Angara
NationalityIndian
OccupationJournalist, columnist, political analyst
Years active1988–present
Spouse(s)Sailaja Angara
ChildrenSindhuja
AwardsBest Print Media Journalist Award

He is currently a columnist and writes in different publications. He worked as Editor of The Finapolis,[2] a Personal Finance Magazine, published by financial services company Karvy Group. He is also an author at Firstpost,[3] catchnews,[4][5] a Rajasthan Patrika publication, ibtimes.in,[6] online publication of International Business Times, Al Jazeera Media Network,[7] DailyO, India Today Group's opinion website, and theprint.in[8] writing commentaries[9] on political, business, lifestyle, culture, and other current and general issues that impact human lives. He was the Chief of Bureau and the Head of Vijayawada edition of The Hindu[10] from where he left in September 2009.

He is a public speaker and has delivered lectures at many seminars. He recently delivered a lecture on “Digital media & fair news” at a workshop for journalism students and graduates organised by British High Commission, Hyderabad[11],. He also participated in a panel discussion along with IPS officer Rema Rajeshwari, Senior journalist of Times of India[12] U Sudhakar Reddy and Executive Editor of Sakshi[13] Telugu newspaper R Dileep Reddy and Rakesh Reddy Dubbudu, founder of Factly[14].

Early life

Saye received his B.Sc. degree in physics, mathematics, and chemistry from Andhra University in 1988 and took up journalism as a profession. Since 1988, he has worked with The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle and The Hans India before he stepped on to being the editor and consultant at News5 / TV5 group. He took his postgraduate degree in communication and journalism from Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Career

A Saye Sekhar began his career as a journalist in the later part of 1988 as a Trainee Sub-Editor in Eenadu at Hyderabad. He worked in the launch teams of district dailies of the publication which pioneered these supplements. He later moved to Eenadu's sister publication, Newstime, an English daily in 1992, and served there as head of City reporting bureau. He joined Deccan Chronicle as a Senior Political Correspondent in November 1993, and worked there until August 1996.

Saye Sekhar joined The Hindu at Guntur and worked there in different positions for more than six years before he was elevated to the position of Chief of Bureau[10] and Head of Editorial at The Hindu edition in Vijayawada. He later moved to Hyderabad as a Business Editor in The Hindu. After he left The Hindu, he launched his own venture ABDC Media & Communications Pvt Ltd, which currently operates as an HR and Placements Consultancy. He served as an Associate Editor/ Senior Editor in Hyderabad's first afternoon daily Postnoon.[15]

Later, he consulted with TV5, a popular Telugu TV Channel, for its mobile application and then moved to a startup.[16] Saye Sekhar has authored hundreds of independent articles in different publications and ran columns in newspapers. He visited Chicago, USA, in 2003, as part of the Rotary International's Group Study Exchange program, and visited several newspaper offices and interacted with journalists, including the Chicago Tribune, as part of professional understanding.[17]

Awards

Year Award category Result
2006 Best Print Media Journalist Award Won

References


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