Uday Shankar (businessman)

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Uday Shankar (pronounced: [U-dai Shun-kar] /ˈuːdeɪ ˈʃʌŋkər/, born September 16, 1961) is a media leader and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and director of Bodhi Tree Systems, a strategic investment platform focused on consumer sectors in emerging markets. He also serves as vice chairman of JioStar, India's largest media and entertainment company, and chairman of ALLEN Career Institute, one of India's largest test preparation companies. Variety featured Shankar in its annual Variety500 list of global entertainment business leaders, recognising a career spanning more than three decades across journalism, broadcasting, and digital media. Shankar began his career as a journalist with the Times of India and worked with multiple publications before transitioning to television news. He was a founding member of the team that launched Aaj Tak, the country's first 24-hour Hindi news channel, where he played a central role in establishing its breaking news format. He subsequently led Star News...

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