Learn from the Voice Behind India’s Leading Newsrooms

Nidhi Razdan

Director, Department of Communication, IILM University | Ex-Executive Editor, NDTV | Author | Anchor, DeKoder

Nidhi Razdan is one of India’s most respected journalists and television personalities, bringing over two decades of frontline experience to the classroom as Director of the Department of Communication at IILM University. As Executive Editor at NDTV, she anchored some of Indian television’s most influential programmes — including Left, Right & Centre and The Big Fight — and reported live from the ground on the country’s most defining political, economic, and social moments. From the India-US nuclear deal and multiple General Elections to conflict zones and international summits, Nidhi’s journalism has spanned the full breadth of India’s modern story. She is also the author of Left, Right and Centre: The Idea of India, published by Penguin Random House India. Beyond the newsroom, Nidhi continues to shape public discourse as a digital media voice on DeKoder, where she hosts India and the World  — bringing sharp, independent analysis of global affairs to new audiences. A recipient of the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism and the International Press Institute India award, Nidhi now channels that wealth of experience into mentoring the next generation of communicators at IILM University.