Saurabh Dwivedi is a renowned Indian journalist and the founding editor of The Lallantop, a Hindi news and media web portal under the India Today Group. Before starting The Lallantop in 2016, he had worked with Star News, Live India, Times Group, Nav Bharat Times, Dainik Bhaskar and India Today.
Wiki/Biography
Saurabh Dwivedi was born on Friday, April 22, 1983 (37 years old in 2020) in Chamari village in Jalaun district of Uttar Pradesh. His star sign is Taurus.
Saurabh Dwivedi’s ancestral home in Chamari village in Uttar Pradesh
Long hair toddler Saurabh Dwivedi
He started school at Saraswati Shishu Mandir in Olai, a branch of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and studied there till 1993.
Saurabh Dwivedi’s first class at school
In 1993, his parents sent him to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Sanatan Dharma Vidyalaya, a boarding school in Kanpur, from which he passed Class 10 in 1998. In 2000, he completed Class 12 at Jugal Devi Saraswati Vidya Mandir in Kanpur and later graduated in Mathematics from Dayanand Vedic College in Orai. After graduation, Saurabh felt aimless, but his interest in Hindi literature prompted him to pass the entrance exam for a master’s degree in Hindi at JNU. It was during this time that Saurabh’s fluent Hindi writing skills caught the attention of his professor, who suggested that he pursue a career in journalism. After completing his master’s degree in Hindi from JNU in 2006, Saurabh pursued a one-year postgraduate diploma in mass communication from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIM), Delhi in 2007.
Saurabh Dwivedi receives the Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism at the 40th Postgraduate Diploma Convocation Ceremony of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in New Delhi
Later, he also did his Masters in Hindi Literature in 2010 from JNU.
Saurabh Dwivedi in the JNU canteen in 2007
Later, he also pursued a PhD at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) but dropped out midway.
Saurabh Dwivedi’s JNU Library Card
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 10″
Eye color: Black
Hair color: Black
Family and caste
Saurabh Dwivedi comes from a Hindu Brahmin family.
Parents and siblings
Saurabh’s grandfather, Mataprasad Dwivedi, was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and was known as Mata Prasad Chamari in the surrounding villages. His father, Ravikant Dwivedi, is a retired professor. Ravikant Dwivedi is also reportedly a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has contested the Bihar assembly elections twice on behalf of the BJP, but both times were unsuccessful.
Saurabh Dwivedi’s father Ravikant Dwivedi
Saurabh has an elder brother named Abhay Dwivedi who is an executive at Jalaun Information Park.
Abhay Dwivedi, Saurabh Dwivedi’s elder brother
Wife and children
In 2010, he married his college friend Gunjan.
Saurabh Dwivedi and his wife Gunjan on their engagement day in 2010
Saurabh describes his wife as his best friend, his toughest critic, and the biggest force that helps him stay grounded.
Profession
Dwivedi started his journalism career as an intern at Star News in March 2007. After completing his two-month internship, he joined Live India News Channel and worked as a reporter there for four months till August 2007 before joining the Times Group as a senior copy editor-correspondent. After learning the ins and outs of journalism for two and a half years (September 2007 to February 2010), Saurabh joined the Dainik Bhaskar Group as the news editor of the Ludhiana edition of the group. From 2010 to 2013, he headed the group’s urban supplement City Life and educational supplement Bhaskar Education. In 2013, India Today Group hired him as a senior deputy editor. In January 2016, he was appointed editor-in-chief of The Lallantop, a YouTube news portal under the India Today Group. Lallantop perfectly blends humour and seriousness, providing news to the audience in simple language that even a layman can understand. Since its launch, the show has achieved tremendous success in the digital space.
Saurabh Dwivedi and Lallantop team
Saurabh Dwivedi hosts several shows on The Lallantop including The Lallantop Show with Saurabh Dwivedi, Kitab Wala and Netanagari.
Awards
- His show “Political Kisse” on The Lallantop won the 2017 Digipub Award.
Saurabh Dwivedi won the Digipub Award in 2017 for The Lallantop Political Kisse
- He won the “Best Anchor for Digital News Channel” award in the 2019 ENBA.
Saurabh Dwivedi wins the 2019 ENBA Best Digital News Anchor Award
dispute
In January 2020, Saurabh Dwivedi sparked controversy by posting an offensive meme on Twitter mocking supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The meme showed an image of a condom with the words:
For those who still support BJP, please use this, we don’t want people like you in this world anymore.”
Here is the image.
Saurabh Dwivedi’s controversial tweet on BJP supporters
The tweet caused a huge backlash among a section of BJP supporters on Twitter, who also trended #SaurabhDwivediDallaHai on Twitter. Saurabh Dwivedi apologized and deleted the tweet after facing a huge backlash online.
This post was intended as humor, but it didn’t pan out. Taking sides is against LT’s editorial policy. We are a young site and team. We made a mistake. I apologize unconditionally to everyone involved.
— Saurabh Dwivedi (@saurabhtop) January 9, 2020
Facts/Trivia
- As a child, Sohrab was camera-shy and didn’t want to be photographed or filmed. He would cry when someone forced him in front of the camera.
When one of Saurabh Dwivedi’s cousins tried to bring him in front of the camera, he started crying
- His parents and relatives fondly called him “Shibbu”.
- During the initial years of his career, Sohrab kept a moustache.
- He occasionally drinks for recreation.
- Saurabh Dwivedi does yoga every day to keep himself fit.
Saurabh Dwivedi performing Wheel Pose
- Due to his wealth of knowledge, Saurabh Dwivedi was invited as a panelist on the Indian television game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.
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