Ravi Agrawal
{{for|the Hindi film producer|Ravi Agrawal (film producer)}}
{{short description|Indian journalist and television producer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ravi Agrawal
| image = Ravi ABF.jpg
| caption = Agarwal in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1982|10|16}}
| birth_place = London, UK
| education = Harvard University (BA)
| occupation = Journalist
| employer = Foreign Policy
| title = Editor In chief
}}
Ravi Agrawal (born 16 October 1982) is a journalist, television producer and author of the book India Connected. He is currently the editor in chief of Foreign Policy magazine.{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/staff/|title=Meet The Staff – Foreign Policy|language=en|access-date=2020-12-05}} Previously, Agrawal worked for the U.S. news channel CNN for 11 years, spanning full-time roles on three continents.{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/profiles/ravi-agrawal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520120017/http://edition.cnn.com/profiles/ravi-agrawal |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 May 2015 |title=CNN Profiles – Ravi Agrawal – India bureau chief – CNN.com |publisher=CNN |access-date=2016-01-02}} His most recent position at the network was as CNN's New Delhi Bureau Chief and correspondent.{{cite web |url=http://www.exchange4media.com/54663_cnn-international-appoints-ravi-agrawal-as-new-delhi-bureau-chief.html |title=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – Exchange4media |publisher=exchange4media.com |accessdate=2016-01-02}}
Agrawal now lives in New York City.
Career
= ''Foreign Policy'' =
Agrawal began working at the Washington, D.C.–based magazine and website in April 2018 as its managing editor.{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/ravireports/status/981996860968751105|title=Ravi Agrawal on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-04-15|language=en}} He was named Editor in Chief in November 2020.{{Cite web |last=((Foreign Policy Media Room)) |date=Nov 24, 2020 |title=Press Release: Foreign Policy Announces New Editor-in-Chief |url=https://twitter.com/ForeignPolicyPR/status/1331329073105219584 |access-date=2020-12-05 |website=Twitter |language=en}}
Agrawal's essay "India Has a Mindset Problem" was part of a selection of FP articles nominated for the 2020 National Magazine Award for columns and commentary.
He is a frequent commentator on world affairs on CNN, MSNBC, the BBC, and on NPR.
=CNN=
== New Delhi ==
From 2014 to 2017, Agrawal managed CNN's multi-platform news gathering in South Asia.
Agrawal reported regularly on-air for CNN International{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/05/26/intv-agrawal-one-year-of-modi.cnn|title=Assessing India's Narendra Modi – CNN Video|website=CNN|date=26 May 2015 |access-date=2016-02-24}} and CNN.com. He covered a breadth of stories from the region, including economics, foreign policy,{{Cite web |title=Modi doing away with Indian non-alignment – CNN Video |url=http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/08/17/narendra-modi-visits-uae-india-agrawal-pkg.cnn |website=CNN |date=17 August 2015 |access-date=2016-02-24}} and breaking news stories. Agrawal reported for CNN International's award-winning Freedom Project series, including a report on child slaves in rural Uttar Pradesh.{{Cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/india-and-donald-trump-how-make-in-india-could-trump-america-first/544966/|title=India and Donald Trump: How 'Make in India' could trump 'America First'|date=10 February 2017|work=The Financial Express|access-date=2018-04-15|language=en-US}}
==New York==
From 2011 to 2014, Agrawal lived and worked in New York City. He was the senior producer of CNN's Sunday world affairs program Fareed Zakaria GPS.
Agrawal was part of the program's 2012 Peabody Award-winning team,{{Cite web |title=Fareed Zakaria GPS: Interpretation and Commentary on Iran and The GPS Primetime Special: Restoring the American Dream—Fixing Education |url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/restoring-the-american-dream-fixing-education-and-cnns-fareed-zakaria-gps-i |website=www.peabodyawards.com |access-date=2016-02-24}} as well as its three Emmy nominated programs across 2012{{Cite web |title=Nominees Announced for the 33rd Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards {{!}} The Emmy Awards – The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|url = http://emmyonline.com/news_33rd_nominations|website = emmyonline.com|access-date = 24 February 2016}} and 2013.{{Cite web |title=Nominees Announced for the 34th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards {{!}} The Emmy Awards – The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|url = http://emmyonline.com/news_34th_nominations|website = emmyonline.com|access-date = 24 February 2016}}
==London==
Agrawal began his career in TV journalism at CNN International in 2006, where he worked across the network's news and business programs. In 2009, he helped launch the London prime time program Connect the World and served as its senior producer.
Book
Agrawal's India Connected: How the Smartphone is Transforming the World's Biggest Democracy released in September 2018 in India, November 2018 in the United States, and January 2019 in the United Kingdom.
Writing for the Wall Street Journal, novelist Megha Majumdar picked India Connected as among the "five best" books on India today.{{Cite news|last=Majumdar|first=Megha|date=18 September 2020|title=Five Best: Megha Majumdar on India Today|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/five-best-megha-majumdar-on-india-today-11600440051|access-date=2020-12-05|issn=0099-9660}} A review in the UK's Financial Times described the book as "timely and absorbing" and "hard to put down",{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/4afa3862-256f-11e9-b20d-5376ca5216eb|title=India Connected by Ravi Agrawal — the smartphone revolution|website=Financial Times|date=8 February 2019 |language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-04}} while the New Statesman
Personal
Agrawal was born in London, England and raised in Calcutta, India. After finishing high school in India, he attended college at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he worked for The Harvard Crimson.{{cite web |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/7/21/salaam-bombay-calcutta-indiaafter-new-yorks/ |title=Salaam Bombay! | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson |publisher=thecrimson.com |accessdate=2016-01-02}}
He married Emma Vaughn in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/santacatalinaschool/docs/scs_fall_bulletin_2013_final_c92c3e9fe4b3fc/69|title=Santa Catalina School Fall Bulletin 2013|date=10 December 2013 |publisher=}}
Until 2016, Agrawal was a Young Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum,{{cite web |url=http://www.globalshapers.org/shapers/ravi-agrawal |title=Ravi Agrawal | Global Shapers Community |publisher=globalshapers.org |accessdate=2016-01-02}} and has served a two-year term on the group's Global Agenda Council on India.{{Cite web |title=Global Agenda Council on India |url=http://www.weforum.org/communities/global-agenda-council-on-india |website=World Economic Forum |access-date=2016-02-24}}
In 2016, Agrawal was named an Asia 21 Young Leader by the Asia Society in New York.{{cite web|url=http://asiasociety.org/asia21-young-leaders/asia-21-announces-2016-class-young-leaders|title=Asia 21 Announces 2016 Class of Young Leaders|date=24 July 2017 |publisher=}}
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