Shiv Aroor

{{short description|Indian defence anchor and writer}}

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| name = Shiv Aroor

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1980|09|25}}

| nationality = Indian

| education = BA (Hon) English, MA International Journalism

| alma_mater = Cardiff University, St. Stephen's College, Delhi

| organization = NDTV

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Shiv Aroor is an Indian journalist, writer, and television anchor. He currently serves as the Managing Editor at NDTV, having previously held the position of Senior Executive Editor India Today. He's an expert in defense and security affairs, has covered conflicts as a defense correspondent, reporting from regions like Kashmir, Sri Lanka, and Libya.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hydlitfest.org/speaker/shiv-aroor/|title=Shiv Aroor - Hyderabad Literary Festival 2019|website=Hyderabad Literary Festival 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://penguin.co.in/author/shiv-aroor-rahul-singh/|title=Shiv Aroor - Penguin India|last=|first=|date=|website=Penguin India|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-08-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/anchor/shiv-aroor|title=Shiv Aroor|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-08-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://newsd.in/shiv-aroor-man-real-loves/|title=Shiv Aroor, the man and his real loves|last=Malhotra|first=Shivya|date=2017-06-08|website=Newsd|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-08-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/archive/jlfspeakers/shiv-aroor/|title=Shiv Aroor {{!}} Jaipur Literature Festival|last=|first=|date=|website=Jaipur Literature Festival|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-08-19}} He also runs a defense website called livefistdefence.com, which he founded in 2007 and which was a winner in the 2012 and 2013 DefenceIQ Blogging Awards in the category Regional Defence Blog.{{Cite web|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/shiv-aroor-to-scale-up-own-website-after-relinquishing-full-time-role-at-india-today-68277.html|title=Shiv Aroor to scale up own website after relinquishing full-time role at India Today - Exchange4media|last=Khan|first=Saif Ahmad|date=3 April 2017|website=Exchange4Media|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-08-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.defenceiq.com/air-land-and-sea-defence-services/articles/and-the-winner-is-defence-iq-blogging-awards-2012|title=And the winner is… Defence IQ Blogging Awards 2012 results announced|last=Tanner|first=Samantha|date=2012-06-20|website=Defence IQ|language=en|access-date=2019-08-19}}

Aroor is a post-graduate in international journalism from Cardiff University in the UK and a graduate from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.{{Cite web|url=http://shivaroor.tripod.com/cv/|title=CV of Shiv Aroor|last=|first=|date=|website=shivaroor.tripod.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819132856/http://shivaroor.tripod.com/cv/|archive-date=19 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-19}} He wrote the book, Operation Jinnah, in 2017. In 2018, he co-authored India's Most Fearless and then its sequels in 2019 and 2022, respectively. The 2024 Tamil blockbuster Amaran was based on one of the segments of his book, which is related to Major Mukund Varadarajan.{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/book-sequel-to-give-exclusive-account-of-balakot-airstrikes-surgical-strikes/articleshow/69496340.cms?from=mdr|title=Book sequel to give exclusive account of Balakot airstrikes, surgical strikes|date=2019-05-25|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-08-19}}{{Cite web |date=2024-12-25 |title=Year Ender 2024: Top 10 highest-grossing Kollywood movies at worldwide box office |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/year-end-2024-top-10-highest-grossing-kollywood-movies-at-worldwide-box-office-1362528 |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=PINKVILLA |language=en}}

India's Most Fearless 3, co-authored with Rahul Singh, was released in August 2022. This book was launched by the three service chiefs—Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Admiral R Hari Kumar, and General Manoj Pande at an event in New Delhi on 17 January 2023.{{Cite news |date=18 Jan 2023 |title='India's Most Fearless 3' launched by the three service chiefs |work=Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/97098276.cms}}{{Cite news |date=18 Jan 2023 |title=India's Most Fearless 3: Service chiefs recall biggest challenges faced in career |work=Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indias-most-fearless-3-service-chiefs-recall-biggest-challenges-faced-in-career-101674039457476.html}} One of the chapters from the book about the Battle of Galwan has been acquired to be made into a film by Apoorva Lakhia.{{Cite news |date=25 April 2023 |title=Galwan battle 2020 to be made into a film as Apoorva Lakhia acquires rights to a chapter from India's Most Fearless 3 |work=India Today |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/galwan-battle-2020-to-be-made-into-a-film-as-apoorva-lakhia-acquires-rights-to-a-chapter-from-indias-most-fearless-3-2364281-2023-04-25}}

Aroor is the great-grandson of Kannada poet and scholar, Sri Panje Mangesh Rao.{{Cite news|title=Panje Mangesh Rao|work=Kavishala.in|url=https://kavishala.in/sootradhar/panje-mangesh-rao}}