Sreenivasan Jain, the multiple award-winning Indian investigative journalist and former Group Editor of NDTV, has joined the faculty of Jindal School of Journalism and Communication (JSJC), part of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) based in Sonipat, Haryana.

Announcing the appointment, JGU’s founding Vice Chancellor Professor C. Raj Kumar in a statement said, “Sreenivasan Jain is an outstanding journalist in the best traditions of the practice and his experience will enrich JSJC and JGU in many ways.

“He has spoken truth to power during his career as a journalist and his joining our university as a faculty member will instil confidence among the students in pursuing a career in journalism and public affairs on the edifice of ethics and integrity.”

Jain, according to a press release issued by OP Jindal University, is the recipient of the Journalist of the Year at the Ramnath Goenka Awards in 2014, the Red Ink Awards in 2015 and Anchor of the Year at the ENBA Awards in 2016.

Other awards include the World Media Summit Awards in Beijing, the World Silver Medal at the New York Festivals, the Hero Honda Indian Television Academy Awards, the Indian Telly Awards and the GQ Man of the Year (Media) in 2009. He was a recipient of the Eisenhower Fellowship in 2000.

Expressing his excitement in taking up the faculty appointment at JSJC, Jain said in a statement, “In my three decades in TV news and journalism, one of the most rewarding aspects of the experience was the opportunity to work with and train younger entrants into our newsroom. I look forward to extending that experience in this new innings as a faculty member at the Jindal School of Journalism & Communication of O.P. Jindal Global University.”