(RRPR) which holds 29.18 % share of NDTV network. Roy is also the co-founder of RRPR Holding Pvt. In 2017 the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searched the offices and homes of NDTV founder Prannoy Roy over allegations of defrauding a bank.Дr. Roy allegedly for fraud in Doordarshan upgrade. In 1998 CBI had filed a criminal conspiracy case against Dr. Roy served the Government of India as Economic Advisor with the Ministry of Finance during 1986-87. Dr Roy is also a psephologist and his analysis of elections, voting patterns, electoral swings and party analyses were keenly watched by the viewers.

In the late eighties, when ballot papers were used in Indian elections, Prannoy Roy, used to bring the results live on counting day, which the country was hooked on to. Much before satellite news beamed into Indian homes, Prannoy Roy brought a show called вЂњThe World This WeekвЂќ on Doordarshan, which brought the most prominent news from around the world on a weekly basis. Roy has emerged as a prominent journalist of India. Roy along with his wife Radhika Roy started New Delhi Television Limited, it was IndiaвЂ™s first independent news network, entering the field at a time when the government-run Doordarshan had a monopoly over television content. He is also a certified Charted Accountant.

Then he did his Ph.D at the Delhi School of Economics where he also taught for a year. He graduated in Economics from the University of London's Queen Mary College in 1973. Roy attended The Doon School, Dehradun and went to Haileybury (UK) for his A-levels. Prannoy Roy is an Indian journalist and media personality.

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