Narendra Choudary

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Tummala Narendra Choudary
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Tummala Narendra Choudary

(1960-04-04) 4 April 1960 (age 64)
Khammam, Telangana, India
Nationality Indian
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Tummala Narendra Choudary is an Indian media entrepreneur and businessman who founded the Telugu news channel NTV and first Telugu devotional channel Bhakthi TV. [1] He also serves as the chairman of Rachana Group of Companies which has interests in publishing, infrastructure development, advertising etc. [2]

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Early and personal life

Hailing from Khammam, he established Rachana Television Private Limited that owns NTV, Bhakthi TV and Vanitha TV.[ citation needed ]

He is known for organizing Koti Deepotsavam, [3] an initiative taken up by him where Hindu devotees come together and light one crore oil lamps. He also initiated Mana Desam-Mana Geetham (My Nation, My Song), a campaign where 50,000 people from different places sing National Anthem together. [4] [5] [6]

Government of India has nominated Narendra Choudary as Swachh Bharat ambassador in 2015. [7]

Business Ventures

He launched the 24x7 Telugu-language news channel NTV on 30 August 2007. [1] [8] NTV's parent company is Rachana Television Pvt. Ltd (RTPL). Rachana also owns South India's first devotional channel Bhakthi TV and India's first female-focused television channel Vanitha TV. RTPL was incorporated in 2006. As per Media Ownership Monitor, Narendra Choudary and family own 66.2% of RTPL. [2]

Narendra Choudary and family also has interests in publishing (Rachana Publishers Private Limited), Infrastructure Development (Sri Rachana Infra Developers, and Sunshine Infraholdings), etc. [2]

Controversies

Narendra Choudary has served as the president of Jubilee Hills Housing Society president from 2006 - 2021. [9] [10] [11] [12]

In the society elections held on March 21, 2021, Narendra Choudary didn’t contest and the new society formed their panel on March 23, 2021. [11] [10] The new society filed a case against Choudary in the High Court on April 20, 2021. [13] [14] [15]

However, the Telangana High Court directed the Hyderabad city police not to arrest Narendra Choudary in the case pertaining to alleged scam in Jubilee Hills Cooperative House Building Society (JHCHBS). [16] [17] [18] And the Jubilee hills police have withdrawn the case as there is no conspiracy and nothing illegal in the plot registration process. [19] [20] Despite the contradictions over the years, In the September 3, 2021 elections for the Jubilee Hills International Center governing body Narendra Chaudhary panel was elected unanimously. [21] [22]

Awards

He received lifetime achievement award by Telugu Association of North America in 2019. [23] [24]

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