Riniki Bhuyan Sharma | |
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Born | Guwahati, Assam, India 31 July 1973 |
Education | B.A. (political science) L.L.B |
Alma mater | Cotton College [1] |
Occupation | Business |
Organization | News Live [2] |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Riniki Bhuyan Sharma is an Indian business woman from Assam. [3] She is the managing director of Pride East Entertainment, a media house. [4] She is married to Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister of Assam. [3] [5]
Riniki was born and grew up in Guwahati to a well-known industrialist of that time Jadav Chandra Bhuyan. [3] [6]
She studied in St. Mary's High School, [3] Guwahati and then joined Cotton College and graduated in political science. [1] She then pursued LLB from Govt. Law College of Guwahati. [3] [7] [6]
She married Himanta Biswa Sarma, whom she met in Cotton College. [8] [9]
She has two children, Nandil Biswa Sarma and Sukanya Sarma. [9] [10]
Riniki is the Chairman of her media house and holding company Pride East Entertainments, [4] which is a parent company of several channels. It includes, two news channels (News Live & Northeast East Live), [11] three entertainment channels (Ramdhenu, Rang & Indradhanu) and one Assamese News paper (Niyamiya Barta). [3] [12] [2]
In September 2023, it was alleged that Riniki Bhuyan Sarma through her company M/s Pride East Entertainments private limited, using the clout of her husband Himanta Biswa Sarma obtained grant of Rupees ten crore under the Kisan Sampada scheme. [13] [14]
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News Live is a 24-hour Indian Assamese-language satellite news channel broadcasting news, current affairs and infotainment programmes. It is owned by Pride East Entertainments Pvt Ltd, a Guwahati based media group whose majority stake is owned by Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. News Live has the highest viewership among all Assamese news channels.
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Ramdhenu (transl. Rainbow) is a TV channel specialising in music of Assam. It was launched on 1 October 2011 and is a part of the Pride East Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. based in Guwahati, Assam owned by Riniki Bhuyan Sarma It is the first ever satellite music TV channel of the northeast India. The channel broadcast recently released music videos.
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Cotton University is a public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established in 2017 by the provisions of an Act from the Assam Legislative Assembly which merged Cotton College State University and Cotton College. The University has progressed to become one of the top 200 institutions of the country.
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati is a public medical school and hospital based in Changsari, Assam, India, and one of the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMSs). On 26 May 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Institute. The institute was inaugurated on 14 April 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The institute has an annual intake of 100 MBBS students. The academic activity for the first batch of 50 MBBS students started in January 2021.
The Sarma ministry is the current council of ministers of the Government of Assam which has been in office since 10 May 2021. The ministry is headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and consists of 16 cabinet ministers. The chief minister and 14 other ministers were sworn-in into office by Governor Jagdish Mukhi on 10 May 2021.
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The Barak state movement includes political activities organised by various individuals, organizations and political parties, for creation of a separate state of Barak, within the republic of India, with Silchar as the capital. The proposed state corresponds to the 3 southern districts of the state of Assam. It makes up for 8.82% of area and 11.61% of population of the present state of Assam. The area is covered by thick tropical forests and is surplus in tea, oil, natural gas and jute.