Most Popular Television News Anchor 2021-22

IFTA is India’s 1st people’s Choice Awards, with an aim to acknowledge and acclaim the versatile talent in the Indian Film, Television, OTT and Music industries.

Team IFTA believes that there is no better judge than the audience. So IFTA gave the voting rights to the ultimate consumers of the content – the viewers. There is no jury or panel involved in making the decision for the winner.

IFTA has a dedicated market research team that works diligently to find the potential list of nominees who then compete to win the particular category. Spread across various categories, the IFTA market research team makes nomination lists based on primary & secondary market research and analysis. These lists are then made public for the audience to vote. The Nominee getting the highest number of votes wins that particular award category.

Myriad responsibilities of a News Anchor

Not long ago do we need to rewind our memories to understand the importance of media. Remember when we were all struck inside our houses owing to the covid restrictions? It was the sheer hard work of these News Anchors who with the help of their reporters, gave us insight into the outside world. These anchors were our only source to understand the happenings of the outside world.

Back in the 80s with the limited news channels, the competition was non-existential. Anchors used to read the teleprompter with an expressionless and pale face. However, the times have changed now and the news channels ought to have well-prepared anchors and news packages to acquire the Prime Time.

News Anchors no longer read the news, they modulate their voice, change the pitch, bring empathy for sensitive news and sometimes bring in their own solid opinions to the desk. Additionally, these anchors also engage in debates with a group of panellists. All these factors combined, make up for the prerequisites of becoming a solid News Anchor.

And the Winner is …….

This man has had such a long body of work that he has managed to create a special place for himself in the world of journalism. He is known for his upright, unfiltered, and neutral attitude toward sensitive issues. It is this honesty of this man that puts him in the number one spot and bags him the award for the Most Popular News Anchor with 1219 votes. He is none other than Rajat Sharma, the editor-in-chief of India TV. His show Aap Ki Adalat is amongst the Most Popular News Shows.

On number two is Arnab Goswami from Republic World with 914 votes. Arnab presents the news show, “The Nation Wants To Know”, which is also a very popular line, which he uses while questioning the guests on the show. Arnab is known to grill people, to ultimately get them to speak the truth. He uses all his media tactics and puts the other person under the spotlight.

Shweta Singh from Aaj Tak attains the third spot with 676 votes. She is primarily known for anchoring Dangal, which is a News Debate Show on Aaj Tak.

Some Honourable Mentions

At number four is Sudhir Chaudhary for anchoring DNA at Zee News. Although he has moved to Aaj Tak now, but in-spite of that, the viewers still recall his unique style of presenting news from his former show.

The following runners-up include Anjana Om Kashyap from Aaj Tak, Ravish Kumar from NDTV India and Navika Kumar from Times Now.

Results

Words of Gratitude

Team IFTA congratulate the winners and appreciate the audience for supporting them and taking the time to vote.

IFTA hopes to see you again next year with the latest nominations and new results. Do not forget to share your feedback and suggestions.