K G Suresh - Career

Career

Suresh was on the international jury for the Plural+ International Youth Video Festival 2012, organised by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the International Organisation for Migration.

He is the first Indian to be nominated as a jury since the inception of the festival in 2009 and the only South Asian to be part of the 2012 seven member international jury.

Suresh was a Member of the Executive Council of the First World Parliament of Spirituality at Hyderabad, India, in 2012.

In November 2011, Mr Suresh along with an expert from WHO, Geneva, conducted a review of the Polio Communication programme for the UNICEF covering Western Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and submitted a detailed report to all stake holders including the Government of India.

Mr Suresh is considered an authority on right wing politics with his over two decade long experience in covering India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Sangh Parivar organizations. He has also been to trouble spots including Kabul, Kathmandu (in the aftermath of King Birendra's assassination) and Kashmir to cover counter-insurgency operations. He has covered the India visit of Pope John Paul II and US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

His fortnightly political column in The Pioneer, blog 'Indradhanush' on Zeenews.com and column 'Positive Thinking’ in Daily News & Analysis, Mumbai, ‘Political Play’ on merinews.com, India’s largest citizen journalism portal are immensely popular with readers across the country.

Mr Suresh is on the Guest Faculty of the Indian Institute of Mass Communications, University of Delhi, Kurukshetra University, JIMS and the Makhan Lal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism. He is regularly invited to educational institutions across the country to address students on various issues. He had earlier served PTI, in different capacities including as Special Correspondent, Political Correspondent, Deputy Chief Reporter and Chief Crime Reporter. He is the Director of the Global Foundation for Civilizational Harmony (India)- an Eastern Initiative for Conflict Avoidance.

He had served PTI, in different capacities including as Chief Political Correspondent, Special Correspondent, Political Correspondent, Deputy Chief Reporter and Chief Crime Reporter.

His analysis of political, developmental and other topical issues are regularly published by national and international newspapers, magazines, journals and websites such as CNN International (www.cnn.com), The Times, London, Monocle, London, The New Indian Express, The Asian Age, DNA- Daily News & Analysis, Deccan Chronicle, The Pioneer, Zeenews.com, The Sunday Indian; telecast by television channels including the national broadcaster DD News, Times Now, NDTV India, Zee News, Lok Sabha TV, Sahara Samay, News 24 etc and broadcast by radio stations such as All India Radio FM Rainbow 102.6 Mhz.

He has travelled across India and the world to cover developments including the Royal Palace Massacre in Nepal, BJP leader L K Advani's controversial Pakistan visit, the tenth anniversary celebrations of freedom in South Africa, the millennium sunrise at Katchal Islands, the reconstruction process in war-torn Afghanistan, the tragic cyclone, earthquake and communal violence in Gujarat, militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and several Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.

Mr Suresh, who holds a Masters Degree in Mass Communication, has extensively covered the proceedings in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha besides reporting several Union Ministries/Departments including Home, HRD and Water Resources.

He was also a Member of the Government's Telecom Advisory Committee.

Mr Suresh has interviewed several important dignitaries including the then Indian Prime Minister Mr I K Gujral, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, the then Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Mr L K Advani, the then Vice-President of India Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, the then Nepalese Foreign Minister Mr Chakra Prasad Bastola, the then Defence Minister and currently Samajwadi Party Chief Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav, the then BJP President Mr Rajnath Singh, actress activist Shabana Azmi and Inventor of AK-47 Assault rifle Mr Mikhail Kalashnikov.

Along with other journalists including Rajdeep Sardesai and Aniruddha Bahal, Mr Suresh has contributed a chapter in the book 'Reporter- a handbook for every journalist', which was released by exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen.

Mr Suresh's chapter on former Indian Prime Minister Mr H D Deve Gowda is a part of 'Prime Ministers of India: Bharat Bhagya Vidhata', a coffee table book on the 14 Prime Ministers of India so far'.

Mr Suresh has been invited to attend and address prestigious national and international conferences including the keynote address on human rights at the LAWASIA International Conference in New Delhi, the India-Japan Global Partnership Summit in Tokyo, September 2011 and the Fourth Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations at Doha, Qatar in December 2011. His papers have been published in leading books, journals, souvenirs and publications.