Narendra Choudary

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]

Tummala Narendra Choudary
Born	Tummala Narendra Choudary (1960-04-04) 4 April 1960 (age 64) Khammam, Telangana, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Businessman media entrepreneur

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scam in Jubilee Hills Cooperative House Building Society (JHCHBS).^[16][17][18] And the Jubilee hills police have withdrawn the case as there is no conspiracy and nothing illegal in the plot registration process.^[19][20] Despite the contradictions over the years, In the September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]

References

1. Singh, Dr Paramveer (5 August 2021). Indian Silver Screen. K.K. Publications. p. 302.
2. "Rachana Television (RTPL)". Media Ownership Monitor. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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7. Government of India. "The Government of India Nominated Swachh Bharat Ambassadors" (PDF).
8. Business World. Vol. 26. Ananda Bazar Patrika Limited. 2007. p. 17.
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10. "Hyderabad: Membership for all a priority, say new representatives of Jubilee Hills Society". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
11. Koride Mahesh (9 March 2021). "Hyderabad: Jubilee Hills housing society polls on March 21 | Hyderabad News". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
12. "Telangana High Court sets aside Jubilee Hills Society's voters list". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
13. "Jubilee Hills plot scam: NTV founder Chowdary made prime accused". Deccan Chronicle. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
14. "Is NTV founder to be targeted ???". indiaherald.com. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
15. "Conspiracy against NTV Chairman Narendra Chowdary Tummala?". TeluguBulletin.com. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
16. Telugu360 (28 April 2021). "TS High Court asks police not to arrest NTV Chowdhary". Telugu360.com. Retrieved 1 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
17. "News channel chairman gets anticipatory bail". The Hindu. 6 May 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
18. Sagar Kumar Mutha (7 May 2021). "Hyderabad: Ex-members of Jubilee Hills housing body get bail in plot case". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
19. "Property deal with false ID card in Jubilee Hills is not criminal act, say police". Deccan Chronicle. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
20. "Police withdraw case against NTV Narendra Chowdary". TeluguBulletin.com. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
21. "Jublihills International Centre: జూబ్లీహిల్స్ ఇంటర్నేషనల్ సెంటర్ ఎన్నికలు ఏకగ్రీవం.. పూర్తి వివరాలివే." News18 Telugu (in Telugu). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
22. "జూబ్లీహిల్స్ ఇంటర్నేషనల్ సెంటర్ ఎన్నికల్లో చౌదరి ప్యానెల్ ఏకగ్రీవం". Gulte Telugu. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
23. "ఎన్టీవీ చైర్మన్‌ నరేంద్రచౌదరికి తానా జీవనసాఫల్య పురస్కారం". Telugu Times USA NRI Telugu News Telugu News Papers In USA. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
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