Anshul Tewari
BornOctober 1990 (1990-10) (age 33)
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Alma materUniversity of Delhi (journalism)
Occupation(s)Journalist, founder
EmployerYouth Ki Awaaz
TitleFounder, Youth Ki Awaaz
RelativesPiyush Tewari (brother)

Anshul Tewari is the founder and editor-in-chief of Youth Ki Awaaz (meaning "the voice of youth" in Hindi)[1] a user-generated content publishing platform aimed at the youth of India and centered around social issues,[2] which is also the largest youth-based media platform in India.[3]

Youth Ki Awaaz

When he was 17 years old, Tewari founded Youth Ki Awaaz (YKA) in 2008 while still in high school as a platform for Indian young people to share stories and issues that mattered to them, who felt issues relevant to them had been neglected by mainstream media.[3] He continued working on YKA while at the University of Delhi, where he studied journalism.

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Honors and awards

Tewari was selected as a United Nations ITU Young Innovator in 2012.[4] Tewari was named an Ashoka Fellow in 2015.[5] Subsequently, he was named an INK Fellow.[6] In 2018, Tewari was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list in Asia for Media, Marketing & Advertising.[7]

He serves on the board of Jhatkaa as a trustee, an organization whose mission is to build empower the Indian citizenry from the grassroots.[8] He is also on the Board of Directors of Collectively, a World Economic Forum and Unilever collaborative non-profit.[9]

Tewari participated in the Obama Foundation’s Town Hall in New Delhi on 1 December 2017.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Sachan, Dinsa (26 May 2017). "Citizen Media Platforms Are Breaking the Silence in India". Vice. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. ↑ Grover, Priyamvada (4 June 2018). "Citizen-led journalism shapes news when all else fails: Media entrepreneur Anshul Tewari". The Print (Web).
  3. 1 2 "#LeadYoung - Anshul Tewari Created India's Largest Youth Media Platform at Age 17". Ashoka | Everyone a Changemaker. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  4. ↑ ITU (1 March 2013). "ITU Young Innovators Competition winner gives India's youth a voice". ITU News. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Anshul Tewari". Ashoka | Everyone a Changemaker. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Stories, Ideas and Perspectives | 300+ Inspirational talks by remarkable people from INK events -". inktalks.com. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Anshul Tewari". Forbes. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "All you want to know about #AnshulTewari". www.indiaspora.org. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  9. ↑ Tewari, Anshul. "Anshul Tewari on about.me". about.me. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "Meet Anshul Tewari and Youth Ki Awaaz". Obama Foundation. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
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