Senior TV journalist Shamsher Singh and former Managing Editor of Hindi news channel 'Bharat24' is all set to helm an upcoming news channel.
As per sources, the name of the channel will be unveiled in the coming days and the new channel will be backed by a big business house.
It may be noted that before joining 'Bharat 24', Shamsher Singh was serving as the Managing Editor of Zee Media's Hindi news channel 'Zee Hindustan'. Prior to that he was associated with 'Republic Bharat'. He has also served stints at India TV and India News.
Singh started his career with 'Aaj Tak' and served a 16 year long stint at the channel. He is the recipient of the Ramnath Goenka Award for 'on the spot' reporting. Apart from this, he has also been awarded the Dilip Singh Journalism Award in the past for his remarkable contribution in the field of journalism.