Sumanth C. Raman
Sumanth Raman | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Sports commentator, TV Anchor, Doctor |
| Years active | 1995-present |
| Spouse | Anita Sumanth |
Sumanth C. Raman is a popular Indian Television anchor, political analyst, author and sports commentator. .[1] He was the host of BSNL Sports Quiz on Doordarshan's Podhigai TV channel.
Education
[edit]Dr Raman holds a Diploma in Child Health and an MD in General Medicine. He also holds a Diploma in Computer Applications.[2]
Career
[edit]Dr Raman's BSNL Sports Quiz is in the Limca Book of Records for being the longest running weekly quiz show on Indian television[3] Previously, he was the anchor of All Out for No Loss! on STAR Vijay[4]
As a sports commentator, he has hosted over 2000 sports programs, including the Asia Cup Hockey Tournament (2007), the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in Tamil for ESPN Star Sports (2007), and the World Team Squash Championships (2007). He also provided commentary for the Squash World Cup of 2011[5] He frequently appears as a featured sports analyst on Puthiya Thalaimurai, Dinathanthi etc.
Aside from Sports, he also does live coverage of current affairs. Dr.Sumanth has worked successfully in analysing and predicting election results across several elections in India, including most recently the results of the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
In 2009, he was involved with the analyses and debate over the Lok Sabha Polls for Zee Tamil, the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2011 on DD Podhigai, Pre Poll Debates and Analysis on Zee Tamil in 2011 and election-day live coverage on DD Podhigai.
He has hosted political debate shows, including Makkal Theerpu and Nattu Nadappu (both for Win TV) and Tamizha Tamizha on STAR Vijay.
He is a well known political analyst and appears regularly on national channels in India like CNN-News18, Times Now, India Today, NDTV and Republic (TV channel). He also features regularly on Tamil television channels like Puthiya Thalaimurai, Thanthi TV, News7 Tamil, News18 Tamil Nadu etc.
Dr.Sumanth Raman is the author of the GK Smart series of Books,[6] a General Knowledge series of books for students from Class 1 to Class 8 and also the author of "Sick Business" a book highlighting the crisis in the healthcare industry in India. This book was published in 2024 by Harper Collins India.[7]
He writes extensively on politics, healthcare and sports for a number of online platforms including Moneycontrol, The Print, The Quint etc.
As a documentary filmmaker, he has been involved with the making of over 200 television documentaries, including "Power of the Ballot" in 1996, for which he won a National Award for Best Anchor, awarded by the UGC. He was also the winner of the Sony-ICD Video Award for the best film in the South and South East Asian category for These Leaves Never Wither[8]
He has also been a senior anchor at State functions. Since 1993, he has been compering the State Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations in Chennai. In 2012, he also anchored the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Tamil Nadu State Legislative Assembly and the Sesquicentennial Celebrations of the Madras High Court.[9] He has also compered the Inaugural Function of the World Tamil Conference in 2010[10] and the '100 Years of Indian Cinema' state celebrations in 2013.
In 2019, Dr Raman announced that he was dropped from hosting BSNL Sports Quiz anymore due to his political views being 'unpalatable' to a certain political party. He wrote, “Over the last 3-4 years there have been multiple and repeated attempts made by those affiliated to or supporters of the BJP to oust me from the program because of me airing my political views on national and regional channels.” [11]
Dr.Sumanth Raman has a large following on X (formerly Twitter) and his X handle is @sumanthraman. More details about him are available at www.sumanthraman.com
Notable Media Appearances
[edit]| Title | Year | Type | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power of the Ballot | 1995 | Documentary | DD Podhigai |
| These Leaves Never Wither | 1998 | Documentary | DD Podhigai |
| Asianet Poll-98 | 1998 | Live News | Asianet |
| All Out For No Loss! | 1999-2000 | Quiz | STAR Vijay |
| Tamizha Tamizha | 2001 | Magazine Program | STAR Vijay |
| Hallo Ungaludan | 1998-2001 | Talk Show | DD Podhigai |
| Lok Sabha Elections 2005 | 2005 | Live News | Win TV |
| Nattu Nadappu | 2004-2005 | Talk Show | Win TV |
| BSNL Sports Quiz | 2002 – 2019 | Quiz | DD Podhigai |
| Lok Sabha Elections 2009 | 2009 | Live News | Zee Tamil |
| Documentary on Kancheepuram Silk | 2010 | Documentary | DD Podhigai |
| Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2011 | 2011 | Live News | Zee Tamil |
| Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2011-Counting Day | 2011 | Live News | DD Podhigai |
| Makkal Theerpu | 2011 | Talk Show | Makkal TV |
| Madras and the Freedom Movement | 2011 | Documentary | DD Podhigai |
| The Vanishing Sparrow | 2013 | Documentary | DD Podhigai |
| Puthia Pathai Puthia Payanam (feature on the Chennai Metro Rail) | 2013 | Documentary | DD Podhigai |
| Documentary on AIR Chennai for Platinum Jubilee Celebrations | 2013 | Documentary | All India Radio Chennai |
| Prof. K.R. Sundararajan Centenary Inter College Quiz Competition | 2014 | Quiz | DD Podhigai |
| Janavani Election Special | 2014 | Debate program | DD Podhigai |
| Achu Alasal | 2015–2017 | Current Affairs | Thanthi TV |
| Thamizhagathin Mastermind | 2015–2018 | Quiz show | All India Radio FM Rainbow |
References
[edit]- ^ "SCALING new heights". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 5 January 2004. Archived from the original on 26 March 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "Unknown". Archived from the original on 16 April 2013.
- ^ "BSNL sports quiz enters Limca book of records". The Times Of India. 22 July 2009. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ^ "Scoring high on popularity". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 17 March 2003. Archived from the original on 2 July 2003.
- ^ Paitandy, Priyadarshini (13 December 2011). "On the buzzer". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
- ^ Raman, Sumanth (2019). GK Smart (PDF). Macmillan. ISBN 9387914925. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Raman, Sumanth. "A new book covers overburdened public hospitals, expensive private hospitals, and healthcare ethic". Scroll.in. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Latest News, India News, Breaking News, Today's News Headlines Online, English News Top Stories, Coronavirus News, IPL 2022 Updates". Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ^ "Sesquicentennial of the Madras High Court". Webcast.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ [tamil.dinamalar.com]
- ^ "Sumanth Raman alleges he was dropped from DD's sports quiz show for 'unpalatable political views'". thenewsminute.com. 23 February 2019. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.