Sr Journalist and well known anchor, Sumit Awasthi, who quit ABP News in 2022 as Vice President of News and Production and Prime Time Anchor, has joined NDTV India as Consulting Editor.

He will be hosting the prime time show on the channel. Highly placed sources have confirmed this development to e4m.

Awasthi started his career with Zee News and has close to 25 years of experience in journalism.

Prior to joining ABP he was associated with Network 18. Awasthi was also the Resident Editor at Zee News, where he served a short stint of eleven months. He has also been associated with Aaj Tak for almost five years where his last held designation was Deputy Editor. His major forte has been in the realm of political reportage, but he has also extensively covered cricket and international affairs too.