Narendra Choudary Tummala

Tummala Narendra Choudary is an Indian media entrepreneur and businessman who is currently serving as the chairman of NTV (Indian TV channel) and South India's first Telugu devotional channel Bhakthi TV.[1][2]

Narendra Choudary Tummala
Tummala at Koti Deepotsavam, 2021
Born
Tummala Narendra Choudary

(1960-04-04) 4 April 1960
Khammam, Telangana, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation
  • Businessman
  • media entrepreneur

Career

Tummala hails from a middle-class family in Khammam who later established Rachana Television Private Limited that owns NTV Telugu, Bhakthi TV and Vanitha TV.[3][4] He's known for organizing Koti Deepotsavam,[5] an initiative taken up by him where Hindu devotees come together and light one crore oil lamps and Mana Desam-Mana Geetham (My Nation, My Song) a campaign where 50,000 people from different places sing National Anthem together.[6][7][8]

Narendra Choudary has served as the president of Jubilee Hills Housing Society president from 2006 - 2021.[9][10][11][12] The Government of India has nominated Narendra Choudary as Swachh Bharat ambassador in 2015.[13]

In the society elections held on March 21, 2021, Narendra Choudary didn’t contested and the new society formed their panel on March 23, 2021.[14][15] The new society filed a case against Choudary in the High Court on April 20, 2021.[16][17][18]

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scam in Jubilee Hills Cooperative House Building Society (JHCHBS).[19][20][21] And the Jubilee hills police have withdrawn the case as there is no conspiracy and nothing illegal in the plot registration process.[22][23]

On September 3, 2021 elections for the Jubilee Hills International Center governing body Narendra Chaudhary panel was elected unanimously.[24][25]

Awards

Tummala received lifetime achievement award by Telugu Association of North America in 2019.[26][27]

References
  1. "About Us". NTV. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. "NTV topped BARC ratings: Narendra Chowdary reveals the success formula". India Today. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. "NTV Ranked No. 1 In Ratings, Chairman Tummala Narendra Chowdary Congratulates Employees". outlookindia. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  4. "Who will join TANA Life Time Achievement Award league after NTV Narendra Chowdary?". Deccan Herald. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  5. "NTv Chairman Narendra Chowdary Tummala Organizes Koti Deepostavam 2021". www.ragalahari.com. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  6. "NTV Chairman T.N. Chowdhary's TV initiative repositions India's National Anthem among youngsters". ANI News. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  7. Release, ANI Press. "NTV Chairman T.N. Chowdhary's TV initiative repositions India's National Anthem among youngsters". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  8. "NTV Chairman T.N. Chowdhary's TV initiative repositions India's National Anthem among youngsters". ThePrint. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  9. "The Jubilee Hills Co-operative Society | President". jhhst.com. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  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 - Times of India". 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. Government of India. "The Government of India Nominated Swachh Bharat Ambassadors" (PDF).
  14. Koride Mahesh (9 March 2021). "Hyderabad: Jubilee Hills housing society polls on March 21 | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  15. "Hyderabad: Membership for all a priority, say new representatives of Jubilee Hills Society". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  16. "Jubilee Hills plot scam: NTV founder Chowdary made prime accused". Deccan Chronicle. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  17. "Is NTV founder to be targeted ???". indiaherald.com. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  18. "Conspiracy against NTV Chairman Narendra Chowdary Tummala?". TeluguBulletin.com. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  19. Telugu360 (28 April 2021). "TS High Court asks police not to arrest NTV Chowdhary". Telugu360.com. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  20. "News channel chairman gets anticipatory bail". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 6 May 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 April 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  21. Sagar Kumar Mutha (7 May 2021). "Hyderabad: Ex-members of Jubilee Hills housing body get bail in plot case | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  22. "Property deal with false ID card in Jubilee Hills is not criminal act, say police". Deccan Chronicle. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  23. "Police withdraw case against NTV Narendra Chowdary". TeluguBulletin.com. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  24. "Jublihills International Centre: జూబ్లీహిల్స్ ఇంటర్నేషనల్ సెంటర్ ఎన్నికలు ఏకగ్రీవం.. పూర్తి వివరాలివే." News18 Telugu (in Telugu). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  25. "జూబ్లీహిల్స్ ఇంటర్నేషనల్ సెంటర్ ఎన్నికల్లో చౌదరి ప్యానెల్ ఏకగ్రీవం". Gulte Telugu. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  26. "ఎన్టీవీ చైర్మన్‌ నరేంద్రచౌదరికి తానా జీవనసాఫల్య పురస్కారం". Telugu Times USA NRI Telugu News Telugu News Papers In USA. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  27. "TANA 2019 award winners". www.thehansindia.com. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
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