Years active 1995-present Name Sumanth Raman | Role Television Actor | |
Occupation Sports commentator, TV Anchor | ||
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Sumanth C. Raman is a Tamil television anchor, sports commentator. He is the host of BSNL Sports Quiz on Doordarshan's Podhigai TV channel. On October 2 2016, BSNL Sports Quiz celebrated its 750th episode, continuing to be India's longest running quiz program.
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Education
Dr Raman holds a Diploma in Child Health and an MD in General Medicine. He also holds a Diploma in Computer Applications. He currently works with one of India’s biggest IT companies in the Healthcare vertical. He is also a consultant in General Medicine at a leading hospital in Chennai.
Career
Dr Raman’s BSNL Sports Quiz is in the Limca Book of Records for being the longest running weekly quiz show on Indian television Previously, he was the anchor of All Out for No Loss! on STAR Vijay
As a sports commentator, he has hosted over 2000 sports programs, including the Asia Cup Hockey Tournament (2007), the Twenty 20 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 He frequently appears as a featured sports analyst on Puthiya Thalaimurai , Dinathanthi etc.,
Aside from Sports, he also does live coverage of current affairs. 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 frequently as a political analyst and guest speaker for Headlines Today, NewsX and Times Now.
As a documentary filmmaker, he has been involved with the making 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
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. He has also compered the Inaugural Function of the World Tamil Conference in 2010 and the '100 Years of Indian Cinema' state celebrations in 2013.
He is a regular contributor to print media, and his work appears in The Economic Times, India Today and The Hindu
Dr Raman is a senior quiz master, having conducted over 1000 Quiz shows over the last 2 decades.