Ashis Ray

Ashis Ray has been a foreign correspondent since 1977, broadcasting on BBC, CNN and ITN and writing for Ananda Bazar Group, The Times of India , The Tribune , The Hindu , Hindustan Times , The Guardian , The Observer , The Times , Financial Times and Nikkei Asia , among other publications. He was CNN's founding South Asia bureau chief before becoming the network's editor-at-large. He has been elected president of Indian Journalists' Association (Europe) for several terms. In 1982, the...See more

Ashis Ray has been a foreign correspondent since 1977, broadcasting on BBC, CNN and ITN and writing for Ananda Bazar Group, The Times of India , The Tribune , The Hindu , Hindustan Times , The Guardian , The Observer , The Times , Financial Times and Nikkei Asia , among other publications. He was CNN's founding South Asia bureau chief before becoming the network's editor-at-large. He has been elected president of Indian Journalists' Association (Europe) for several terms. In 1982, the Commonwealth Institute selected him among 10 'eminent Indians' in Britain. In 1995, he was conferred a National Press Award in India. He was made an academic visitor by St Antony's College, Oxford for 2021-22. He intends to continue in academia. The Trial that Shook Britain is his fourth book. See less