Satish Jacob Joins P7 News As News Director

He comes in here from BBC News where he spent around 30 years.

Rajat Arora | Delhi | February 8, 2011

Veteran Journalist Satish Jacob of BBC Delhi has joined P7 News channel as News Director. He resumed office on 7^th February.

Jacob confirmed the development with BestMediaInfo.com.

Jacob had taken up his retirement from the BBC News at the age of 63 in 2002. Jacob was Deputy Bureau Chief at BBC Delhi at the time of retirement. Also, he was the longest serving correspondent of BBC News in India where he spent more than 20 years.

After his retirement, Jacob was associated with the corporation as a commentator and correspondent on a freelance basis. Jacob joined the BBC in 1970's as a stringer in Addis Ababa. Five years later, he moved to Delhi where he teamed up with Mark Tully. Together they covered the most dramatic events in modern Indian history.

Jacob reported for the BBC on stories ranging from the defeat of Indira Gandhi in the 1977 general elections; Sanjay Gandhi's death; the Punjab violence; Operation Bluestar; the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the uprising of Kashmiri separatists in 1990. He worked his way up in the organisation until he became the Deputy Bureau Chief in the early nineties.

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