Radhakrishnan Nair, managing editor of CNN-News18 passes away at 54

Nair took over as the managing editor at CNN-IBN (now CNN-News18) in September 2014.

Radhakrishnan Nair, the managing editor of CNN-News18, passed away today following multi-organ failure at a hospital in New Delhi.

Nair took over as the managing editor at CNN-IBN (now CNN-News18) in September 2014.

With over 25 years of experience in journalism, Nair started his career with UNI in Kerala and then moved to Delhi. His stint with TV news began in 1995 with TV18. He also produced programmes for Doordarshan, BBC, Sony and Asia's first business channel, ABNI.