Melathu Veettil Nikesh Kumar (born 28 May 1973) is an Indian journalist from the state of Kerala. He is a Malayalam TV professional who during his career has proved his capabilities in all walks of television Channel industry as a reporter and Delhi bureau-chief of Asianet News, Editor-in-chief (2003–05) and CEO (2006–10) of Indiavision. He is the Editor-in-chief of Reporter TV at present. He is the son of veteran leader from Kerala, M. V. Raghavan.

Career
His contribution in developing innovative and quality news casting and programming model is well reflected in Indiavision's viewership during his tenure. He has developed a very successful team of professionals for Indiavision that even after his exit the channel was able to continue its leadership. In his inimitable style Indiavision was always lead in viewership during special occasions like election analysis, counting day etc. in addition to the leadership position on regular days.

Nikesh Kumar similarly succeeded as a business leader in attracting advertisers for his shows as well as for the channel. There are exclusive advertisers for his shows irrespective of the channel where it is aired.

Nikesh Kumar with his news casting style and innovative programming was able to create an iconic stature among Malayalam TV viewers. He has got excellent public relation and is well networked with influencing personalities in all walks of Kerala.

Reporter Broadcasting Company (RBC), incorporated in 2010, launched its flagship Reporter TV in 2011. Launched as the only stand-alone news channel in Kerala, Reporter TV lost no time in taking the lead in Malayalam television news industry.

Starting operations in 2011, Reporter TV soon rose to prominence with its game changing strategies and new style of news delivery. Led by Sri. M V Nikesh Kumar, who spearheaded the news revolution in Kerala news channels, Reporter TV was further able to change the news business scenario. Reporter TV was also the first HD Malayalam news channel.

As mentioned above, Reporter TV is the first journalist driven news channel in Malayalam with the most vibrant team available in Malayalam News industry  with M V Nikesh Kumar at the helm, Reporter News thrives not only for delivering quality news but for the real revolution by informing and educating the people.

The channel stands for the transformation of subjects into citizens which they think is the challenge they have to take up. Reporter TV has been on air since 13 May 2011 and has already made a mark in the socio-political arena in Kerala.

Taking no time in establishing itself as a leader in ratings, operations, functioning and marketing, Reporter TV posted steady growth over the years except for the last two years.

Reporter TV has its head office and studio in Kochi. The main studio of about 15000 Sq. Ft, 4-floor studio complex is in Kalamassery, Kochi. The building houses two studio floors plus administrative floor. The land and the building is completely owned by the company.

The channel also has full-fledged bureaus in all district headquarters of the state. There are also studios in the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. Besides the state, the channel has fully equipped bureaus, studios and marketing offices in Delhi and Dubai.

Reporter TV boasts of one of the largest read online websites Reporter TV. .The Facebook page is subscribed by 2.4 million members to date and is climbing steadily.

Right from the inception of the channel, it was readied for online growth. As technology developed, channel easily adapted to the changes as it was foreseen. The channel also has a very active events department Reporter Entertainment Division (RED) which regularly holds award functions and events throughout the state.

The channel has also been updating itself very regularly and uses cutting edge technology to the maximum. This was recently on showcase when the Thrissur Pooram this year was completely broadcast live using only mobile technology, increasing mobility, manoeuvrability, more coverage and at the same time decreasing financial expenses.

The Channel has been rated highly by rating agencies. There has been a lull as the channel is no longer in ACV, the primary carrier in Kerala. But although the channel is not available in ACV, the viewership is such that it gives the main players in the market a run. This has gone on to show the popularity the channel enjoys in the Malayali community.

This has been mainly because the channel has positioned itself as completely non-partisan.

Achievements
Awards, Felicitations & Achievements

 RAMNATH GOENKA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM                                                               2006
 KERALA STATE TELEVISION AWARD FOR BEST ANCHOR                                                                            2008
 K BALAKRISHNAN AWARD OUTSTANDING JOURNALIST, NEWS ANALYST                                                 2008
 ASIAN TV AWARD (BEST NEWS ANALYST)                                                                                                      2010
 ASIAN TELEVISION AWARDS (BEST NEWS ANCHOR)                                                                                                     2007
 CHENGARAPPALLY PARAMESWARAN POTTY AWARD FOR BEST NEWS ANALYST                                 2008
 TELEGRAPH FOUNDER KV DANIEL MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NEWS ANCHORING      2005
 VAJRASOOCHI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM                                                                       2005
 SURENDRAN NEELESWARAM MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM                        2008
 CHATTAMBI SWAMI PURASKARAM                                                                                                                 2009
 VICTOR GEORGE AWARD
 N SUNDARAN NADAR NATIONAL FOUNDATION AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM                2008
 ALA VISUAL MEDIA AWARD                                                                                                                              2007
 KERALA PUROGAMANAVEDI                                                                                                                           2006
 JOHN ULAHANNAAN AWARD                                                                                                                           2009
 GANDHI BHAVAN JANASURAKSHA AWARD FOR UNBIASED AND TRUTHFUL JOURNALISM                  2010
 SYMPHONY AWARD FOR MEDIA PERSON OF THE YEAR                                                                            2008

References

External links
"Nikesh Kumar formerly with Asianet, has been appointed executive editor (news) at Indiavision"
Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2007
Television Federation (KTF)
Nikesh Kumar will start new channel REPORTER
Announcement on launch
Nikesh Kumar as LDF candidate
Nikesh Kumar returns to Journalism after 1 year
CPM Candidate and Media Personality Nikesh Kumar

MV Nikesh Kumar, son of MV Raghavan

Journalists from Kerala
Living people
1973 births