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| name = Kotikalapudi Venkata Lakshmi Narayan Rao<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1954|07|17}}<br />
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age |2017|11|20 |1954|07|17 |df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web |title=In Memory Of Narayan Rao, From All Of Us At NDTV |url=https://www.ndtv.com/communication/in-memory-of-narayan-rao-from-all-of-us-at-ndtv-1777660 |date=20 November 2017 |website=NDTV |access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref><br />
| death_place = New Delhi<br />
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| occupation = Media Professional<br />
| years_active = 1995–2017<br />
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| family = [[General]] [[KV Krishna Rao]] (father)<br />
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'''K. V. L. Narayan Rao''' (17 July 1954 – 20 November 2017) was group [[Chief Executive Officer]] of Indian TV network [[NDTV]]<ref name="BS-20110730">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ndtv-rejigs-management-/444348/|title=NDTV rejigs management|last=Bhat|first=Varada|date=2011-07-30|work=Business Standard|publisher= Business Standard Ltd |accessdate=15 July 2012|location=New Delhi}}</ref> and the president of [[News Broadcasters Association]].<ref name="IT-20120504">{{cite news|url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/trai-regulator-favours-cable-networks-over-broadcasters/1/187393.html|title=Trai's Digital dud: Regulator favours cable networks over broadcasters|last=Nayyar|first=Dhiraj |date=2012-05-04|work=India Today|publisher=Living Media India Limited|accessdate=15 July 2012|location=New Delhi}}</ref><br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Born to General [[K V Krishna Rao]], the 11th [[General]] of the [[Indian Army]] and later governor of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] in a [[Telugu Brahmin]] family in Hyderabad, Rao started his career as a [[journalist]] with ''[[The Indian Express]]'', before joining the [[Indian Revenue Service]].{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} He has been with NDTV since 1995 and has earlier been responsible for the Human Resources, Administration and Operations of the Company. Narayan Rao has played a vital role in the transition and growth of NDTV from a production house to a [[Broadcasting|broadcaster]].<br />
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==Career at NDTV ==<br />
Rao had joined NDTV as General Manager in January 1995, looking after human resources, administration and operations of the organisation.<br />
He was invited to join the board of NDTV in 1998 and had been its Executive Director since then.<br />
Rao was appointed Group CEO in 2007 and Executive Vice Chairperson in August 2011.<br />
In October 2016, he was reappointed for a second tenure as Group CEO of NDTV, in addition to his responsibilities as Executive Vice Chairperson.<br />
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He had held important positions as president of the News Broadcasters Association, member of the Indian Broadcasting Federation and vice-president of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association.<br />
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Narayan Rao was also a member of the Ficci Entertainment Committee and the CII National Committee on Media & Entertainment.<br />
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==Family==<br />
He was married to Ms Renu and has two sons Jayant and Arjun.<br />
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==Death==<br />
He died on 20 November 2017 after fighting against cancer for two years, about 2 years after his father's death.<br />
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