Riniki Bhuyan Sharma is an Indian business woman from Assam.[3] She is the managing director of Pride East Entertainment, a media house.[4] She is married to Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister of Assam.[3][5]
Riniki Bhuyan Sharma | |
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Born | Guwahati, Assam, India 31 July 1973 |
Education | B.A. (political science) L.L.B |
Alma mater | Cotton College[1] |
Occupation | Business |
Organization | News Live[2] |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Riniki was born and grew up in Guwahati to a well-known industrialist of that time Jadav Chandra Bhuyan.[3][6]
She studied in St. Mary's High School,[3] Guwahati and then joined Cotton College and graduated in political science.[1] She then pursued LLB from Govt. Law College of Guwahati.[3][7][6]
She married Himanta Biswa Sarma, whom she met in Cotton College.[8][9]
She has two children, Nandil Biswa Sarma and Sukanya Sarma.[9][10]
Riniki is the Chairman of her media house and holding company Pride East Entertainments,[4] which is a parent company of several channels. It includes, two news channels (News Live & Northeast East Live),[11] three entertainment channels (Ramdhenu, Rang & Indradhanu) and one Assamese News paper (Niyamiya Barta).[3][12][2]
In September 2023, it was alleged that Riniki Bhuyan Sarma through her company M/s Pride East Entertainments private limited, using the clout of her husband Himanta Biswa Sarma obtained grant of Rupees ten crore under the Kisan Sampada scheme.[13][14]